Are Recruiters Better Than A Coin Flip at Judging Resumes? Here's the Data.

Aline Lerner has a great habit of asking challenging questions. Her interviewing platform gives the opportunity to test hypothesis, so this was an interesting experiment comparing how recruiters evaluated tech candidates vs how those candidates actually progressed through CV screen / tech test. Turns out exactly as we might expect (recruiters getting as many wrong as right), but most interesting was the discordance between stated and revealed preferences - we continue correlate prestige employer brands with candidate capability, even though we say we don’t. Must read folks. H/T to brainfooders Sarah Frank and Lee Candiotti for the share in the online community.