What AI decides
Last updated: 14 July 2026
Organizing and surfacing information can influence a decision even when it does not make one. So instead of claiming the AI decides nothing, this page lists every output the AI actually produces that could influence a hiring process — and states the authority each output carries. The companion page, What AI never decides, states the hard boundaries.
The outputs, and the authority of each
Extracts evidence
The AI identifies role-relevant claims in a candidate's interview and materials, each tied to its source quote. Authority: none on its own — every extraction shows its receipt, so a reviewer can check the reading against the source and discard it.
Scores interview facets
It scores twelve facets across four meta-traits from interview evidence, each with a stated confidence, abstaining where evidence is thin. Authority: advisory. Scores describe the strength of observed evidence, not ability as a proven fact and not future performance.
Orders evidence
For an employer's search, it orders candidates by the presence, specificity, and checkability of role-relevant evidence against the employer's stated criteria. Authority: advisory. Ordering reflects evidence availability and quality — not a prediction of who will perform best — and is fully reviewable.
Establishes a qualified pool
It distinguishes candidates for whom sufficient role-relevant evidence exists to justify serious consideration from those for whom it does not yet. Authority: advisory, and reversible — a human can look at the evidence and disagree.
Flags convergence and divergence
It compares the interview evidence with the candidate's self-report and flags where they corroborate or diverge. Authority: informational. The flag invites a human question; it does not carry a conclusion.
Drafts interpretations
It writes plain-language summaries of what the evidence shows. Authority: none on its own. Interpretations are the index into the evidence, not a substitute for it — each links back to what the candidate actually said.
Abstains
Where the interview did not surface real evidence for a facet, the AI outputs “insufficient signal” rather than inventing a score. This is the one output the system treats as non-negotiable: a gap is reported as a gap.
Why we describe it this way
A common industry claim is “the AI doesn't decide anything — a human makes the final call.” We don't rely on that claim. Ordering a list influences outcomes, and the law in several jurisdictions treats output that substantially assists a decision as regulated whether or not it is final. Stori's position is different: every output above is designed to be inspectable, source-linked, overridable, and auditable — so wherever an output falls on the influence spectrum, the human reviewing it can see how it was produced and reject it.
This document describes how Stori is designed. It is not legal advice and does not determine whether any specific employer deployment is lawful. Questions from legal or procurement teams: support@onestori.com.