Forty things people believe about hiring, taken apart one weekday at a time.Written by Stori's founder, Fraser Hill.
Hiring Myths 1 of 40
We keep believing that refining the same interviews, frameworks and tools will finally fix hiring. It won't.
Hiring Myths 2 of 40
AI shouldn't replace human judgement in hiring. It should replace everything that *stops* humans judging well.
Hiring Myths 3 of 40
We keep believing that one day — better AI, better tests — we'll finally *solve* hiring. We won't.
Hiring Myths 4 of 40
Companies love to say they hire the best people. They usually hire people who are good enough — and those aren't the same thing.
Hiring Myths 5 of 40
Competency interviews don't measure competence. They measure who can produce a fitting story on cue.
Hiring Myths 6 of 40
If one interviewer isn't producing good evidence, adding four more won't magically fix it.
Hiring Myths 7 of 40
Mention a bad manager or a conflict in an interview and you become the red flag — as if the trouble must have been you.
Hiring Myths 8 of 40
'What's your favourite interview question?' The idea that one brilliant question reveals brilliant people is one of hiring's biggest myths.
Hiring Myths 9 of 40
Nobody remembers their career as a list of competencies. Hiring has spent decades pretending we do.
Hiring Myths 10 of 40
'AI is biased.' Biased according to whom? It learned everything it knows from us.
