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Hire on evidence, not gut feeling.
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- Hire on evidence, not gut feeling
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- Limited to six hiring dimensions
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Overview
Verdict is a digital tool designed to optimise the process of candidate selection. It compares prospective candidates on six evidence-based dimensions: Capability, Track Record, Trajectory, Influence, Domain Edge, and Risk Surface. Each dimension is scored from 1 to 5, totaling a maximum of 30. Verdict functions by taking the user's job description and comparing it with 2 to 50 CVs in PDFs, resulting in a ranked shortlist or head-to-head comparison. To support fairness, scoring disregards personal data such as names, gender, and age - following an identity-blind approach. Verdict requires CV citations as evidence for each claim to prevent baseless assertions. In addition to these measures, it also provides insights into potential overqualification or retention-risk factors, with recommendations on areas to probe during an interview. Verdict also allows for the export of a branded PDF of the hiring verdict for record keeping or sharing. It also provides an audit-grade defensibility report detailing the hiring decisions and their rationale. Furthermore, it offers an optimization feature, the JD Optimizer, which checks the job description for ambiguities and over-specifications before recommending a revision. A distinctive feature of Verdict is the ability to revise the decision post-interview by uploading interview transcripts or notes for re-evaluation, ensuring that the final decision holds up after the interview process.
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Where you can use Verdict.
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Capabilities
What this tool accepts, produces, and is strongest at.
Input
- Tabular
- Text
Output
- Text
Supported features
- HR & Recruitment
Pros & cons
Pros
- Comparative hiring tool
- Six evidence-cited dimensions
- Scoring dismisses identity elements
- Randomized candidate order
- Verbatim CV citations
- Over-qualification and retention-risk flags
- Interview and reference check guidance
- Bias protection with evidence citation
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- Uses past hires' data
- Revises verdict post-interview
- Final decision recording
- Audit-grade defensibility report generation
- Document checks for ambiguities, over-specifications
- Advice on job description
- Integration of interview feedback
- Ranked shortlist or head-to-head comparison
- Fairness through identity-blind approach
- Detects overqualification, retention risks
- Hiring verdicts in minutes
- Provides branded PDF of verdict
- Interview kit per candidate
- Optimization feature: JD Optimizer
- Capability to revise post-interview
- Supports 250 CVs comparison
- Unit cost, no subscription
- Credits never expire
- Identity-blind scoring
- Hiring record keeping capability
Cons
- PDF only CV upload
- Requires manual interview note upload
- Doesn't support real-time scoring updates
- Claims verification limited to CV
- Maximum 50 candidate evaluations
- Only text-based job descriptions
- Non-exchangeable scoring dimensions
- Limited to six hiring dimensions
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- No automatic update of organization profile
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I've using it since July, truly useful. A different approach for a common struggle.
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