Hiring Research: Original Data and Studies

Original data on how hiring actually works in 2026. We run controlled tests and publish the raw numbers, the method, and the honest limits, so you can act on evidence instead of folklore. Every study is reproducible and free to cite.

AI Interview Policy Tracker

What major employers actually publish about candidates using AI in hiring: one row per company with a verbatim quote, a linked and dated source, and the date we last checked it. Open data, free to cite.

The ATS Autopsy: what breaks when a machine reads your resume

We ran 48 resumes through three open-source parsers in June 2026. A clean single-column resume lost 0% of fields; one built as an image lost 37.5%.

How an ATS actually reads your resume

An applicant tracking system files your resume, it does not judge it. How the parse works, and the few layouts that genuinely break a machine read.

How the interview score works: the exact weights

The exact math behind our interview score: 40/30/30 with camera on, 55/45 without, every aspect weight, the bands, and what the AI cannot judge.