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What we have learned building an AI HR agency
Guides on the tools, the interviews, and the trade-offs — written for people who have to make a hiring decision this quarter, not next year.
Start with the guide to choosing reliable AI HR tools, or jump straight to the AI HR tools comparison table.
- 0101 Sept 20264 min read
How AI Interviews Score Candidates: What to Measure, What to Never Score
A practical breakdown of AI interviews — the three signals worth scoring, the three that create legal risk, how to write rubric-backed questions, and the candidate rights to honour regardless of jurisdiction.
- 0201 Sept 20264 min read
The Best AI HR Tools Shortlist for 2026 (and How to Pick a Category First)
Most AI HR tool lists compare features. This one compares categories: ATS, sourcing, assessment and end-to-end agencies — with a six-point scoring test to disqualify vendors before you pilot them.
- 0331 Aug 20265 min read
AI Hiring Compliance in 2026: A Practical Checklist for HR Teams
What the EU AI Act and NYC Local Law 144 require from teams using AI in hiring — candidate notice, bias auditing, human review, record-keeping — as a checklist you can work through before your next role opens.
- 0430 Aug 20264 min read
AI HR Tools for Startups: What to Buy at 10, 50 and 200 People
A stage-by-stage guide to AI HR tooling for startups — what is worth paying for at 10, 50 and 200 employees, what to defer, and the point at which buying the outcome beats buying software.
- 0529 Aug 20265 min read
AI Interview Questions That Actually Predict Performance
Twelve structured interview questions we run through AI interviews, why each one predicts on-the-job performance, and the follow-up probes that separate a rehearsed answer from a real one.
- 0628 Aug 202611 min readPillar guide
How to Choose Reliable AI HR Tools: A 14-Day Evaluation Framework
A practical framework for evaluating AI HR tools — the seven questions that separate evidence from scores, a scoring rubric, a two-week pilot design, and the total-cost arithmetic vendors leave out.
- 0728 Aug 20268 min readPillar guide
AI Interviews Explained: How They Work, What They Measure, and Candidate Rights
What actually happens in an AI interview — the structure, the scoring, the evidence trail — plus how candidates should prepare and what employers must disclose.
- 0823 Aug 20267 min readPillar guide
AI Recruiting Agency vs Traditional Agency: Cost, Speed and Quality Compared
A side-by-side comparison of the traditional contingency agency and the AI recruiting agency model — fees, time-to-shortlist, candidate coverage, evidence, and the risks of each.
- 0918 Aug 20268 min readPillar guide
AI in HR, Explained: What It Actually Automates (and What It Does Not)
A plain-language map of where AI works in human resources today — sourcing, screening, interviews, onboarding and analytics — and the four places it still fails.
- 1012 Aug 20269 min readPillar guide
Best AI HR Tools in 2026: A Buyer's Guide That Names the Trade-offs
A category-by-category read on the AI HR tools worth paying for in 2026 — what each type actually automates, where they break, and how to tell a real evaluation engine from a keyword matcher.