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How to Hire with Algorithms

Harvard Business

Of course such an exercise creates plenty of controversy in organizations entrenched in existing practices. Applicants or employees may be incentivized to “game” the metric by acting in ways that superficially increase the score, but do not accurately reflect their talent. Anticipate incentives.

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The Pros and Cons of Robot Managers

Harvard Business

Although the science of talent management is robust , managers tend to play things by ear. For all the talk of emotional computing , machines will never give a damn – that is the true reason for their superior intelligence compared to humans; we just care too much, and caring too much can muddle our judgement. Objective feedback.

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Tips for Case Interview Mastery

CaseInterview.com

If you think of case level mastery as a algebraic formula, I would argue here is what the formula looks like: Talent x Intensity of Preparation x Time = Case Interview Performance Level. You can't control your own talent, so all you can control is the intensity level and time. Here's why. Here's the first one.