How One Firm Cut Interview Bias by Scoring for Work Sample Tests

Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · Aug 10, 2026 · 7m · transcript

In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack a hiring experiment at a mid-sized logistics firm that replaced traditional interviews with work sample tests for frontline manager roles. The result: a 30 percent drop in first-year turnover and a notable shift in who got hired—candidates who could actually do the job, not just talk about it. They walk through the design of the test, how scoring was standardized, and the surprising resistance from internal recruiters. Lucas shares the specific scoring rubric they used, and Luna challenges whether this approach scales beyond blue-collar roles. They also…