How Probation Data Revealed a Flawed Interview Process

Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · Jul 28, 2026 · 6m · transcript

At NexGen Software, 30 percent of new hires were failing probation. The talent team analyzed exit interviews and discovered that the final behavioral interview round was not predictive of on-the-job performance. By replacing it with a case study exercise simulating real work, the probation failure rate dropped to 12 percent, saving the company over $1.2 million in replacement costs over two years. This episode explores how probation data can serve as a powerful feedback loop to refine hiring criteria and reduce bad hires.

#ProbationPeriod #HiringProcess #InterviewImprovement…