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How a Work Simulation Cut Bad Hires by 50 Percent
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how one mid-sized tech company, CloudSmart, slashed its bad hire rate by more than half by replacing traditional behavioral interviews with a four-hour work simulation. Lucas breaks down the specific design of the simulation—a realistic day of troubleshooting customer tickets, writing a brief, and prioritizing a product backlog—and explains why it outperformed conventional interviews in predicting on-the-job performance. Luna pushes back on the cost and scalability, and they discuss which roles benefit most from this approach. The episode also covers…
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