How a Two-Day Paid Trial Replaces Four Rounds of Interviews

Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · Jul 28, 2026 · 9m · transcript

Lucas shares a specific case study from a 200-person data analytics company called Nextera Analytics. They replaced the final two interview rounds with a two-day paid project for the top three candidates. Within one year, early attrition dropped from 25% to 8%, cost per hire fell by 40%, and the quality of hire scores rose by 35%. Lucas and Luna break down exactly how they designed the trial, what they measured, and why so many companies still rely on interviews that predict nothing but confidence. They also discuss the risks—like bias in project design—and how to structure a trial that feels…