Job Interviews Aren’t Evaluating the Right Skills

Job Interviews Aren’t Evaluating the Right Skills

New research from BrightHire and Harvard Business School’s Managing the Future of Work project reveals that although interviews appear to cover most skills listed in job descriptions, they often fail to meaningfully assess them—especially technical and experience-based skills. Interviewers frequently revisit the same topics rather than broadening their evaluations, and structured questions only modestly improve skill coverage. The disconnect is …