EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 9 MIN
Why Personality Tests Are Failing Your Hiring Process
from Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · host Fexingo
Lucas and Luna dig into the multi-million dollar personality testing industry used by 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. They examine a 2024 meta-analysis from the University of Minnesota that found personality tests predict only 6 percent of on-the-job performance variance. They discuss the Barnum Effect, the rise of faking, and why a startup called BrightHire abandoned personality screens entirely in favor of structured work samples. The episode also covers a new alternative called the 'Micro-Job Simulation' that boosted one company's hiring accuracy by 34 percent. #PersonalityTests #Hiring #Recruitment #BrightHire #UniversityOfMinnesota #BarnumEffect #MicroJobSimulation #StructuredInterviews #WorkSamples #PredictiveValidity #BigFive #MyersBriggs #HiringBias #HRTech #TalentAcquisition #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #HiringAndFiring Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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