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Things AI Still Can't Screen For When You're Hiring Engineers

Forbes Councils Member Elton Chan reports that while AI can screen engineers for technical skills, it still cannot evaluate critical human qualities such as cultural fit, communication, and problem-solving under pressure, shifting founders' focus to the 'illegible' aspects of hiring.

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Things AI Still Can't Screen For When You're Hiring Engineers
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By Elton Chan, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

Forbes InnovationAs AI absorbs more of the legible half of hiring, the return on founder

attentionshifts almost entirely to the illegible half.Get AI news in your inbox

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