{"slug": "things-ai-still-can-t-screen-for-when-you-re-hiring-engineers", "title": "Things AI Still Can't Screen For When You're Hiring Engineers", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "# Things AI Still Can't Screen For When You're Hiring Engineers\n\nBy Elton Chan, Forbes Councils MemberSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)As AI absorbs more of the legible half of hiring, the return on founder\n\n[attention](/glossary/attention)shifts almost entirely to the illegible half.Get AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/things-ai-still-can-t-screen-for-when-you-re-hiring-engineers", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/things-ai-still-cant-screen-for-when-youre-hiring-engineers-pxyv", "published_at": "2026-08-14 11:15:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 12:11:41.754399+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Elton Chan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/things-ai-still-can-t-screen-for-when-you-re-hiring-engineers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/things-ai-still-can-t-screen-for-when-you-re-hiring-engineers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/things-ai-still-can-t-screen-for-when-you-re-hiring-engineers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/things-ai-still-can-t-screen-for-when-you-re-hiring-engineers.jsonld"}}