The recruitment trade-offs: how to balance prediction, fairness, cost, and experience

The recruitment trade-offs: how to balance prediction, fairness, cost, and experience HR Tech Summit 2026 | 22 min

Every recruitment process involves trade-offs. The goal isn't to eliminate them — it's to make them consciously. In this fireside chat, Director of Psychometrics, Helene Hoppe Revald, and Lead Consultant, Iben Mollerup Skov, walk through what research actually tells us about what makes a selection process predictive, fair, and worth a candidate's time. They open with a scenario many HR teams will recognise: a well-designed process that gets quietly dismantled in the name of speed and cost — and what that really costs you.

You'll take away:

• Why removing a cognitive ability test to speed up the process is a bigger risk than it looks
• What actually makes an interview "structured" — and why that distinction matters
• How to combine methods to gain on both prediction and fairness without making the process overwhelming
• What candidates value most: transparency, job relevance, and timely communication