# Ideas for better hiring | OnPebble

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Practical guides to AI-assisted hiring, candidate evidence, interview review and human decision-making.

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# Ideas for better hiring.

Practical guides to AI-assisted hiring: define the opening, review candidate evidence, and decide what to ask next.

Resume evidence  3 min read

## [The resume sounds impressive. What did the candidate actually do?](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-written-resumes-evidence/)

A worked example of checking an AI-polished resume: separate the claim, the candidate’s contribution and the questions worth asking.

[Read article: The resume sounds impressive. What did the candidate actually do?](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-written-resumes-evidence/)

Human oversight  3 min read

## [“Human reviewed” should mean somebody checked the application](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/human-review-ai-screening/)

Follow one application from an inflated AI summary to a corrected reviewer note and a useful interview question.

[Read article: “Human reviewed” should mean somebody checked the application](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/human-review-ai-screening/)

AI screening security  3 min read

## [A resume must not be able to rewrite your screening instructions](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/resume-prompt-injection/)

A reference architecture for treating candidate documents as untrusted input, validating assessment output and keeping hiring actions under human control.

[Read article: A resume must not be able to rewrite your screening instructions](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/resume-prompt-injection/)

AI workflow governance  3 min read

## [An agent can draft the invitation. Who is allowed to send it?](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-recruiting-agent-approvals/)

An approval and execution design for recruiting agents: inspect the exact action, check changed state and handle retries without assuming success.

[Read article: An agent can draft the invitation. Who is allowed to send it?](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-recruiting-agent-approvals/)

Candidate data stewardship  3 min read

## [The screening task needs the project example. Does it need the whole file?](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/candidate-data-ai-hiring/)

Map the candidate-data route before an AI assessment: retain useful context, limit unnecessary inputs and check logs, exports and generated summaries.

[Read article: The screening task needs the project example. Does it need the whole file?](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/candidate-data-ai-hiring/)

AI review operations  3 min read

## [Save the assessment the reviewer saw, and the correction they made](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-hiring-audit-trail/)

A practical review-record design linking application and criterion versions, the saved AI output, a reviewer’s correction and the next decision.

[Read article: Save the assessment the reviewer saw, and the correction they made](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-hiring-audit-trail/)

Screening operations  3 min read

## [Try AI screening on one opening before you roll it out](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-screening-pilot/)

A workable pilot plan: one opening, an independent human reading, a correction log and a clear decision about whether to continue.

[Read article: Try AI screening on one opening before you roll it out](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-screening-pilot/)

Work sample design  4 min read

## [If candidates can use AI, make the exercise test their judgement](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/work-samples-ai-era/)

A ready-to-adapt support exercise: a customer message, an unsupported promise, shared tool rules and a rubric for checking the candidate’s decisions.

[Read article: If candidates can use AI, make the exercise test their judgement](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/work-samples-ai-era/)

Structured interviewing  3 min read

## [A rehearsed interview answer still needs a follow-up](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-assisted-interview-preparation/)

A sample interview exchange showing how common questions and focused follow-ups reveal responsibility and reasoning beyond a polished opening answer.

[Read article: A rehearsed interview answer still needs a follow-up](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/ai-assisted-interview-preparation/)

Language and evidence  4 min read

## [A translated job title can change the whole assessment](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/multilingual-resume-review/)

A worked translation example showing how to preserve original terms, check responsibility and avoid turning a fluent translation into an unsupported hiring claim.

[Read article: A translated job title can change the whole assessment](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/multilingual-resume-review/)

Hiring practice  6 min read

## [Your job description is ready. Your screening criteria probably aren't.](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/job-description-screening-criteria/)

Define what the opening needs, turn requirements into evidence, and build a reusable screening worksheet.

[Read article: Your job description is ready. Your screening criteria probably aren't.](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/job-description-screening-criteria/)

Candidate review  5 min read

## [How to compare a shortlist when the evidence is uneven](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/compare-shortlist-incomplete-evidence/)

Compare uneven evidence without filling in the gaps. Use a worked matrix to plan your next questions.

[Read article: How to compare a shortlist when the evidence is uneven](https://www.onpebble.ai/blog/compare-shortlist-incomplete-evidence/)

## Put the questions to work.

Explore how Pebble Screen brings opening requirements and candidate evidence together for review.

[Explore Screen](https://www.onpebble.ai/screen/)