Is the resume dead? Should the job interview be?
In this episode, Konstanty Sliwowski sits down with James Terry, Head of US Revenue at Indeed Flex, to dismantle two of recruiting's most sacred tools — the CV and the interview — and ask a simple question: do they actually work?
The data says not nearly as well as we think. Hiring managers spend an average of 6 seconds reading a resume, roughly 70% of candidates lie on them to some extent, and the typical 30-minute interview predicts job performance about as well as a coin flip.
So what's the alternative?
James makes the case for a verified, crowdsourced worker rating system — think Uber driver ratings, but for the entire workforce. Indeed Flex is already building this: workers are rated on specific skills after every job by verified employers, building a real-world track record that replaces the self-reported CV. Top performers get first access to the best opportunities. Best employers attract the best workers. A genuine meritocracy.
But Konstanty pushes back hard. What about gaming the system? What about manager bias? What about Germany, where negative references are illegal? And if we just wanted an online profile, haven't we already got LinkedIn?
The conversation opens up into something bigger: the idea that AI-driven, neutral skills assessments could be the missing piece — a way to test actual competencies rather than relying on either self-reported CVs or potentially biased ratings. Konstanty also proposes a feedback loop that James confirms Indeed Flex is actively building toward: using data on how companies rate their own top performers to match them with candidates who score on exactly those dimensions.
They also dig into the state of the job market in early 2026 — Indeed data shows 30% more job searches than just weeks earlier, with job openings per unemployed person now below 1.0 — and what that means for how companies need to screen at scale.
This is a conversation that will make you question everything you thought you knew about how hiring works.
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Konstanty Sliwowski is the founder of School of Hiring. He has founded three companies, conducted 12,000+ interviews, and made over 1,000 hires.
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