Because of AI, Russian companies have begun to focus more on the skills and experience of candidates
Quick Look
- Due to the spread of artificial intelligence, Russian companies, when hiring employees, have begun to primarily focus on the skills, experience and performance of applicants, according to a study by hh.ru.
- Almost 28% of surveyed company representatives began to more often clarify the logic of candidates’ decisions, 23% more carefully check data from resumes and open sources, 22% ask questions that are more difficult to answer using AI.
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Why It Matters
The spread of artificial intelligence is affecting the hiring processes of Russian companies, forcing them to reconsider how they evaluate candidates.
Brief retelling from RIA II
Due to the spread of artificial intelligence, Russian companies have begun to primarily focus on the skills, experience and performance of applicants.
Almost 28% of surveyed company representatives began to clarify the logic of candidates’ decisions more often.
Employers have begun to scrutinize data from resumes, interviews, and public sources (23%) and ask questions that are more difficult to answer using AI (22%).
MOSCOW, October 5 - RIA Novosti. Companies in Russia, against the background of the spread of artificial intelligence, when searching for employees, began to primarily focus on the skills, experience and work results of applicants, follows from the results of a study by hh.ru, which is at the disposal of RIA Novosti.
“The widespread use of neural networks is changing the approach of Russian companies to assessing candidates. Employers are focusing primarily on professional skills, relevant experience and work results,” the report says.
It is clarified that almost 28% of surveyed company representatives began to more often clarify the logic of candidates’ decisions. In addition, employers began to carefully check data from resumes, interviews and open sources (23%) and ask questions that are more difficult to answer using AI (22%).
According to the study, companies also began to check real cases and project details more often (19%) and more closely monitor the behavior of candidates during online interviews (19%). Some employers (17%) ask applicants to solve a problem in real time during an interview.
At the same time, 20% of companies reported that the spread of AI has not changed the approach to assessing candidates. In organizations with more than a thousand employees, 25% of representatives said they do not trust take-home tests.
Open Questions
- How exactly will candidate requirements change in the long term?
- Which industries are most affected by these changes?
- Are companies planning to introduce special training for employees to work with AI?






