15/10/2026
A candidate does not perform well in an assessment.
The immediate question is often:
Was the candidate good enough?
But there may be another question worth asking first.
Did the assessment give the candidate a fair opportunity to show what they could do?
A strict time limit.
One fixed way of responding.
No clear route to request an accommodation.
Requirements that may not be central to the job itself.
Sometimes, what looks like a capability gap may also be telling us something about the way the assessment was designed.
So before we make a judgement about the person, perhaps we should look again at the process.
Did the assessment allow capability to be demonstrated?
LOOK AGAIN.
Then change what gets in the way.
-shesh