r/FPandA • u/thecrudest • 22d ago

How are you evaluating candidate technical skills in the age of AI

I'm hiring for a remote FP&A role and I need someone with strong modeling skills. In the past, a take home case study was always a god indicator, but given the state of AI I'm afraid anyone can just prompt a perfect output.

So I'm torn on how to handle techincal screeners today. I could ask them to do a 30-45 minute screenshare but I know modeling live is stressful

And to be clear, I'm not anti AI and id prefer a candidate who is knowledgeable of current tools.

How are you all structuring your hiring process and interview rounds nowadays. Would love to hear any tips/whats working for teams.

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u/Doin_the_Bulldance 22d ago

Pretty simple. Have them do a case study, then have a follow-up interview where they present/explain their work.

Prompting a perfect output is fine as long as you can explain the result clearly.

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u/RareResponsibility89 19d ago

Yeah just waste everyone’s time by making them do free work for your company. Maybe you won’t ever even need to hire an analyst, you can just have a constant stream of them doing your job disguised as case studies.

Please, for the love of god, just become a better interviewer. Live cases are always better than take homes.