How to Validate Skills in the Age of AI
Hiring in the age of AI means figuring out three things at once: more applicants than most teams can meaningfully evaluate, a candidate pool where AI-generated applications make everyone look equally strong on paper, and skills requirements that keep shifting across every function.
In this 60-minute session, packed with live demos, CodeSignal’s talent science experts will walk through how real customers are tackling each of these challenges: what they’re using, how they’ve set it up, and results they’re seeing in practice.
What you’ll learn
In this session, you’ll come away with:
- What valid skill assessment looks like in 2026, and how to know if your current approach is keeping up
- How recruiting teams are using AI Interviewer to evaluate more candidates, without losing signal quality, as application volumes keep climbing
- When to choose an agentic coding assessment over a traditional coding assessment, and how the signal differs
- How to build skills development programs for existing employees that track proven learning progression
- How Suspicion Score, proctoring, and identity verification work together to keep your validation trustworthy
This session is designed for HR leaders who are serious about this moment and want to leave with something they can actually use.
Featured speakers
Adam Vassar
Adam is the Senior Director of Talent Science at CodeSignal. He holds a Master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and has worked in the talent management industry for 20+ years leveraging assessments and technology for candidate selection, leadership development, team performance, and employee engagement. Adam has deep experience advising F500 customers on the valid and legally defensible use of assessments and approaches to integrate employee development into the flow of work. Adam’s career passion is to help people make their lives better at work.
Mike Mosgrove
Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Mike Mosgrove serves as the Head of Sales & Solution Engineering at CodeSignal, leading the teams that evangelize CodeSignal’s AI-native skills solutions in the market and ensure CodeSignal customers drive the maximum value of their investments and partnerships with CodeSignal. Mike has worked and led teams in the HCM technology space for over 13 years at Oracle, SumTotal, Skillsoft, and Cornerstone. Mike is passionate about building empathetic connections with people, identifying talent, and leveraging AI to give individuals and organizations new opportunities for their advancement and betterment.
Katie Fairbank
Moderator • Katie Fairbank leads product marketing at CodeSignal, where she helps bring innovative hiring and learning solutions to life. With over a decade of experience in HR tech, including leadership roles at Cornerstone OnDemand, Katie has built positioning, go-to-market strategies, and messaging that truly connect with customers.
Why this matters now
AI-generated applications have made it harder than ever to differentiate candidates on paper alone, making skills validation critical
Skills requirements are shifting fast, and AI fluency is becoming a baseline requirement across every function
The tools to game an assessment have never been more accessible, and most teams don’t yet have a way to know their results are trustworthy
