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title: "Episode #6: Best Practices in The Hiring Process"
description: Podcast discussing employment testing and hiring best practices. Episode provides actionable insights to create a fair and legally sound hiring process.
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## Employment Testing News

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# Episode #6: Best Practices in The Hiring Process

[ Lori Lee ](https://testgenius.com/blog/author/lori-lee) :  Apr 2, 2025 6:00:00 AM

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Episode #6: Best Practices in The Hiring Process

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"[Best Practices in the Hiring Process](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6)" is episode 6 of the 'Testing, Testing 1-2-3' podcast by TestGenius and [Biddle Consulting Group. ](https://biddle.com)Hosts Jenny Arnez and Mike Callen discuss pre-employment testing and hiring best practices, highlighting a specific client case about Acme County's concerns regarding adverse impact in their hiring process, and explore essential concepts such as job analysis, validation processes, and the [Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures](https://uniformguidelines.com).

 

The hosts also shed light on content and criterion validation, and the importance of face validity in recruitment. Emphasizing the need for defensible and job-related cutoff scores, the episode provides actionable insights to create a fair, effective, and legally sound hiring process.

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If your time is limited, we have marked some sections that may be of interest to you (and where they can be found in the podcast). Feel free to skip ahead:

[01:32 Client Scenario: Acme County's Hiring Concerns](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=1m32s)  
[02:26 Mike's Advice on Recruitment Consistency](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=2m26s)  
[05:19 The Importance of Job Analysis](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=5m19s)  
[09:05 Understanding Tests in the Recruitment Process](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=9m5s)  
[12:17 Addressing Adverse Impact in Hiring](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=12m17s)  
[18:37 Legal Guidelines and Validation Processes](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=18m37s)  
[20:33 TestGenius Validation Wizard Explained](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=20m33s)  
[28:02 Performance Differentiation in Testing](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=28m2s)  
[32:01 Holistic Recruitment Strategy](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=32m1s)  
[33:09 Defensibility and Utility in Recruitment](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=33m9s)  
[35:33 Validation Process and Its Importance](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=35m33s)  
[35:53 Technological Changes in Job Roles](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=35m53s)  
[37:26 Content Validity and Criterion Validity](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=37m26s)  
[40:34 Personality Tests and Criterion Validation](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=40m34s)  
[46:56 Face Validity in Testing](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=46m56s)  
[53:27 Multifaceted Testing Strategy](https://podcast.testgenius.com/6#t=53m27s)

 

Bookmark the "[Testing, Testing, 1-2-3](https://podcast.testgenius.com)" podcast site or [subscribe to the TestGenius podcast](https://podcast.testgenius.com/subscribe) for updates on new episodes.

 

If you have any questions about this podcast or its contents, please reach out to us at [staff@biddle.com](mailto:staff@biddle.com).

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