Notes — field writing
Field notes on AI recruiting
In-depth writing on AI interviewing, evidence-based scoring, multilingual hiring and AI governance — from the team building Lantern.
AI Interviewing 101
What is an AI interviewer? A working definition for hiring teams
An AI interviewer holds a live, adaptive conversation and scores it against a fixed rubric. What that means in practice, and what it doesn't.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Comparisons
AI interviewer vs. one-way video interview: how the formats differ
One-way video records answers to fixed questions. A live AI interviewer adapts and scores as it goes. Where each format works, and where it breaks down.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Compliance & Trust
AI interview compliance: how we approach the EU AI Act
Hiring is high-risk AI under the EU AI Act. How Lantern is classified, documented and logged, how the audit trail works, and who makes the final call.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Languages
Multilingual AI interviews: Cantonese, Mandarin, and code-switching
Hong Kong interviews rarely stay in one language. How Lantern treats Cantonese and Mandarin as first-class and follows a candidate who switches mid-answer.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Rubric Design
How to write interview rubrics an AI can score consistently
A rubric a machine can score is specific, observable, and ordered. The structure we use, the anti-patterns that break scoring, and how to test one first.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Candidate Experience
Do candidates actually like AI interviews? What 97% means
Most people expect to hate being interviewed by software. 97% of Lantern candidates finish satisfied. What changes their mind, in their own words.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
ROI & Operations
AI interviewer ROI: where the return actually comes from
Recruiter hours, pipeline velocity, and scheduling drop-off. How to build the business case for an AI interviewer using your own funnel's numbers.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Interview Automation
What 70% faster time-to-fill actually looks like
Hyatt cut time-to-fill 70%. A walkthrough of the mechanics: where the weeks hide, what 24/7 screening deletes, and which stage becomes the new bottleneck.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Admissions
AI proctoring for university admissions: how AdmissionGuard works
Proxy test-takers, AI-written essays, impersonation. How AdmissionGuard proctors aptitude tests, written work and video interviews at admissions scale.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Fraud & Verification
Deepfake candidates and interview fraud: how detection works
Synthetic video, cloned voices and read-from-ChatGPT answers are cheap now. How Lantern flags them in real time, and why a flag is never a rejection.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Compliance & Trust
AI hiring compliance in Hong Kong, the US and the EU
How we approach AI hiring compliance across three regions, what Lantern actually holds, and the questions worth asking any vendor. Not legal advice.
5 min read
By Herman Ko
Hiring Manager Alignment
Why hiring-manager alignment is the real AI recruiting moat
Every AI recruiter can source. The durable edge is whether it screens to your hiring manager's bar — not the generic one.
4 min read
By Herman Ko
ICP & Sourcing
How to write an ICP that actually screens candidates
Most Ideal Candidate Profiles are glorified job descriptions. Here's the structure that turns an ICP into a working filter.
3 min read
By Herman Ko
Interview Automation
Running interview operations 24/7 without burning out your recruiters
Always-on interviewing sounds exhausting — unless the machine does the first conversation. Here's what shifts when Lantern covers the night shift.
3 min read
By Herman Ko
Reading about it is one thing. Watching an interview run against one of your live reqs is another.
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