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Tech Hiring Made Crystal Clear · chapter 1: Welcome to the Verification Era

Filtering vs verification

2026-08-27

So the job got renamed. Hiring was filtering; it is now verification first, filtering second. Figure 1.1 shows the same funnel in both eras: the stages barely changed, but every stage now carries a gate, because the first question is no longer "who is best?" but "who is real?".

Figure 1.1: Filtering vs verification. The 2015 funnel chooses from a pile of real CVs. The 2026 funnel faces a partly synthetic pile, so every stage carries a verification gate before taste matters again.
Figure 1.1: Filtering vs verification. The 2015 funnel chooses from a pile of real CVs. The 2026 funnel faces a partly synthetic pile, so every stage carries a verification gate before taste matters again.

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