Podcast Interview
Fixing Broken Hiring in the Age of the AI Arms Race
Arventa Business Podcast
Edward Bowman discusses organisational psychology, AI, assessment-first hiring and the future of recruitment.
For SMEs and direct employers
Too many applications
to review?
Psych-Fit adds role-specific behavioural and motivational insights to your shortlist, so you can compare applicants on more than their CV. You review the results; hiring decisions remain with you.
Run one vacancy through Psych-Fit with our support. If you already have applicants, they can take part too.
A short introduction from Ed Bowman, founder of Psych-Fit
The challenge
When applications pile up, they become hard to compare.
Many small businesses recruit without a dedicated HR team. A single vacancy can bring in more applications than anyone has time to read properly, and CVs mainly show past roles and qualifications.
- Screening takes time
- Reading every CV carefully is difficult alongside running the business.
- CVs often look similar
- Applications for the same role can be hard to tell apart on paper.
- Interviews start from the CV
- Without other information, it is harder to know what to explore with each candidate.
What you receive
A ranked shortlist, with the reasoning behind it.
Psych-Fit provides insights for your review — hiring decisions remain with you. Each candidate report is designed to help you prepare for the interview, not to make the decision for you.
- A ranked shortlist, with the reasons for each position
- Each candidate's strengths and areas to explore
- Interview prompts tailored to each candidate
- Behavioural and motivational insights to read alongside the CV
Ranked shortlist
Illustrative results
Jane Doyle
92%
Strong match across the role profile
Sara Thompson
84%
Prefers structured, well-defined work
Leo Kelly
71%
Discuss expectations around autonomy at interview
Sample data for illustration only. Rankings are information for your review, not an automatic selection or rejection.
How it works
Three steps, with support throughout the pilot.
- 01
Set up the role
We help you describe what the role needs. You then share a single link with applicants; they do not need to create an account.
- 02
Candidates complete a short assessment
One structured assessment covering reasoning, working style and workplace motivation.
- 03
Review the shortlist
You receive a ranked shortlist with the reasons behind it and interview prompts for each candidate.
Works alongside your current process. You can keep advertising and managing applications as you do today.
What the assessment covers
Information a CV does not usually show.
A CV describes what someone has done. Psych-Fit adds structured information about how they approach work and what they want from a role, compared with the profile you set. It draws on established psychological frameworks and explains how each result is reached.
Reasoning
How candidates approach problems and work through information, from a short reasoning assessment.
Working style
Behavioural preferences relevant to the role, based on the Big Five personality model.
Motivation
What candidates are looking for in their next role, such as autonomy, development and team connection.
Results also take account of the skills and experience you list for the role. Psych-Fit is a structured first step and is not a substitute for interviews, references or your own professional judgement.
Who it is for
Growing businesses without a dedicated recruitment team.
- Business owners
- A consistent, structured way to compare applicants when you are hiring directly.
- Hiring managers
- Help deciding whom to prioritise for interview, and what to ask.
- Growing teams
- The same process for every role, with feedback for each candidate.
From the founder
Why I built Psych-Fit
In my work in recruitment, business transformation and organisational psychology, I saw how much hiring depends on CVs, job titles and years of experience — and how little that can tell an employer about how someone will approach a particular role.
Small businesses feel this most. They often recruit without specialist support, and each hire matters.
I built Psych-Fit to give them structured, role-specific information to read alongside the CV, and to give every candidate useful feedback on their strengths and preferences, whatever the outcome.
Ed Bowman
Founder, Psych-Fit · MSc Organisational Psychology
For candidates
Something useful in return.
Everyone who completes the assessment receives a personal summary of their strengths and workplace preferences, whether or not they progress.
- Feedback for every candidate, whatever the outcome
- A clearer picture of their strengths and preferences
- A chance to show more than their CV
As featured in
Irish Tech NewsArventa Business Podcast
Insights
Articles and interviews
Perspectives on structured hiring, organisational psychology and recruitment in small businesses.
Published Article
Why Irish SMEs are drowning in job applications – and what needs to change
Irish Tech News
An opinion article exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping recruitment and why employers may need to rethink how they identify the right candidates.
Start your free guided pilot
Run one vacancy through Psych-Fit with our support. We will help you set up the role, invite your candidates and go through the shortlist with you.
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