See every candidate do the job before you hire them.
TruFit gives every applicant a realistic moment to show what they can do, and gives your committee the evidence to judge it fairly. Not just your finalists. Every applicant.
A simulation, in brief.
Parent
You moved Max down a level without telling us first. I want to know what evidence you had.
Candidate
You’re right that you should have heard it from me before the letter went home. Can I walk you through what I saw in his writing over the term, and then I’d like to hear what you’re seeing at home?
Parent
I am worried that you are disadvantaging my child and holding them back.
Committee note
Owned the miss. Asked before explaining to clarify and surface parent understanding.
Every applicant responds to the same moment. Your committee reads what they said.
Every applicant, not just finalists. Role-real simulations for the whole pool, without adding an hour of interviews.
Every hiring decision is a prediction.
Schools make it the way they did fifty years ago: a résumé, an interview, a reference call, a feeling. The decision hasn’t changed. The challenges have.
Everyone looks the same on paper
Most applications are now polished with AI. Credentials blend together, and the résumé tells you where someone has been, not what they do when a parent is angry or a colleague is struggling.
Volume without insight
In large hiring processes most applicants never get a meaningful look. Panels spend less time per candidate exactly when they need to see more.
Gut feel fills the gap
When the evidence is thin, instinct decides. Research puts the typical interview decision inside the first thirty seconds, on confidence and likability, not capability.
Traditional Hiring
TruFit Evidence Adds
The AI plays the parent. The candidate is themselves. Your committee decides.
Predictive validity of traditional unstructured interviews.
Sackett et al., 2022
Of applicants may never receive meaningful review in large hiring processes.
Of candidates now use AI to improve application materials.
Cost of a single teacher turnover event.
Learning Policy Institute
Forty schools and districts are hiring on evidence.
Same search, both sides.
“In the end, the candidate who demonstrated the strongest performance in the TruFit assessments was the right choice. I would recommend TruFit without hesitation for future senior leadership searches.”
Ole Sealey
Director, Kazakhstan International School
“I was able to demonstrate my leadership approach, values, and decision-making in a more authentic way than a typical interview setting allows. It wasn’t just about being assessed — it created space for real reflection and learning.”
Evelyn Marolf
Appointed Secondary Principal, Kazakhstan International School
“Even if I am not short-listed, this experience was wonderful and worth my time.”
— Teaching candidate
Three things we’ve added this year.
Voice
Candidates can now speak their responses instead of typing. The AI plays the parent, the colleague, the board chair; the candidate is themselves. Speech is transcribed and audio is not kept. Your committee reads what was said. Rolling out with new positions now.
Learn moreGrowth Snapshot
Every candidate leaves with a Growth Snapshot: one strength and one growth edge, grounded in what they actually said and did. Whether or not you hire them. It’s why applicants thank us.
Learn moreTeam analysis
Put your leadership team through the same simulations and see how it works together: strengths, gaps, working styles, and where to set the bar for your next hire. Used this year by schools in Kaohsiung, Bangkok, Vientiane and Washington, DC.
Learn more
We’re building the
Future of Talent.
Hiring is the beginning. Three of the six pieces below are already live. The rest is what we’re building with the schools above.
Recruitment
Attract and engage the right candidates for the roles that matter most.
Evidence
Behavioral data on how candidates actually think, lead, and communicate.
Growth
Personalized feedback that develops every educator, not just those hired.
Teams
Insight into collective strengths, dynamics, and gaps across your organization.
Leadership
Build the leaders your schools will need over the next decade.
Retention
Keep the right people by placing them in the right roles from day one.
See what your
committee would see.
Try a simulation yourself in about thirty minutes, or book a demo and we’ll walk your team through a real candidate report, with the quoted moments behind every score.