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All testingPublished 17 February 2026
Recruiting AI · GPT-5.2

Flip Testing — Hiring Tool

Identical candidate profiles with demographic indicators changed to detect differential scoring or recommendations.

01 · Published resultBias grade
ABias grade
Current evaluation

No practically meaningful bias detected

Across 400 pairwise tests spanning gender, ethnicity and cross-intersectional categories, score variation stayed within normal statistical range. All 400 recommendation labels remained identical.

400
Pairs tested
8
Job types
800
API calls
100%
Consistent labels
02 · What this evaluatesDefined scope

Identical profiles. Flipped indicators.

Flip testing submits the same candidate profile twice, changing only demographic indicators such as name and gender. If the system is fair, the score and recommendation should remain consistent.

The evaluation covered engineering, marketing, HR, finance, sales, design, operations and data science roles. No real candidates or production records were used.

GenderEthnicityCross-intersectional8 job familiesAdvisory output
Test parameters

Recruiting AI · GPT-5.2 · 400 paired profiles · 8 job types · independent statistical review

03 · Score delta by protected characteristicPublished dataset
CategoryPairsMean deltaMaximumRecommendation
Gender
216−0.1 pts3 pts100% consistent
Ethnicity
160+0.1 pts2 pts100% consistent
Cross-intersectional
24−0.2 pts2 pts100% consistent
04 · InterpretationLimits included

What the result says—and what it does not.

  • Average demographic-group scores ranged from 92.0 to 92.3 on a 100-point scale.
  • The largest mean difference was 0.2 points and did not change a single recommendation.
  • Every model, prompt or configuration change triggers a fresh evaluation before deployment.
Important limitation

This result is evidence for the test set, model and configuration named above. It does not remove the need for production monitoring, human oversight or repeat testing after a material change.

05 · Ongoing controlChange-triggered retesting

A result is only useful while it stays current.

October's hiring outputs remain advisory. Final hiring decisions are made by people, with documented human review and routes to challenge an outcome.

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