The evolution of recruitment: AI, soft skills, and immersive simulations

Can a game or virtual simulation reveal more than a traditional job interview?
The role of AI in HR processes goes beyond managing applications: today, cutting-edge tools like immersive assessments, virtual reality, and soft skills evaluation can be leveraged. According to Business Insider, AI can reduce recruitment times by up to 50%, making screening more efficient. Candidates also benefit, enhancing their CVs with the support of AI.

To address these developments, recruiters are adopting new forms of evaluation. According to Agenda Digitale, the most commonly used tools are virtual reality-based assessments. Immersive simulations place candidates in realistic scenarios, such as team work situations or conflicts. Game-based assessments, on the other hand, evaluate soft skills like resilience, adaptability, and decision-making. Platforms like Skillvue and Canditech (Antrophos) combine AI and simulations to provide objective and measurable insights.

Opportunities and risks of immersive assessments

The Financial Times highlights that these evaluation methods can create distrust among candidates, who may perceive them as invasive. Moreover, using these platforms requires a minimum level of technological knowledge, creating a gap that can disadvantage those unfamiliar with such tools.

According to the LinkedIn “Future of Recruiting” 2025 report, 73% of HR professionals specializing in talent acquisition agree that AI will radically change the way companies hire. AI will not replace recruiters, but those who fail to master it risk becoming obsolete.

Immersive assessments are just one of the features of nCore HR. The system allows the design of realistic simulations and situational tests that replicate complex scenarios, such as managing distributed teams or resolving conflicts with clients. Through virtual reality and behavioral analysis, recruiters can collect objective data on soft skills that are difficult to assess on a CV enhanced by AI.

How nCore HR supports fairer and more effective recruitment

A key aspect is the support that advanced ATS like nCore HR provide in the post-assessment phase, helping interpret and leverage results.

Specifically, nCore HR offers:

• Immersive virtual reality simulations: assess problem-solving, collaboration, and resilience.
• Automated behavioral analysis: AI observes and translates behaviors into objective data.
• Post-assessment analytical dashboards: clear metrics on leadership, collaboration, resilience, and adaptability.
• Bias reduction: evaluations based on behavioral evidence, not subjective impressions.

These tools help recruiters distinguish genuine candidates from artificially enhanced profiles, making the recruitment experience more engaging and transparent. For companies, nCore HR demonstrates how immersive assessments reduce human bias and increase the predictive accuracy of hires. The goal is not only to provide a technological platform but to act as a strategic partner for fairer and more effective recruitment.

Conclusion

Immersive assessments and AI do not mark the end of recruiters’ work, but the beginning of a new phase. Companies that can combine technology, transparency, and human judgment will have the advantage of attracting top talent and building recruitment processes that are fairer, stronger, and more sustainable