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New assessment measures how candidates work with AI, not just what they produce.
NEWBURY, UK – 8 July 2026
Amberjack Global today announced the launch of its new AI Skills Assessment, an innovative assessment solution designed to help employers identify candidates who can effectively work alongside artificial intelligence in modern workplaces.
The launch comes at a critical moment for employers. As generative AI becomes increasingly embedded in everyday work, traditional assessment methods are struggling to distinguish between candidate capability and AI-generated outputs. Organisations are facing growing concerns around assessment validity, candidate authenticity, and how to fairly evaluate talent in an AI-enabled world.
Amberjack’s AI Skills Assessment has been developed to address this challenge by measuring how candidates use AI to solve problems, make decisions, improve outputs, and apply human judgement. Rather than focusing solely on final answers, the assessment provides visibility into a candidate’s thinking process, decision-making, and ability to critically evaluate AI-generated content.
Research increasingly suggests that the most valuable skills in an AI-enabled workplace are not content generation alone, but the ability to oversee, challenge, refine and make decisions based on AI outputs. The assessment has been designed around these emerging competencies, including critical thinking, communication, adaptability, collaboration and responsible AI use.
Unlike traditional assessments, candidates are encouraged to work with AI in a structured and controlled environment that mirrors real workplace scenarios. This enables employers to assess how individuals collaborate with AI while maintaining fairness, consistency and transparency throughout the hiring process.
The launch follows extensive research into the future of assessment and the impact of AI on recruitment. Recent evidence highlights that high-performing individuals are often differentiated not by their access to AI, but by their ability to evaluate, refine and direct AI outputs effectively.
The new assessment is designed to help employers:
- Understand how candidates use AI to complete work-related tasks
- Assess decision-making, judgement and critical thinking
- Improve confidence in hiring decisions
- Reduce risk associated with unmonitored AI use
- Create assessment experiences that reflect modern ways of working
- Future-proof hiring processes as AI adoption continues to accelerate
The AI Skills Assessment will officially launch on 8 July 2026 at an exclusive industry event attended by talent leaders, assessment specialists and early careers professionals. The event will provide attendees with an opportunity to experience the assessment first-hand and explore the future of candidate evaluation in an AI-enabled world.
Commenting on the launch, Darren Lancaster, CEO of Amberjack, said:
“Artificial intelligence is changing how work gets done, but recruitment hasn’t kept pace. Employers are increasingly questioning whether traditional assessments can accurately measure candidate capability when AI tools are readily available. Our AI Skills Assessment represents a fundamental shift in how organisations evaluate talent.
Instead of focusing on outputs, we’re helping employers understand how candidates think, make decisions, challenge information and work effectively alongside AI. We believe the future of assessment isn’t about preventing AI use – it’s about assessing how people use it responsibly and effectively.”
For more information about the AI Skills Assessment, visit Amberjack’s website or contact the team at Amberjack.
About Amberjack
Amberjack is an award-winning engagement and assessment partner helping organisations attract, assess and hire future talent. Combining behavioural science, technology and candidate experience expertise, Amberjack delivers innovative solutions that improve hiring outcomes and candidate engagement across early careers, volume recruitment and experienced hire programmes.
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Emily Bryant
Group Head of Marketing
Emily.Bryant@weareamberjack.com
01635 584130
