The science of success: What makes a truly great hire?

March 26, 2025 1 PM EST | 12 PM CST | 10 AM PST

How do you predict job success? Reviewing profiles, administering skills tests, and conducting interviews all help build a clear picture of a candidate’s potential, but hiring great talent isn’t just about checking boxes—it’s about understanding what drives performance.

Join a collaborative roundtable with fellow HR professionals and leaders from our Science and Assessment Innovation and IP Development Centers of Expertise. You'll get a chance to share insights, explore the latest trends, and discuss real-world strategies to make truly great hires.

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In this roundtable, we’ll discuss:

How to use data and judgement to find best-fit talent

Head of Science & Assessment Innovation

Hosted by Kim Severinsen

Head of Science & Assessment Innovation, TestGorilla

Kim leads TestGorilla's Science and Assessment Innovation Center of Expertise. With two decades of experience, she has worked as a consultant-practitioner, in-house expert, and product developer in assessment, selection, talent management, leadership, organizational development, and I/O psychology.

Kim has a proven track record of designing and implementing fair, inclusive assessment and selection frameworks, shaping hiring strategies across industries such as finance, tech, pharma, retail, manufacturing, and government.

Co-hosted by Romina Da Costa

Director of IP Development, TestGorilla

As Director of IP Development at TestGorilla, Romina’s mission is to create predictive and future-proof evaluation tools that help companies identify top talent. With a PhD focused on gender differences in the workplace, she is passionate about disrupting traditional hiring models to ensure fair and objective assessments. 

In addition to her international experience across China, Brazil, Portugal, and the USA, she co-founded Epiko, a venture dedicated to leadership development and team dynamics for VC-backed startups. Her diverse background gives her unique insights into what it takes to build future-ready teams that can thrive in an evolving talent landscape.