Wednesday, 12th August 2026 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM IST
Early Talent, Real Skills: Hiring for an AI-Ready Workforce
AI is reshaping early career hiring across the entire funnel: how candidates discover roles, build applications, prepare for interviews, and signal their readiness for work. For employers, it is changing how talent teams screen at scale, assess real skills, reduce dependency on pedigree, and improve hiring speed without weakening candidate experience.
But the shift also raises difficult questions. When candidates use AI to polish resumes and interview answers, how do organisations assess actual capability? As automation enters screening, assessments and interviews, where should recruiters stay in the loop?
This webinar will bring together TA and HR leaders to explore how India Inc. can redesign early-career hiring for a more AI-enabled, skills-first, and candidate-conscious future.
Discussion Questions:
How is AI changing the way early-career candidates apply, prepare and present themselves? What does this mean for how employers assess authenticity, capability and potential?
When candidates use AI to polish resumes and interview responses, how can hiring teams evaluate the person behind the application? Are current screening and interview methods still fit for purpose?
Where is AI creating real efficiency in the early-talent hiring funnel, and where does human judgement remain critical? Which parts of campus and graduate hiring can be automated safely, and which cannot?
How can employers balance automation with candidate experience? At what point do AI-led screenings, chatbots or recorded interviews risk disengaging strong candidates?
Is skills-first hiring finally replacing college tier and degree-led filtering? Or do traditional filters still dominate shortlisting decisions despite the shift in language?
What does “AI-ready early talent” actually mean for employers?Are organisations hiring for existing AI skills, training them post-hire, or redefining how they identify potential?
Our Speaker
Sarvesh Agarwal
Founder & CEO, Internshala
