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Jenny (Ratzel) Patel

Jenny (Ratzel) Patel

Sr Program Manager, Intern Program at Workday

Jenny (Ratzel) Patel has over 10 years of experience in early career recruiting and program design. At Workday, she has spent the past decade designing and scaling global onboarding and talent development programs within a high-growth, technology-driven environment. She's known for building human-centered experiences that drive retention and reinforce company culture at scale. When she's not investing in the careers of the next generation of innovators, she can be found putting in miles at Crissy Field or chasing her 2-year-old son Jack.

4:00 PM (PDT) - 4:40 PM (PDT)
Main Stage

Hiring for Signal in an AI-First World

As AI tools become ubiquitous, the signals we’ve historically relied on to evaluate early talent are breaking down. Polished answers are easier to generate, coding can be assisted, and traditional indicators of readiness are becoming less reliable. So what actually matters now? This session explores how hiring teams are redefining evaluation in an AI-first world ~ what skills are becoming commoditized, what’s becoming harder to fake, and how to assess for real problem-solving ability, learning velocity, and judgment. We’ll dig into how interview loops, assessments, and hiring criteria are evolving and what it takes to identify high-potential talent when the bar is constantly shifting.