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As more AI-based employment tools enter the market, one challenge many HR practitioners face is knowing how to properly evaluate what vendors are actually selling. A new guide from the SIOP Foundation (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) and the CHRO Association addresses this directly. The guide makes clear that these purchasing decisions deserve rigorous and ongoing evaluation, not a one-time review. The guide provides 13 questions that move organizations beyond vendor claims and peer benchmarking toward a more rigorous assessment of AI-enabled employment tools. One example: the guide asks how the tool was developed and whether the validation sample reflects actual job contexts, not convenience samples pulled from paid online survey panels with no connection to real hiring situations, which is a specific red flag the guide calls out. While the questions are primarily focused on employee selection, they can also be applied more broadly when AI is being considered for other areas of HR. Whether you are evaluating AI-based platforms you are considering for purchase or auditing the ones you currently have in place, these questions provide a practical level of rigor that helps make better investment decisions that tap the benefits of these tools while mitigating the risks.