Markus Bühner (1), Martin Kersting (2), Anja Strobel (3) (1) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2) Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (3) Chemnitz University of Technology Since the beginning of work in psychological assessment, our discipline has faced the challenge of maintaining a balance between research into and application of validated and scientifically sound methods and the requirements and wishes of practical users. This state-of-the-art session deals with current challenges of psychological assessment. In the first part of the session, we will give an overview of the history of psychological assessment, especially in the context of personnel selection, focusing on major upheavals and the associated changes, difficulties and opportunities. Be it the introduction of assessment centers or the development of computer-based assessment methods - every innovation posed new demands on psychological assessment in research and practice, required new ways of thinking, new approaches to test construction or theory development. Currently, we are facing a new challenge: increasing digitalization and the availability of large amounts of data from various sources raise the question of their use in psychological assessment. In the second part, a first outline of this topic is given and concepts and backgrounds are explained. The possibilities and limits of these new approaches are worked out using empirical examples and taking a critical look at existing practical offers. Finally, the resulting demands on psychology are described, legal and ethical aspects are discussed and it is made clear in which way the participation of psychologists is required in order to deal with the new methods in a responsible way ensuring high quality of psychological assessment.