Understanding Spark Hire and Its Benefits
Spark Hire is a full-stack (Video interviews, behavioral, language (coming soon), cultural assessments, and more) Talent Assessment Platform that empowers you to select, screen, and retain the best candidates during the recruitment process. It has become the go-to assessment platform for over 6000+ companies globally, becoming a key part of their recruitment-tech stack and helping them increase their quality of hires while saving countless hours at a cost-effective price!
“Skills-based hiring methods are clearly most popular among younger cohorts of candidates, with 82% of 25–34-year-olds preferring this avenue of recruitment. Meanwhile, among all age groups, 68% want to see organisations increase their use of skills-based hiring in the future.”
This article will help you address the most commonly asked questions and see why Spark Hire is the best choice for you and your organization
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How Much Does Spark Hire Cost?
Pricing varies based on company size and we will never charge you any hidden fee. Click the links below to view the full range of Spark Hires pricing tiers and their corresponding products and features
How Can I Learn More About Using Spark Hire?
Thousands of industry-leading companies like yours use Spark Hire every day to assess top-tier candidates. Here’s how you can do the same. Customers using Spark Hire have seen these results within the first year:
- 46% faster time to hire
- 43% lower cost per hire
- 21% more likely to achieve goals
You’ll leverage several key Spark Hire features to assess your candidates. One Way Video Interviews, Live Video Interviews, Automated Reference Checks, Interview Scheduling, and Predictive Talent Assessments. See below to watch demos, read articles on how they work, and hear what our customers think about these features.
1. One-Way Video Interviews
Gather deeper insights into your candidates’ thought processes by having them record video responses to your interview questions.
Hear what our customers think:
“Spark Hire makes it really easy for the candidates to do the interview process on their own schedule and at their leisure. So you don’t have to worry about time zones or difficulties with coordinating schedules. And then you can go back and rewatch the interviews should you need to view them at a later time”
Hear what candidates think:
“Thank you for the opportunity of completing this one-way interview! It was very easy to understand and the instructions were helpful.”
2. Live Video Interviews
Host your live virtual interviews on Spark Hire, a video interview platform designed specifically for recruiting.
Hear what our customers think:
“Spark Hire delivered the results that we sought from a video interviewing platform. It was very simple to use and required little training in order to set things up. It was great to see a product that can be easily branded at minimal cost. Our candidates found the tool intuitive and I would recommend this to any company seeking to streamline their candidate selection stage”
Hear what candidates think:
“This was an amazing experience. I truly felt comfortable with this interviewing process”
3. Automated Reference Surveys
Collect and collate crucial reference information with none of the hassles of scheduling, emails or phone calls.
Hear what our customers think:
“Awesome overall experience! From HR to hiring Supervisors it is our favorite tool!”
Hear what candidates think:
“Very easy-going and made simple for the applicant”
4. Interview Scheduling
Free up time and eliminate the stress of scheduling by letting candidates effortlessly book interviews based on your calendar availability. Use it for more than just interviews—book meetings with clients, colleagues, and more!
Hear what our customers think:
“ This is a very well thought out and developed product. The management team does a great job of following up with you and making sure that you have all of the tools to make this tool a vital part of your hiring process. I highly recommend this software and guarantee that it will save your team time and money both going through the interview process as well as employee turnover….. a built-in scheduling tool that helps with the candidate booking a time (if approved) to interview with you.”
Hear what candidates think: “This felt surprisingly natural. I really appreciated the step-by-step instructions to help the process run smoothly”
5. Predictive Talent Assessments
Backed by 40+ years of research by industrial-organizational psychologists and hundreds of validation studies, our predictive talent assessments help you:
- Assess candidates’ capacity to succeed in specific roles
- View insights into which attributes and competencies can be leveraged to develop individuals
- See how candidates score against other job profiles
Hear what our customers think:
*“This has alleviated a lot of stress of our graduate recruitment campaign, really adding value in the processes of differentiating one applicant from another based on their pre-recorded responses, great for high volumes. This is an easy product to use and the backend support is fabulous, very very happy with the experience we have had. ***This product is great for junior-level positions and senior roles. We use it for bulk recruitment and specialized positions and the functional meets the needs of both types of recruitment.”
Hear what candidates think:
“I was a bit nervous about this experience because I’ve never done an interview like this. However it was so easy and pretty fun to do!”
What Does The Candidate Experience Look Like On Spark Hire
Spark Hire is committed to creating the best possible candidate experience by offering a Talent Assessment Platform candidates will love. Our goal is to eliminate the frustrations associated with traditional hiring processes like a lack of transparency & communication, lengthy hiring processes, skill mismatches, as well as bias and discrimination.
Candidates have been noted to prefer companies using Spark Hire in the recruitment process as it allows them to showcase their stories, add context to their experiences, get in front of hiring managers faster, and receive high-quality feedback. Improved collaboration among hiring stakeholders aids in reducing bias, ensuring every candidate has a fair and equal opportunity to shine.
Here’s a demonstration of the video interview experience from a candidate’s point of view:
How Else Does Spark Hire Support Candidates?
We’ve taken supporting candidates a step further than just building an industry-leading platform. We provide resources every step of the way with help articles, FAQs, and other resources, to a candidate-focused help center. Every resource is designed to ensure your candidates feel confident and well-prepared, making the talent assessment process as smooth and stress-free as possible.
We value candidates just as much as our customers, and our support team is active 24/7, 365 days a year to help with any and all questions. Visit support.sparkhire.com to speak to a member of our team.
How Does Spark Hire Support Me In Giving My Candidates The Best Experience?
We also went the extra mile to help you support your candidates with tips on how to make better impressions, boost conversions, keep candidates engaged, and more. Check out this article with Tips On Improving Your Candidates Experience.
We also have several employer branding features created to give your candidates a seamless experience with your organization. Employer branding is a lot more than a workplace fad. How potential employees perceive you helps promote your working environment and internal culture. Factoring this into the recruitment process will telegraph how valued a candidate will feel as an employee, keeping them excited and engaged throughout the process.
How Easy Will It Be For My Team To Adopt Spark Hire
Adopting or integrating Spark Hire into your teams’ recruitment process is designed to be as intuitive and user-friendly as possible, ensuring even teams with minimal technical experience can get up and running quickly. Onboarding includes step-by-step guidance, comprehensive training resources, and a dedicated support team to make it easy to integrate into your workflow. Spark Hire simplifies every step from scheduling interviews to reviewing videos and collaborating with your colleagues.
“The program is incredibly user-friendly from both the company’s perspective as well as the candidate’s perspective. There is a great knowledge base as well as video tutorials, and for the company, there is a terrific onboarding service”
“My overall experience has been great. They’ve helped us be more efficient. I even asked them if they integrated our ATS provider. They didn’t at the time, but they made it happen for us, I can’t say enough about it and recommend it to all my HR colleagues.”
On average, your implementation timeline will average 1 hour and 35 minutes or less
Here’s how to get started:
Our goal is to have new customers completely onboarded within 30 days. That includes: technology needs assessments, meeting with key stakeholders, mapping talent assessment business processes and workflows, suggesting improvements, planning a change strategy (if necessary), assisting with data migration (if necessary), enabling your team with moment-of-need support, and helping documentation and making the necessary adjustments to get you started.
We do all this in less time than the industry average hiring process 34 days according to SHRM.
How Easy Will It Be To Implement Spark Hire Into My Workflow
With integrations and partnerships with over 50 of the world’s leading software platforms, Spark Hire is designed to fit into your existing tech stack to enhance the efficiency of your hiring processes, seamlessly keeping both the flow of data and candidate pipeline moving.
Why Spark Hire Is The Right Choice
To see how Spark Hire can revolutionize your hiring process, explore our platform through a demo. Take advantage of your free tests to experience it firsthand, or consult with your account manager to learn more about implementing it for you and your team.
