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Spark Hire

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What is Spark Hire?

Spark Hire is a video interviewing platform. Some key features include: One-Way Interview, Live Interview, Collaboration and Shared Interview.

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Spark Hire - An expert in recruitment and interview

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Nafisha LabibaView profile
Business Development Manager in Corporate at Tour Group BD (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy to use both for recruiters and candidates
  • Greater candidate profile screening capability
  • Transparency in recruitment
  • Multilayer engagement helps better collaboration in recruitment
  • Central data storage

Cons

  • I do no see anything as improvement areas for Spark Hire. It is just serving the stated purpose as expected

Most Important Features

  • Video interview and recorded
  • Transparency in recruitment
  • Expanding of candidate pool
  • Central candidate data base
  • Recorded video interview sharing
  • Candidate shortlisting

Return on Investment

  • Best candidate selection over the years
  • Better employee retention rate
  • Improvement in business output
  • Better drive for results among the employees

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp Business, Nextcloud

Streamlined our recruiting process, allowing us to recruit more candidates

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Katherine Deighan
Design Coordinator in Marketing at Orr Fellowship (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • The user interface is clear and concise and not distracting. This is a pro because it allows you to focus on the interviewee and what they are saying.
  • It is easy to access interviews, watch, rewatch, etc. The entire process is just so convenient.

Cons

  • I don't specifically remember but would love to have a captions feature! Or something about translations to make it more inclusive.
  • The back library to access videos is a bit clunky and disorganized.

Most Important Features

  • I like how technical issues are automatically handled by Spark Hire rather than my team having to worry about them.
  • I like the ability to add a personalized intro and outro and then use a mass video in the middle.
  • I like the tracking / reporting that comes with the platform.

Return on Investment

  • Increased efficiency, saved us time, and energy.
  • We were able to recruit more students because we knew the spark hire process would be easier to navigate!

Other Software Used

Outreach, Adobe InDesign, Zoom

Save Time with One-Way Video Interviews

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Vicki FloydView profile
Director, Administration in Professional Services at ADK Executive Search (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Allows candidates to complete interviews at their convenience.
  • Integrates well with applicant tracking systems.
  • Provides top-notch technical support.

Cons

  • We'd like more control over certain functionalities within our APS integration.
  • We'd like more control over what actual communications are sent to our candidates.
  • We would like the ability to set a different expiration date for an interview when using our APS - right now our only choices are 7 days and 14 days.

Return on Investment

  • We're not spending valuable time conducting phone interviews for many candidates.
  • Our hiring managers can get visually acquainted with many different candidates in our industry.
  • It's not overly expensive to add more team members as users on the plan.

Usability

Other Software Used

Basecamp, Zoom, BlueJeans

Spark Hire has been a great experience!

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Michelle SextonView profile
Recruiting Manager in Human Resources at Total Spectrum, LLC (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • One-way interviewing to check the quality of a candidate.
  • Self-scheduling feature for interviews.
  • Ability to create different email templates.

Cons

  • Ability to customize self-scheduling feature.
  • Integration with other products.

Return on Investment

  • Efficiency with scheduling interviews through self-scheduling feature.
  • Screening candidates through one-way interview.
  • There is sometimes confusion for candidates with self-scheduling feature.

Alternatives Considered

SmartRecruiters

Other Software Used

Handshake, UltiPro, Google Drive

Spark HIre

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Bree GurinView profile
Director of Client Services in Sales at Oliver Staffing, Inc. (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Spark Hire allows me to purchase the service just for the time I need it.

Cons

  • I don't think the site is particularly user friendly. Since I use it so infrequently, I never remember where things are hidden and I do mean hidden.
  • Secondly, I had a wonderful sales representative the second year I used the service, Jacob Hall, who was always available to help me. Happily for him, he got promoted and this year I found the customer service lacking. If I had a problem, I either had to email your support team or leave a message in the general mail box. I found that very frustrating because I'm extremely busy when I'm staffing this event and I don't have the luxury of the time to take extra steps to resolve a problem.

Return on Investment

  • Spark Hire allowed me to comply with my client's request for a visual of my candidates to help in the selection process so I'd have to say it had a positive impact.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Office 365