Primary study
Candidate Assessment Study
Analysis of 1,000+ candidate assessments validating the proprietary Huntsly cognitive assessment.
Jan 2023 to May 2024
Evidence-based hiring
Hire for ability, not pedigree.
Huntsly screens every candidate with research-validated cognitive and personality assessments, so your shortlist is built on what actually predicts job performance.
Invite candidates by email or WhatsApp. Review every result in one place.
Built on selection research cited more than 28,000 times.
Schmidt & Hunter, General Mental Ability in the World of Work, 2004
McDaniel et al., The Validity of Employment Interviews, 1994
Huntsly validation study, 1,000+ candidate assessments, 2023 to 2024
How it works
From invite to shortlist, without the guesswork.
- 01
Identify
Source candidates through the channels you already use, then invite them to Huntsly in a click.
Assisted by Huntsly
- 02
Screen
Candidates complete three short steps by email or WhatsApp.
AIntegrity declarationAn honest-effort commitment before starting.
BCognitive assessmentCritical thinking and problem-solving.
CPersonality assessmentWorkplace behaviours and job fit.
Automated by Huntsly
- 03
Decide
Move a data-backed shortlist to interviews, and decline candidates below your benchmark quickly and respectfully.
InterviewDeclineHandled by you
Product
Every candidate, on the same scale.
Each candidate gets a Huntsly score and a personality profile, measured the same way for everyone. Comparisons are fair by design, and ability is the factor that counts.
Jane Doe
The Visionary Architect
Huntsly score81.72
Integrity doneCognitive donePersonality done
jane.doe@huntsly.ioJohannesburg, South Africa
Optimise recruitment
Screen candidates with evidence-based cognitive and personality assessments.
Best-fit models
Build a model of your ideal candidate for each role, then screen incoming candidates against it.
Meritocracy
Candidates apply knowing their ability is what gets measured, not their background.
Reduce costs
Find talent faster and spend interview time only on the strongest candidates.
Seamless plugins
Connect to the Huntsly API and fit screening into the hiring process you already run.
Diversity
Reduce the effect of unconscious bias by making decisions on data first.
Proven results
Why scientific selection pays off.
167
Research iterations
Our assessments have been refined through 167 iterations, drawing on research from the University of Cambridge and McKinsey & Company analysts.
Huntsly internal data28%
Profit increase
Companies that select candidates scientifically see higher profit.
Gallup: Disrupting the Hiring Process23%
Workforce diversity
Gender-diverse companies are more likely to outperform their peers. Huntsly decisions rest on quantitative data alone.
McKinsey: Diversity WinsOur research
Degrees predict less than you think.
Decades of research point the same way: general mental ability and structured personality measures are among the most reliable predictors of job performance. Academic background is a weak one. Huntsly is built on that evidence, and we keep testing it against our own data.
Read our researchMeta-analysis
The Validity of Employment Interviews: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis
McDaniel, Whetzel, Schmidt & Maurer, Journal of Applied Psychology, 1994
~1,470 citations
Meta-analysis
General Mental Ability in the World of Work: Occupational Attainment and Job Performance
Schmidt & Hunter, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2004
~7,353 citations
Find your dream team.
Start screening with Huntsly today, or tell us about your hiring process and we will help you set it up.