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Meet

Unified navigation

We updated the navigation in Spark Hire Meet to create a cleaner, more consistent experience. Redesigned menus, easier access to My jobs, Settings, and other resources help users move through key workflows faster.
What’s new
  • Redesigned navigation:
    Updated menus create a cleaner, more consistent experience.
  • New My Jobs section:
    Hiring team members can quickly access the jobs they’re actively hiring for from the Assessments page.
  • Faster Settings access:
    Settings now has a dedicated menu, making frequently used options easier to find.
  • Assessments & AI:
    Job settings has been renamed
    Assessments & AI
    and moved under
    Settings
    , alongside
    Branding
    .
  • New product menu:
    Use the product menu to switch between Meet and Recruit and access helpful resources.
  • Refreshed UI:
    A cleaner, more polished design makes it easier to find the content and actions you need.
New navigation - Product post

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Meet

Spark Hire AI

Prioritize candidates with role-aligned AI ratings and takeaways

AI Video Review can now use the
job description
,
scorecard
,
interview questions
, and
candidate responses
to generate role-specific ratings and takeaways. Reviewers can quickly identify the strongest candidates and understand how they align with what matters most for the role.
New AI capabilities
  • Key takeaways at a glance:
    New AI-generated takeaways organize findings into
    pros
    ,
    concerns
    , and
    further review
    , making it easier to understand what stands out and what your team may want to validate before making a decision.
  • Rate interview questions:
    AI Video Review can rate a candidate’s answer based on the job description and provide the rationale behind the rating.
  • Evaluate candidates using the job description:
    A scorecard isn’t a must. If one isn’t provided, AI Video Review evaluates candidates against the qualifications and traits identified in the job description.
  • Evaluate candidates against the scorecard:
    When a scorecard is provided, AI Video Review rates each trait using the job description and candidate responses.
  • Understand the reasoning behind every rating:
    Expand any rated factor, trait, or question to see what the AI evaluates and the key insights informing the rating.
AIVR role-aligned scorecards and takeaways - Product post
Getting started
Role-aligned AI Video Review ratings are being gradually rolled out to customers. If your company already uses AI Video Review, these evaluation options will be enabled by default when they become available for your account. You can review or customize them for individual jobs from the
Assessments tab
.
Haven’t enabled AI Video Review yet?
Turn it on today. See our help article for more details.

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Recruit

Keep your lead pipeline moving

We’ve made lead management more efficient for customers who connect with candidates on LinkedIn, and added a new option to convert candidates back into leads.
What’s new
  • Automatic updates based on LinkedIn messages
    : For customers using LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect (RSC), sending an InMail to a lead automatically updates the lead’s outreach status from
    Not Contacted
    to
    Contacted
    . When the lead replies, the status automatically updates to
    Responded
    . Learn more
  • Convert candidates to leads:
    If you need to convert a candidate back into a lead, you can now do so directly from their profile while preserving their files, links, outreach status, and activity history. Learn more
Lead management - Product post

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Recruit

Spend less time reviewing duplicate applications

Recruit is rolling out improvements to help keep your candidate database clean and reduce manual review of duplicate records. Recruit’s improved duplicate handling merges confirmed duplicates automatically, gives recruiters a way to separate records that were merged incorrectly, and can make sure candidates are notified when applying during the cool-down period.
What’s new?
  • Automatic duplicate merging:
    Recruit automatically identifies and merges duplicate candidates, except when human review is necessary. When candidates are merged, each hiring process is retained along with its status and source. Learn more
  • Easy unmerging:
    Recruiters can use the new Detach process feature to separate candidate profiles that were merged incorrectly. Learn more
  • Cool-down period:
    The previous “auto-resolve” setting has been renamed “cool-down period.” When a candidate applies multiple times within the defined period, Recruit helps prevent unnecessary duplicates from being created. You can now also enable an automated notification for candidates who re-apply during this period. Learn more
Recruit – Smart handling of duplicates
Getting started
These features are being gradually rolled out to all customers. We recommend visiting your
settings
 to review your cool-down period and notification options (requires an Admin or Owner role).

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Recruit

Spark Hire AI

AI Notetaker

AI Notetaker automatically captures interview conversations and generates a concise, structured summary, so interviewers can stay focused on the candidate instead of taking notes. It also provides suggested evaluation notes based on what was discussed in the interview.
This helps teams save time, improve feedback quality, and move faster by turning interviews into clear, usable insights right after the call.
How it works
  1. AI Notetaker
    joins interviews and captures the conversation
  2. It generates
    an interview summary
    highlighting key topics like experience, skills, and candidate responses
  3. Then, AI Notetaker
    suggests evaluation notes
    , including pros, concerns, areas for further review, and scorecard ratings
  4. Teammates can
    review suggestions and accept, edit, or skip
    before submitting their evaluation
  5. The interview summary is
    available on the candidate profile
    as part of the candidate evaluation
Recruit – AI Note taker v3
Getting started
This feature is being gradually rolled out to customers on all plans. For more details, see our help article.

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Recruit

Turn pre-screen questionnaires into actionable candidate data

Candidates can now provide more of their required information directly through pre-screening questionnaires, and their answers will automatically save to the corresponding fields on their candidate profile. This helps recruiters keep candidate profiles more complete and makes key screening information easier to search, filter, and report on across the candidate database.
How it works
  • All candidate answers can now be saved to candidate fields, including newly supported dropdown and single-choice questions.
  • Use candidate field responses in Knockout questions to reject candidates who don't meet required criteria.
  • Admins can define which dropdown candidate fields can be presented to candidates to fill in on their own in a pre-screening questionnaire.
  • Candidate fields are available in candidate search, filters, and reports.
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For more details, see our help article.

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Meet

Spark Hire AI

AI Assistant: Suggested interview question sets for One-Way Video Interviews

AI Assistant now helps your team quickly get started with strong interview question sets for One-Way Video Interview based on your job description. Save time with tailored AI suggestions that apply recruiting best practices, then review, edit, and customize questions before sending invites.
Getting started
When inviting candidates to a One-Way Video Interview or visiting your job’s Assessments tab to set up the job:
  1. Select
    Create new > Create with AI
  2. Review the suggested questions along with explanations for why they were suggested
  3. Accept it with
    Looks good
    or choose
    Edit
    to customize
AI-generated question sets
For more details, see our help article.

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Recruit

Spark Hire AI

AI Resume Review: Knockout requirements

AI Resume Review now supports Knockout requirements, helping you prioritize candidates more accurately when certain qualifications are truly non-negotiable. This enhancement improves ranking accuracy, and better aligns AI Resume Review results with real-world hiring decisions for roles with specific eligibility criteria such as specific experience, licenses, certifications, language proficiency, or location requirements.
How it works
  • Add
    “must”
    or
    “mandatory”
    to any non-negotiable public or internal requirement. For example, “Must have an active RN license in California” or “3+ years of experience as a team lead is a must.”
  • Choose
    Flexible match
    to factor mandatory requirements into the overall score or
    Strict match
    to automatically mark candidates as
    Low Fit
    when they miss at least one mandatory requirement
Knockout requirements - product post
Getting started
Spend less time reviewing candidates who don’t meet mandatory requirements and focus on stronger matches. See our help article for more details.

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Meet

Recruit

Automated Reference Checks in Recruit

Recruit now includes Automated Reference Checks, a dedicated workflow step powered by Spark Hire Meet. Teams can trigger, track, and review reference checks directly in Recruit, reducing manual coordination and capturing structured feedback as part of the hiring process.
How it works
  • Add an Automated Reference Check step to your position workflow.
  • Select a reference survey to choose the questions that the references will answer. You can customize these questions in Meet.
  • When a candidate reaches the step, they enter their reference details, and each reference is automatically emailed a request to provide feedback.
  • Responses and status updates are available on the candidate’s Evaluation in Recruit.
Recruit – Reference check (1)
Getting started
See our help article for more details.

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Recruit

Spark Hire AI

Refresh AI Resume Review ratings after requirement updates

AI Resume Review re-evaluation lets teams fine-tune position requirements as they learn more about the ideal candidate profile. Updated rankings reflect the latest hiring criteria, improving accuracy without disrupting the workflow.
How it works
  • Update the position requirements or adjust AI Resume Review settings
  • Recruit automatically alerts you when existing AI Resume Review rankings may be outdated
  • Re-evaluate a single candidate or candidate groups using the latest requirements and generate updated fit ratings
  • Review refreshed candidate scores directly in the workflow and Evaluation tab
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Getting started
Re-evaluation is available for candidates who have already been processed by AI Resume Review. See our help article for more details.
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