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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.
Getting started
See our help article for more details.
We’ve added two new metrics to the Analytics page and Job Overview page to help recruiting teams better understand how quickly assessments move through their hiring process.
With
Time to submit
and Time to evaluate
, teams can now see how long it takes candidates to complete an assessment and how long it takes hiring team members to review it. These insights make it easier to spot delays, improve responsiveness, and keep hiring on track.What’s new
- Time to submit:Track how long it takes candidates to submit an assessment after it’s assigned.
- Time to evaluate:See how long it takes hiring team members to review completed assessments.
- Better visibility into bottlenecks:Identify where delays are happening so your team can take action sooner.
- View performance by job or across jobs:Monitor assessment turnaround times at the individual job level or across multiple jobs for a broader view of team performance.
Getting started
View the time metrics on a job’s
Overview tab
or in Assessments analytics
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Proctoring Alerts for One-Way Video Interviews
Proctoring helps teams identify possible misconduct in One-Way Video Interviews through team review and optional AI-powered detection. Your team can flag concerning responses during review, while AI can automatically highlight responses that may indicate AI-generated content, helping you prioritize reviews and increase efficiency.
How it works
- Your team can flag interviews as Authentic or Misconduct
- If enabled, Spark Hire AI can flag AI-generated content to highlight potential AI use
- Interviews with possible misconduct are clearly marked across the platform
- System-generated flags support prioritization and can be overridden by the team
Getting started
Enable
Flag AI-generated content
in your job settings to start using AI proctoring. See our help article for more details.new
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Align AI Video Review factors with job requirements
AI Video Review now lets you tailor scoring for each job by marking factors as Required, Nice-to-have, or Not required. This gives hiring teams more control over scoring by aligning the competencies and personal qualities with your requirements for the role.
How it works
- Configure factor importance directly from the job’s Assessments tab
- AI Video Review scores new submissions based on the selected importance of each factor
Getting started
See our help article for more details.
We’ve launched a new Multi-assessment API for Spark Hire Meet, with expanded support for One-Way Video Interview, Predictive Behavioral Assessment, and Automated Reference Checks.
Partners and customers can now connect multiple evaluation workflows through a single API, making it simple and straightforward to integrate. They can also use webhooks to receive real-time status updates and provide secure access to completed submissions.
What’s new
- One API for Predictive Behavioral Assessment, Automated Reference Checks, and One-Way Video Interview
- Webhook notifications for status updates
- Secure links to review One-Way Video Interviews and download the Predictive Behavioral Assessment Hiring Report
Getting started
See the Spark Hire Meet API documentation to learn more. If you're looking to build a custom integration with your ATS, please connect with our team.
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English proficiency update in AI Video Review
We’ve improved the English proficiency score in AI Video Review to better reflect what employers usually look for: candidates who can communicate clearly on the job.
The score is now more aligned with practical workplace communication, putting more emphasis on clarity and articulation and less emphasis on minor grammar mistakes:
- Strong— The candidate can communicate clearly on the job using job-specific vocabulary with proper grammar and sentence structure.
- Neutral— The candidate can communicate clearly on the job using job-specific vocabulary.
- Weak— The candidate may have difficulty communicating clearly on the job.
Getting started
The updated English proficiency score is now live and applies to all new AI Video Review ratings of One-Way Video Interview submissions.
We’ve introduced a refreshed One-Way Video Interview experience designed to make the process faster, clearer, and more engaging for candidates. The updated experience features a more intuitive flow, clearer guidance, and a polished, employer-branded design that helps candidates complete interviews with greater confidence and improve overall completion rates.
What’s new
- Simplified interview flowhelps candidates move through the process more confidently and reduces drop-offs.
- Refreshed, employer-branded designcreates a polished first impression and a more cohesive candidate experience.
- Clearer guidance and fewer clickswith the intro video first and the questionnaire on a single page.
- Improved interview readinessthrough clear expectations and mobile enhancements, including portrait recording.
- Virtual backgroundsto help candidates present themselves professionally from any location.
- A redesigned landing pageto further improve the experience.
Getting started
The new experience is being rolled out gradually. Virtual backgrounds and the refreshed landing page will be introduced separately as part of the rollout. No action is required on your part.
See our help article for more details.
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New assessment analytics
New Assessment analytics helps you monitor performance and improve outcomes across multiple jobs. The Analytics page has been upgraded to provide unified reporting across all assessment types, aligned with the assessment statuses and pipeline metrics used in Job Overview.
What’s new?
- Unified assessment analytics– View pipeline performance across all assessment types in one place.
- Filters built for multi-job reporting– Filter by job, timeframe, and assessment type to focus on what matters.
- Pipeline progression visibility– Quickly understand how candidates are moving through each stage and where they stall.
- Quality and effectiveness insights– Track the new Qualified metric to see how many strong candidates you’re identifying and which assessments perform best.
Getting started
Head to
Analytics
to see your assessment data, and see our help article for more details.new
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Refreshed assessment invites
We’ve refreshed candidate assessment invites to be clearer, friendlier, and more on-brand, helping candidates feel more confident and improving assessment completion rates.
What’s new?
- Employer-branded invites that feature your company header image when you’ve added one
- Clear, concise, and friendly email content
- Answers to common questions like purpose, deadlines, and privacy
You can see the new invites by clicking preview when inviting candidates to an assessment or editing email templates.
Meet now integrates directly with UKG Pro, bringing One-Way Interviews and the Predictive Talent Assessment into your ATS workflow. This new integration automates job syncing and gives teams a faster, cleaner way to manage assessments and view results without leaving UKG Pro.
How it works
- Sync open and new jobs between UKG Pro and Meet
- Trigger One-Way Video Interviews and the Predictive Talent Assessment directly from UKG Pro
- Automatically invite candidates and track progress in Meet
- Update candidate profiles in UKG Pro with assessment status and evaluation results
Getting started
See our help article for more details.
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