Spark Hire Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 10 out of 10

Score

10 out of 10

Community insights

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Pros

Easy to Use: Users have found Spark Hire to be user-friendly for both recruiters and candidates, making it a convenient solution for the hiring process. Several reviewers have mentioned that the platform is intuitive and straightforward, allowing them to navigate through the various features seamlessly.

Comprehensive Candidate Screening: Many users appreciate Spark Hire's greater candidate profile screening capability, which enables them to assess potential candidates more comprehensively. This feature has been praised by multiple reviewers who value the ability to gather more information about candidates before making hiring decisions.

Seamless Integration with Applicant Tracking Systems: The ability of Spark Hire to integrate well with applicant tracking systems has been highlighted as a positive feature by several users. This integration makes it easier for users to manage their recruitment processes seamlessly without having to switch between different platforms or manually transfer data.

Reviews

6 Reviews

Spark Hire - An expert in recruitment and interview

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 9, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Spark Hire is used across the organization who has the relevant authority of recruitment process. It is serving the purpose very effectively against their statement. It enables the organization to expand the candidate pool, strengthen the recruitment process and recruits the best candidate without any biasness. Recorded video allows the hiring manager and other relevant recruitment experts to internally assess the candidates for better retention as well as recruitment practice.

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

Likelihood to Recommend

Spark Hire is well suited for the growing organization which hiring managers are always on the move. The chance of physically having an interview is less and even candidate sorting & tracking is tough. In this situation, Spark Hire is the best fit. In addition to this, when you need someone very special for a role this application will come to your help. It will ensure the best candidate is recruited as it will go under the multi layer assessment.

Nafisha Labiba

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

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Streamlined our recruiting process, allowing us to recruit more candidates

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 30, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our entire organization, roughly 150 people, uses Spark Hire during our Recruitment season. Our application is open to college seniors who meet specific criteria, from there we have nearly ~1000k applicants to go through. We use Spark Hire as the first round of interviews and have all candidates answer the same questions. Then our team reviews the video answers to rank and find the best candidates! Overall, it has streamlined the recruitment process making the first round of interviews quick and convenient for all parties!

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is great for first round interviews, or if you have a ton of candidates that need to be narrowed down quickly. However it is not great further along in the interview process as it lacks that personalized touch and the conversation is one sided. But overall, for the initial beginning stages of an intense recruiting process, it is a great way to learn more about candidates apart from just their resume.

Katherine Deighan

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

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Save Time with One-Way Video Interviews

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 8, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are an executive search firm, and we like to provide our clients with a short video interview of candidates whom we have identified to move forward in the process. Our clients love seeing and hearing the candidates speaking from their perspective, and since we use the self-directed one-way video product, it does not require personnel on our end to administer the interview.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Spark Hire is particularly well-suited for busy HR departments who may not have the time to personally interview every candidate early in the process. It's additionally very convenient for the candidate, as they can schedule their one-way interview at the time and place of their choosing as long as it is completed by the expiration date. This would not work well for a final interview, as there needs to be more give and take between the hiring manager and the candidate at this stage of the process.

Vicki Floyd

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

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Spark Hire has been a great experience!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

March 11, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use Spark Hire for a couple of different things. At the moment, we're using it for one-way interviews with candidates. We have candidates complete the one-way interviews if they're lacking in the experience that we typically require, but want to give them a shot to see if they'd be worth interviewing further. Having them complete the one-way interview also shows if they're capable of following through with a task. We also use the self-scheduling feature for scheduling interviews. This has helped us tremendously with cutting down the time it takes to schedule an initial phone interview and eliminating the back and forth with candidates.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Spark Hire has been amazing for the self-scheduling feature with candidates. We integrated with our Google calendars so candidates are able to view our availability and schedule a phone interview with us. It has helped save so much time and eliminate a lot of the back and forth with candidates. We use the one-way interview feature occasionally to help us screen candidates and it would be great if you're interviewing several candidates in bulk to help cut downtime and narrow down candidates faster.

Michelle Sexton

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

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Great time/$ saver for early-stage interviews.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 17, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Spark Hire in place of our initial phone screening. We use it across almost all of our positions, but not typically for more senior roles (VP). It is used by our HR/hiring department only, though we might consider using it in our operations process down the road.

Pros

Ease of use for our team
Saves us time in the hiring process

Cons

Seems expensive to add jobs (levels)
Doesn't always work well in Firefox browser

Likelihood to Recommend

Spark Hire saves us a LOT of time. By not having to complete full screening interviews via phone, we can eliminate candidates more quickly if they are not appropriate for the role. It's very helpful for entry and mid-level positions (hiring). Most candidates say it's fairly easy to use. I like that Spark Hire sends reminders to candidates automatically to complete the interviews. It's a great screening tool if you need tech-savvy candidates, and you can see how well/quickly they use this tool in your hiring process; a screening tool in itself.

Verified User

Vice-President in Human Resources (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Spark HIre

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 19, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Two people in our organization use Spark Hire, myself and a colleague. Spark Hire addresses the request by one of my clients for video clips of candidates to be employed for an annual project.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

I only found Spark Hire useful for this specific project. In the course of general recruitment, candidates were very reluctant to participate in making a video recording.

Bree Gurin

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

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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