challenge
The client recruits their staff on a world-wide basis. Applicants come from various nationalities, ethnical backgrounds, and professions. To ensure speed and fairness in selection, the hiring assessment needs to take place on location in various countries worldwide, and each year has to cover about 1.500 candidates within one day.

solution
Based on the client’s competency model, cut-e developed a solution that involved two standard instruments, shapes and views. The candidates were invited to participate in a test in the organizations office next to where they lived. Each candidate received an individual login via e-mail. On the day of the assessment, the candidates reported at the respective office, identified themselves and completed the instruments online. Despite tests had to be taken in rather underdeveloped areas of the world with very poor infrastructure and telecommunication systems, all candidates that reported on site were able to complete the instruments, thanks to cut-e’s Smart Player Technology.

benefit
The evaluation of the results showed that both instruments used were fair in terms of gender, ethnic background and age. Within a couple of hours after the assessment, cut-e provided a competency-based report for each candidate and a merit list to the client to support their selection and placement decisions.