SHL

People Science. People Answers

by SHL · Talent Acquisition & Recruiting

Executive Summary

SHL sells a portfolio of talent acquisition and talent management assessments. The range covers personality, cognitive, behavioural, situational judgement, coding and call-centre simulations, plus on-demand video interviews with AI scoring. Scores and reports feed hiring, development and mobility decisions, and the assessments connect to more than 80 applicant tracking systems. The vendor says its AI assists scoring and that humans make final decisions.

Use Cases

  • Assess candidates with behavioural and cognitive tests
  • Screen candidates with recorded video interviews
  • Test coding skills of software engineers
  • Measure behavioural skills across candidates and employees
  • Support hiring, development and mobility decisions

Features

Visibility

  • Decision dashboards: Access our science, via intuitive dashboards, to bring agility, objectivity, and fairness to every hiring, development, and mobility decision.
  • Tailored reports: The assessment produces a range of reports tailored to your use case.
  • Coding skills report: The coding skills assessment scores the logic of each candidate’s code using a benchmark dataset.

Intelligence

  • Transparent AI scoring: SHL's AI uses validated data sets to assess candidate competency for your role.
  • Human oversight: AI assists; humans decide. No automated candidate rejection

Support

  • 80+ ATS integrations: 80+ ATS integrations ensure data and process consistency.
  • ISO-certified security: We are certified to ISO international standards for information security, business continuity, and service management.

Technical Specifications

Deployment
SaaS

Security & Compliance

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, Cyber Essentials Plus

About SHL

SHL is a talent assessment and talent intelligence company. It sells psychometric, behavioural, cognitive and skills assessments plus video interviewing for hiring, development and internal mobility.

Verified sources

Each of these facts was checked against the vendor page linked (2026-11-05).

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