Case Study: Indian Automobile Manufacturing Company achieves 70%+ increase in six-month retention and 90%+ predictive accuracy with Mercer Mettl

India’s Largest Automobile Player Checks Attrition by Predicting Anchors - Performers who stay with the Firm

Indian Automobile Manufacturing Company, one of India’s largest automobile players, faced heavy early-stage attrition among its annual intake of Graduate Engineering Trainees. The company had been using an aptitude test for initial shortlisting but missed cultural fit and behavioral alignment, so it partnered with Mercer Mettl to better predict which hires would stay and perform.

Mercer Mettl implemented a combined aptitude and psychometric assessment program benchmarked against the organization’s most stable performers to identify “anchors” among pre-hires. Mercer Mettl’s solution predicted anchor candidates with more than 90% accuracy, drove a year‑over‑year retention improvement of greater than 70% after six months, and produced a sizable on‑the‑job performance uplift in the new cohort.