Case Study: India’s Leading Telecommunications Company achieves a 45-50% increase in top-talent hires with SHL

Harnessing AI to boost top talent by 50%.

India’s Leading Telecommunications Company, one of India’s largest mobile services providers and the world’s 3rd largest mobile network operator, faced low throughput and high resource waste from manual hiring when recruiting entry- and mid-level programmers from top colleges across India. To improve and scale screening, they engaged SHL to deploy an AI-powered Technical Hiring solution combining an Automata-style coding simulation with language and cognitive assessments.

SHL implemented customizable, role-specific assessments (basic, advanced and pro variants) plus auto-proctoring features to evaluate coding, quantitative and English skills across institutions and experience levels. The solution increased throughput and early identification of qualified candidates, expanded the candidate pool and enabled nationwide scaling; SHL’s approach improved the candidate selection rate by 45–50%, reduced assessment redundancy and sped candidates to final rounds.