Case Study: Vodafone achieves fairer, more consistent global hiring with Sova Assessment

Vodafone streamlines global hiring with Sova Assessment and assesses 65,000 candidates in 6 months

Vodafone, a global telecommunications company, faced the challenge of an inconsistent and disjointed global hiring process due to its decentralized structure. With numerous local markets using 60 different assessments across four platforms, the candidate experience was poor and hiring decisions were vulnerable to bias. Vodafone partnered with assessment vendor Sova to implement a unified digital platform to create a fairer, more consistent process and drive down technology costs.

Sova provided an integrated platform featuring gamified assessments, situational judgement tests, and AI-scored video interviews, all aligned to Vodafone's competency model and available in 10 languages. The solution resulted in a significant reduction in both technology costs and candidate queries. Most notably, 65,000 candidates were assessed in a six-month period, and 83% reported a positive impression of Vodafone. Sova's platform also helped reduce bias in hiring, as the use of AI scored interviews narrowed demographic-based scoring gaps seen with human assessors.

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