Early Careers

Early Careers and Graduate Assessment that finds potential

Graduates and apprentices rarely have the experience to show you. So Sova assesses what predicts success: how they reason, learn and solve problems.

One platform runs the whole process, and the evidence keeps working long after the offer.

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More than 100 enterprises run their talent decisions on Sova
Skills Assessments

Assess for potential and high-level reasoning

Measure the predictors of success, such as aptitude, learnability and problem solving, rather than CVs and previous experience.

Our assessments are developed and maintained in house by our team of occupational psychologists, BPS validated and monitored for adverse impact, so every decision is fair and defensible. Millions are completed every year by candidates in more than 30 countries.

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I met the amazing Sova team at Manchester IHR 23. Fast forward to present day and we’ve implemented their platform and to say it’s transformed our early careers hiring would be an understatement.
Janine Larkin
Janine Larkin
Resourcing Business Partner
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How it works

Keep the tests you trust. Compare every candidate like for like

Many early careers programmes incorporate elements from multiple providers, each with its own scoring and reports.

We bring Sova assessments, third-party assessments and your own content onto one platform, validated to the same standards and read into one profile.

Your team works in one tool with one set of reports, and every candidate is measured on the same standard, whichever test they sat.
Cheating Prevention and Detection

Make sure it is their potential you are measuring

Early careers candidates know  their way around AI tools, and plenty use them.

Sova flags cheating and  AI-assisted responses across assessments and video interviews, so the results  you shortlist on reflect the person, not the prompt.
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Video Interviews

Connect with candidates anytime and anywhere

Structured, scalable video  interviews that candidates complete in their own time, from anywhere.  

Everyone answers the same questions and is scored against the same criteria.

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Virtual Assessment Centres

Run your assessment centre online, end to end

Bring group exercises, role simulations and structured interviews into one virtual assessment centre that shows candidates your culture while you assess them.

Assessors score in the same platform as every earlier stage, so the assessment centre adds to the picture rather than starting a new one.
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Scoring & Automation
Automation

The platform runs the process, not just the test

In peak season, the hard part is not the assessment. It is the invites, the reminders and moving hundreds of people to the next stage.

With Sova you set up a journey once, with the stages, gates and rules you need, and it runs itself. Invites go out, reminders follow, and candidates move through the process seamlessly.
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Reports & Insight

One result, reported for whoever is reading it

Every result,from every assessment, is read into one language. Recruiters get a shortlist,hiring managers get an interview guide, and leaders get an exec view of the whole programme.

Every candidate gets feedback too, whether they aresuccessful or not. For people applying for their first job, useful feedback iswhat they remember about your brand.
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Beyond Hire

Your hired for potential. Keep track of it

Most assessment results are filed away the day a graduate signs.

With Sova, the same profile follows them into the business, so the evidence you gathered at application still counts at their first promotion.
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Integrations

Insight where your team
already works

Two-way, live integrations with the ATS and HCM systems you already run. Invite candidates, track results and move people through stages without leaving your ATS, then carry their profile into your HCM when they join.

Feedback on the recruitment journey has been really, really, positive. Candidates feel more connected to Vodafone. They are kept informed, they can contact us at the touch of a button, they can really see how the questions reflect what we are looking for. The online assessment also sets them up for success at the assessment centre.
Aidan McCarthy
Aidan McCarthy
Head of Workplace & Talent Acquisition

Start your journey to faster, fairer, and more accurate hiring

Enterprise-grade security
ISO 27001, CyberEssentials, GDPR, DPA, CCPA - We cover leading standards, reports, and requirements to ensure the protection of your and your candidates' data.
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Dedicated expert support
With dedicated implementation and customer success teams, tech support, and qualified business psychologists, we are here to ensure that you're using the right assessments for your specific needs correctly.