PeerPilot

Owned by Brittanie Keyser
Dec 20, 2018
3 min read

This tool has solely been researched by the WilsonHCG Innovation team.

Summary 

Screening and assessing candidates is a complex task and requires a significant amount of resources. According to Bersin by Deloitte do 52% of HR leaders say the most difficult part of recruitment is identifying the right candidates. While most recruiters rely on resumes for candidate screenings, a resume may not be a normative representation of a candidate, but a representation of how a candidate would like to be perceived. Furthermore, a resume does not indicate how a candidate will perform in the environment and position applied for. PeerPilot offers an answer to this challenge via our unique approach of, putting the candidates to the test in a realistic problem scenario.


The process and collaborative exercise allow PeerPilot to evaluate candidates based on their actual performance during the exercise.The PeerPilot screening process is very well suited for volume screening, e.g. for graduate programs or internships, for screening for generalist positions or for team formation in project-based organizations. The process is location independent, unbiased and can accommodate an indefinite number of simultaneous candidates, who will be evaluated in real time. PeerPilot is the only automated solution in the market that evaluates professional skills together with motivation and collaborative skills.


PeerPilot’s screening process is seamless and will create instant results in any recruiting process:

  • Improve candidate fit – Select candidates on real performance metrics and motivation.
  • Increase efficiency - Eliminate manual reading of resumes.
  • Hire faster - Reduce shortlisting from weeks to day(s).


Using a Realistic Setting

Using PeerPilot can be compared to hosting a blind audition where the candidates solve a relevant business case. For this reason, do candidates often see the process as an opportunity to demonstrate their relevnat skill and insights instead of only being evaluated by their grades or by their past. Depending on the business case selected, the candidate ideas and solutions may often prove valuable too.


Business case assessment is sometimes integrated into a recruitment process, but at a much later stage and after rigorous shortlisting. The peers crowd-approach in PeerPilot, allows this process to be included much earlier in the process providing deeper insights into the individual candidate than provided solely by a resume.


Using a realistic setting may also strengthen the early dialogue with the hiring manager, by focussing on candidate skills required, very early in the process thereby aligning expectations between employer and employee.


The adaptable nature of PeerPilot makes it relevant to screening for most professional job functions, and the complexity of the screening can be tailored to the experience level of the candidates assessed.


Automated Execution

It is easy to integrate PeerPilot into a recruitment process and the fully automated and supported process is easy to manage. There are no technical, requirements and data is imported and exchanged via standard data formats. All activities are managed via PeerPilot’s Dashboard and all processes can be monitored in real-time.


The process can be executed in a couple of hours or in a couple of days depending on your requirements and geographical area. Whether there are hundreds or dozens of candidates, the process will provide insights into each candidate’s performance, cognitive abilities and drive allowing users to sort, rank and select candidates with the desired mix of soft and hard skills. Right after the workshop is finalized data reports for the cohort of candidates and for individual candidates can be extracted and data can be imported into an ATS.