Automate reference checks, uncover a wealth of candidate behavioral data, and let AI recommend your top hires.
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Assess candidates for competencies and values, not just hard skills. The Searchlight AI will tell you how likely they are to be a high performer on the job.
Align candidates to your organization's unique traits, and hire the best.
Do more with less — automate reference checks and better qualify candidates with peer-validated insights.
Give your hiring team the information they need to make hiring decisions quickly and confidently.
Launch and automate reference checks in one click, right out of your ATS. Get reference data and a n AI-powered recommendation in less than 36 hours, and start deciding on the best candidates right away.
Save time and effort, and spend it elsewhere while you wait for great data.
Leave legal regulations, reference requirements completion, and detecting forgery and suspicious activity to us.
Focus on hiring the best people quickly, not whether you're checking the boxes.
Hire faster
“We can get candidates through the interview process 40% faster with Searchlight. Searchlight fixes the broken reference process, and our hiring managers call Searchlight their crystal ball for hiring.”
Elizabeth Shober Smith
VP Talent, Udemy
Automate, streamline, and standardize your reference checking process
85% of Searchlight references are completed within 36 hours. Click a button, get references, no phone tag.
Interview less and close top talent
Replace interviews and unlock valuable data. Eliminate friction in crucial closing stages while using Searchlight data to win competitive talent.
Hire better
“Searchlight has taken a lot of guesswork out of our hiring. Before Searchlight, I thought the only way to get this data was through interviews and by doing the reference calls myself. Now my whole executive team knows that Searchlight’s reference data is superior to what we used to get.”
Kenny Mendes
Head of People and Operations, Coda
Quantify the intangibles using structured, accurate data that's free from bias
Traditional interviews predict high performers post-hire <20% of the time. AI transform candidate behavioral data into an 80% accurate prediction of post-hire performance, helping talent teams find the right match for every role.
Model your top performers and de-risk hiring decisions with science-validated Talent Matching
Analyzes patterns and unique organizational context to differentiate between good and great references. Our assessments are psychometrically sound and achieve accuracy 4x higher than most interviews.
Hire fairly
"Searchlight takes something [reference checks] that is usually useless and turns it into something so valuable for making people decisions. Searchlight’s ability to highlight candidate behaviors makes my hiring managers more confident that they are hiring the best talent, while remaining fair and unbiased."
Ann Watson
SVP of People and Culture, Verana Health
Evaluate candidates fairly and holistically, beyond credentials and resume
Get a complete picture of each candidate’s job-specific competencies, soft skills, growth areas, culture alignment, and work motivations.
Automate a traditionally 19-step process into just a few simple steps.
Invite candidates from your ATS, or directly in Searchlight with their emails. On average, you'll get 3 reference checks done in 36 hours.
3
reference checks in
36
hours
To start the Searchlight process, candidates add their prior work experiences.
Candidate
NPS Score
68
Searchlight handles sending invites to the references and automates reminders. We’ll keep you and your candidates in the loop.
Once references complete Searchlight once, they can share the data in the future. Most of the data is confidential, except for 1-2 questions that references can choose to make public.
85%
of candidates will
happily do Searchlight
earlier in the hiring
process
Over 90% submit within 24 hours, even on weekends.
They take our 10 minute survey online, web or mobile.
90%
Submit within 24 hours
Searchlight quantifies the intangibles to deliver a standard that hiring managers can count on to make confident hiring decisions in less time.
Hiring Manager NPS Score
60
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