Skills Science Meets Smart Interviews: Spotted Zebra Wins Gold Award for Use of AI at the In-House Recruitment Supplier Awards

Triple award recognition at the 2025 In-House Recruitment Supplier Awards validates Spotted Zebra's unified Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform that helps enterprises combat AI-generated applications and widening skills shortages.

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LONDON, UK – May 8th, 2025 – Enterprise recruitment teams worldwide face an unprecedented dual challenge: a widening skills gap affecting 77% of global businesses alongside an overwhelming influx of AI-generated job applications. Against this backdrop, Spotted Zebra has secured triple recognition at the prestigious 2025 In-House Recruitment Supplier Awards, winning Gold in one of the most sought after categories - "Use of AI" - alongside Silver for "Skills Assessment Provider" and Bronze for "Early Careers Solution."

The awards validate Spotted Zebra's pioneering approach of merging skills science with interview intelligence – an innovation that aligns with the vision outlined in the UK Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan, which emphasises the importance of "shaping the AI revolution rather than waiting to see how it shapes us." By building technology that enhances rather than replaces human judgement, Spotted Zebra exemplifies how AI can be harnessed responsibly to solve global business challenges.

Setting the Standard for Responsible AI in HR Tech

This award recognition comes on the heels of Spotted Zebra achieving ISO/IEC 42001 certification – the world's first international standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems. This milestone certification demonstrates the company's commitment to developing and deploying AI technologies responsibly, with robust frameworks for managing risks while maximising opportunities.

"Our ISO/IEC 42001 certification isn't just a badge – it's a reflection of our fundamental approach to AI governance," said Ian Monk, Co-Founder and CEO of Spotted Zebra. "For enterprises deploying AI in high-stakes recruitment decisions, this certification provides assurance that our platform delivers transparency, reliability, and traceability throughout the talent acquisition process."

The Dual Challenge: Skills Gaps and AI-Generated Applications

What sets Spotted Zebra apart is how the platform bridges two traditionally separate aspects of recruitment: scientific assessment and qualitative interviews. In a landscape where recruiters face twin pressures – declining candidate quality and increasing application volumes – the platform provides a comprehensive skills-based framework that works across both structured assessments and interview conversations.

"Receiving Gold for our use of AI at the prestigious In-House Recruitment Supplier Awards validates our approach of enhancing human decision-making rather than replacing it," Monk continued. "Unlike solutions that focus solely on automating administrative tasks, we've created an integrated platform that unifies previously siloed technologies – Assessment and Interview Intelligence – enabling talent teams to make truly data-informed decisions based on a complete picture of each candidate's capabilities."

Technical Innovation Driving Real-World Results

The award-winning platform combines multiple innovations that work together to streamline the recruitment process while improving decision quality:

• AI-powered role skills profile creation: Transforms conversations between recruiters and hiring managers into comprehensive skills frameworks, reducing role skills profile creation time by 30 minutes per role
• Advanced interview transcription: Uses Natural Language Processing with 53% higher accuracy than leading competitors
• Intelligent question generation: Combines multiple skills into singular interview questions, reducing question sets by 50% while maintaining comprehensive skills coverage
• Evidence-based evaluation: Automatically maps interview responses to skills frameworks, providing objective data for hiring decisions

Nick Shaw, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Spotted Zebra and Chartered Occupational Psychologist, explained: "Our unique approach to AI in recruitment doesn't just transcribe interviews – it establishes a consistent skills measurement framework that spans both quantitative assessment data and qualitative interview responses. We've been building our skills science expertise for years, and now with our breakthrough use of AI, we're surfacing skills insights automatically in hiring teams' flow of work. This not only makes skills-based hiring more accessible at enterprise scale, but delivers measurable business outcomes – from doubling top performer success rates to reducing time-to-hire by 25%."

Inclusion and Fairness by Design

In an industry where AI bias remains a significant concern, Spotted Zebra's approach has demonstrated zero adverse impact across gender, age, ethnicity, and other protected characteristics – validated through regular independent third-party bias audits. This commitment to fairness aligns with the ISO/IEC 42001 framework's emphasis on transparency and reliability in AI systems.

The platform's scientific foundation ensures that organisations can combat skills shortages while maintaining fairness and compliance:

• Blended assessment approach with no adverse impact for protected characteristics
• Self-service reasonable adjustments putting candidates in control
• Support for 13 languages including Chinese, French, German, and Spanish
• Industry-leading 96% assessment completion rate

Industry Validation and Impact

Dhiraj Mukherjee, Co-Founder of Shazam, Tech Investor and Entrepreneur, noted that Spotted Zebra's unique approach "represents a significant evolution in the HR tech landscape, effectively bridging the long-standing gap between assessment and interview technologies. This unified solution addresses a critical fragmentation that has historically limited hiring effectiveness. Companies that continue with disconnected candidate evaluation approaches will increasingly find themselves at a disadvantage when competing for the right talent."

The platform integrates with major ATS systems like Workday via Google Ventures-backed StackOne, and has enterprise-grade security and compliance features specifically designed for global operations. Existing customers include AWE, Virgin Media O2, and Paramount, with typical clients seeing 8x return on investment through reduced mis-hires, faster talent time-to-productivity, and high performer success rates. With the recent launch of the Interview Intelligence module, Spotted Zebra enables even more significant time savings for both recruiters and hiring managers across businesses - with the average enterprise projected to save 3,000+ hours per month.

Find more information about Spotted Zebra's combined Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform here.