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Spark Hire Overview

What is Spark Hire?

Spark Hire’s hiring software drives a collective, people-driven approach to hiring, helping overburdened teams spark connections that lead to successful hires. Evaluate potential candidates beyond their resumes, while workflows and task automation keep hiring teams and recruiters aligned and on track. Spark Hire empowers you to manage every aspect of hiring and recruiting, leaving a positive impact on both candidates and hiring managers. Since launching in 2012, Spark Hire has grown to include Spark Hire Recruit (applicant tracking system) and Spark Hire Meet (predictive talent assessment, reference checks, and video interviews). For organizations with 50-500 employees, Spark Hire’s hiring software drives a collective, people-driven approach to hiring, helping overburdened teams drive the connections that lead to successful hires. Join 7,000+ organizations worldwide that trust Spark Hire to power more efficient, professional hiring processes.

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Product Description

Video Interviewing made simple


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Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
Northbrook, IL
Twitter
@sparkhire
8,516 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
65 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

For over a decade, Spark Hire has been the #1 rated video interviewing platform on the market. Today, Spark Hire offers a modern, comprehensive talent acquisition solution for organizations with 50-500 employees including best-in-class HR technology that makes it easier for employers across every industry to recruit, screen, and hire the best talent more efficiently and effectively.Currently empowering more than 7,000 organizations worldwide to improve the speed and quality of their hiring through more collaborative and data-driven decisions, Spark Hire’s solutions, Spark Hire Recruit, an applicant tracking system, and Spark Hire Meet, featuring predictive talent assessments, reference checks, and video interviews, enable companies to easily navigate the end-to-end recruitment cycle from finding and assessing talent to making offers ahead of the competition.Request a demo of Spark Hire’s easy-to-use, and comprehensive talent acquisition solution by visiting: http://www.sparkhire.com/request-a-demo.


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Recent Spark Hire Reviews

Kirsten G.
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Kirsten G.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great!"
I like how convenient and easy to use it is.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Comeet helps get it done for interviews!"
The way it helps me stay organized and keeps everything conslidated for easy viewing. It is very clear to keep track of where a candidate is in the...
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Sarah Z.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Workflow Wonder"
The most impressive thing I enjoy about Comeet is the ability to get applicants through workflow so efficiently. We have the ability to customize ...
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Spark Hire Media

Spark Hire Demo - One-Way Video Interviews
Gain more insight into candidates in a fraction of the time by having candidates self-record video answers to your interview questions.
Spark Hire Demo -  Live & Panel Video Interviews
Interview candidates in real-time no matter where they are and record the interview so it can be referred back to at a later time.
Spark Hire Demo - Branding
Build your candidate experience from the ground up, so interviews are consistent and personalized.
Spark Hire Demo - Interview Evaluation
Determine which candidates you like best, organize your shortlists, and easily get back to candidates that don’t make it to the next round.
Spark Hire Demo - Interview Collaboration
Make better decisions by sharing interviews with an unlimited number of hiring managers to collect instant feedback.
Spark Hire Demo - Interview Scheduling
Take the hassle out of scheduling interviews by empowering candidates to seamlessly book with you based on your calendar availability. Integrates with Google, iCloud, Outlook.com, Exchange, Office365, and more.
Our Applicant Tracking System is a full-powered, but affordable solution for small and medium-sized organizations.
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Our Applicant Tracking System is a full-powered, but affordable solution for small and medium-sized organizations.
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SZ
HR Generalist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Spark Hire?

The most impressive thing I enjoy about Comeet is the ability to get applicants through workflow so efficiently. We have the ability to customize it to the needs of individual hiring managers, which gives them the ability to push things through without waiting on HR to do their part. Implementation was seemless with an amazing support staff who answered questions quickly, and trained our hiring team on the system so well, it became really straightforward to use on a daily basis. It also integrates so nicely with other systems we use, and the reporting is so helpful as we make our annual hiring goals and work toward making the interviewing and hiring process accessible and simple for applicants and managers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

Nothing. Each time an issue arises, it is quickly addressed by our amazing support team. There have been a couple processes that had to be adjusted, but the support team helped us customize the system to work with what we needed to make those adjustments minimal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Comminicating with applicants was such a manual process; everything we did took so much time from the day, sometimes sending 70 manual messages in one day. Comeet takes that of our plate with a few automations that make it easy to get the first one-way video so we can move on with in-person interviews quickly. What took one branch up to 3 months to fill a position, now only took them 2 weeks. This was mind-blowing, and has drastically improved our ability to fill positions quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DG
Service Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

What I like best about Spark Hire is how much time it saves and how well it keeps our hiring process organized. The one-way video interviews have been a game-changer—they let candidates respond on their own schedule, even at odd hours, which is incredibly convenient for both them and us. The integrated applicant tracking system (ATS) has transformed how we manage candidates, ensuring we always have a clear record of who we’ve interviewed and what decisions we made. It’s easy to use, intuitive, and makes us look much more professional to candidates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

Before Spark Hire, our hiring process was chaotic. Tracking candidates through emails and manually coordinating schedules was a nightmare, and we often wasted time interviewing the same candidates multiple times because we didn’t have an effective way to keep records. Spark Hire has streamlined everything. The one-way video interviews eliminate the hassle of scheduling initial calls, and the ATS keeps all candidate information, feedback, and notes in one place. This saves us hours in every hiring cycle, helps us make better hiring decisions, and allows us to focus on finding the best talent rather than managing logistics. For an IT services firm like ours, where time is our most valuable resource, Spark Hire has been a lifesaver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

The one-way video interviews have been a game-changer—they let candidates respond on their own schedule, even at odd hours, which is incredibly convenient for both them and us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

I thoroughly enjoy the fact that candidates have the ability to highlight themselves & share the "between the lines" of their resume.

Specifically for high-volume applications, Spark hire is a great tool to help review/filter out candidates to ensure the most qualified candidates are moving forward, while still providing an opportunity for *all* qualified candidates to have a screening opportunity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

In times of "urgent" fill needs, choosing to screen with Spark Hire can add some extended time to the screening process (as you must provide candidates a fair amount of time to compmlete their submittal). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing me to review a large number of applicants to ensure I am having additional/follow-up calls with the most qualified; thus making sure my Hiring Managers are receiving the strongest & most considerable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VM
Manager of Talent Acquisition Operations
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

We use Spark Hire to handle the first step for high volume seasonal hiring. It's a very easy to use tool. We love the Google Chrome extension which makes sending out one-way interview requests incredibly fast and straight-forward. We add intro and outro videos to make interviews more personalized and provide our candidates with a user guide for the process that links to many of the Spark Hire candidate resources. It doesn't currently integrate with our ATS of choice (Ashby) but the chrome extension does the trick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

We have recently adapted the reference request tool, and there's still a lot of kinks to work out. You can't cancel a reference request if someone backs out of the interview process and if a candidate's references don't respond to the survey, you have to re-request the candidate for their references information to send another survey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

We handle high volume, seasonal hiring which means that we get a LOT of candidates for our roles who wouldn't otherwise reall care about our company. By having a one-way interview as a first step, we 1) can weed out anyone who isn't actually committed/interested in working with us, 2) get to know a bit more about the candidate before diving into an interview, and 3) get enough information from the interview to be able to offer a role at the end of the virtual interview if the person is a good fit! This has helped up cut way down on the amount of interview no-shows, reduces post-interview back and forth for offers, and we're still able to create a personalized experience for candidates with videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IR
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

How user-frendly it is and how it can be a one stop shop for recruiting needs with all of its features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

Downside of Spark hire is, I need more time to see what it does not help me with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows applicants select from my schedule, so it saves me time communicating with every candidate multiple times to get them on my calendar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tara H.
TH
Recruiter
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

After using Spark Hire for 3+ years while running recruiting for an EdTech start-up, I've seen the power it can have for a growing company.

- I ask appplicants who meet the job requirements for client-facing roles to record an intro video as the first step in the interview process. This gives me insight into their energy, confidence and presence. (I only give one question. That's all I need!)

- Saves me time! I'm able to get to know applicants beyond their resume quickly and don't have to deal with a scheduling headache since this can be done on the applicant's own time.

- Collaborative selection process. I can share applicant intro videos with the hiring manager (single video or multiple) and collaborate on decision-making of who to move forward. We've also reviewed videos again at the end of the process to remind us of the candidate's first impression.

- Effortless set up for the Recruiter. I developed an instruction email template that I send to applicants and just swap out the custom link.

- Easy to use for candidates. In 3 years, with hundreds of videos recorded, I have only had about 2 times where applicants had a difficult time using the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

I was never able to truly integrate Spark Hire with Greenhouse (I have recently transitioned to Rippling Recruiting) in a way that worked for my process and saved me time. I'd love to have individual video links for each candidate stored in the ATS notes, but this has been a manual process for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being a recruiting team of one, I'm able to consider a higher volume of candidates. Company has grown from 50 to 175 in the last 3 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos  L.
CL
Director of Development
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

I think Spark offers a platform to get a first quick look at candidates. The candidates ability to articulate their interest in the position and their qualification offers a quick at-a-glance screen process that ultimately will save time. Spark also offers a great way to stay organized during the process and to colaborate with other hiring managers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

The only downside of Spark is that candidates feel a bit awkward talking to no one and creating a quick video. However, at the end of the day a candidates ability to illustrate enthusiasm for a role and to speak clearly does come through even in a quick 3 min. video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a great first round screening process. After you select the candidates that look qualified on paper, it is great to see them submit a video showing who they are. How they speak and answer question you provide as a hiring manager it is a great time saver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rachel R.
RR
Head of Recruiting
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Spark Hire?

The best part about Spark Hire is it's ease of use. The customer set up is seamless and easy to manage, and candidates find it easy to use too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

There are sometimes some bugs that candidates find but it's usually fixed pretty quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spark Hire helped us decrease our time to hire and increase our conversion from live interview to hire. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ana Maria G.
AG
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Spark Hire?

I like the UX/UI, visibility, the fact that every time I interact with one of my position, everything is customizable. There was one thing my collegue said on my first day of using Comeet: "with Comeet, everything is fixable, so don't be scared you'll mess things up!" and I still stand by that more than 2 years later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

I would like to have my candidate's pictures automatically appear on their profile as soon as I upload their resume. Also, I think an Android/IOS version of Comeet would help make our job easier! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gathering all candidates in one place, making it easy to connect with them, being up-to-date with AI tools and constantly evolving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scott W.
SW
Executive Director of Instruction
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Spark Hire?

Our team uses Spark Hire for screening style interviews. By using recorded responses from candidates, it is efficient for our team to review responses on their own time, taking away the barrier of aligning schedules. The settings for candidate responses are customizable, specifially for length, think time, number of takes, etc. All of which make for tailored approaches to interview settings. Seeing ratings and comments from the interview team is helpful too. The support team is great, we get quick resposnes to requests, as do interview candidates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark Hire?

At times the cost is a consideration given the amount we use the platform, and some times we are contacted multiple times to upgrade in order to access more features, user accounts, etc. that are not relevant or necessary to our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark Hire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spark Hire allows our interview teams to be collaborative while not having to be in the same space. This is especially useful when we are doing screening style interviews, limits the amount of time out of the office and away from core responsibilitys. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.