70%
estimated cut in screening cost
48 hours
to reach a hiring decision, down from three weeks
39,000+
personalized feedback reports delivered in three months
to reach a hiring decision, screening record numbers of applications
Growth outpacing the old process
Record graduate applications, and no consistent way to choose.
Jaguar Land Rover’s rapid growth and prestigious employer brand drove record numbers of graduate and apprentice applications, well beyond what its recruiters could filter by hand. Recruiters needed a reliable way to identify the intellectual agility and behavioral fit that predicted success in these roles, while still managing an exceptionally large applicant pool.
That volume risked losing strong candidates in the noise. Without a consistent, evidence-based method, screening decisions took weeks and depended heavily on the judgment of a small recruitment team.
Saville’s own research suggests an optimized assessment process can cut the odds of a serious hiring mistake from around 1 in 5 to 1 in 50.
Source: Saville Project Epsom research.
One assessment design built for volume and fit
Situational judgment and aptitude testing, purpose-built for graduates and apprentices.
Saville designed a suite of Situational Judgment Tests around immersive video scenarios, built directly from workshops with current graduates, apprentices and stakeholders, to identify the behaviors that actually predict success in the role.
A Swift Aptitude Test followed as a second screening stage, assessing multiple ability types quickly and efficiently online, so every candidate was measured against the same standard regardless of volume.
Together, the two stages gave Jaguar Land Rover’s recruiters a consistent, evidence-based way to filter record application numbers down to a strong, well-matched shortlist, without adding headcount to the recruitment team.
Build a test candidates engage with
Immersive, video-based Situational Judgment Tests, designed with current graduates and apprentices, replace generic, text-only scenarios.
Screen ability quickly, at scale
A Swift Aptitude Test assesses multiple ability types in an efficient online format, built for high application volumes.
Give every candidate a personal report
Automated feedback reports remove manual admin from the process, freeing recruiters to focus on the strongest candidates.
candidates screened for graduate and apprentice roles each year
Faster decisions, lower cost, at far greater volume
Jaguar Land Rover now screens record numbers of graduates and apprentices to the same consistent standard.
Hiring decisions that once took three weeks now take 48 hours, and completion from application form through to SJT is up 21%. Screening capacity now runs at 27,000+ candidates a year, even as the candidate pool itself doubled.
Every candidate receives a personalized feedback report, over 39,000 of them delivered in a single three-month period, at an estimated 70% lower screening cost than before. Recruiters now work from one consistent, evidence-based standard instead of case-by-case judgment. Automated reports also eliminated manual feedback requests for the Early Careers team.
Graduate hiring, before and after
How screening speed, cost and candidate experience changed once every applicant was assessed the same way.
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