Introducing Alva Hiring System

Accurate hiring, built into one easy system

Alva Labs’ Hiring System helps you bring structure, clarity, and fairness to every hire — so you can spend less time managing chaos, and more time focusing on people. Because when you systemize what matters, you make room for what matters most: people, teams and potential.

Frictionless, collaborative hiring — finally possible

Alva Labs is much more than a point solution in your hiring process, it’s a connected system that aligns role criteria, assessment data, interviews, and decisions into one seamless flow.

Connected, not scattered

Connected, not scattered
Say goodbye to mismatched tools and workflows. Alva Labs integrates with your ATS, connecting the dots from job design to candidate selection.

Tailored, not one-size-fits-all

Every hiring flow is designed for the role at hand, with structured, weighted assessments that reflect what truly predicts success — from personality and logic tests to coding assessments and structured interviews.

Predictable, not guesswork

By combining validated data and AI-driven insights, Alva Labs turns hiring from a gamble into a system you can trust. The result? Up to 60% faster hiring, fewer mis-hires, and stronger teams.

See the full picture, make stronger calls

By combining results across assessments, you get a clear, connected view of every candidate. No more scattered scores or blind spots — just meaningful, data-driven insights that help you, and your hiring teams make confident, informed decisions.

Define - what success looks like

Every great hire starts with a clear definition of success. If you miss here, the whole system breaks.

That’s why we do it with you. In the Define stage, we help you build role-specific success profiles — grounded in science, your own data, and what truly predicts performance. Structured, collaborative, and bias-free from the start.

Assess - what really matters with science that works

Forget guesswork. The Assess stage helps you measure the traits that actually predict success — from logic and personality to coding skills and structured interviews. Every method is research-grade, fast to complete, and tailored to the role. So you can evaluate candidates fairly, spot true potential, and give every applicant a consistent experience.

 

Decide – turn your data into confident decisions

You’ve gathered the right signals — now it’s time to act. Alva’s Role Fit score pulls together assessments, interviews, and work samples into one weighted score, showing who truly matches the role. No guesswork, no second-guessing — just smart, structured decisions you can stand behind.

Improve – learn from every hire and get better each time

Hiring doesn’t stop at the offer. Alva helps you track outcomes, spot patterns, and fine-tune your process with every role you fill. Whether a hire thrives or struggles, the system learns — giving you insights to strengthen your role definitions, assessments, and decisions moving forward. That’s how hiring becomes a strategic edge, not a one-off bet.

 

Un-biased results through un-biased assessments and tools

Personality Test

Personality Test

Alva’s personality test is designed to reveal the traits that matter most for job performance—without introducing bias. Based on the Five-Factor Model, it’s scientifically validated and built for fairness. Simply put, you gain deep insights into how the candidates work, communicate, and solve problems.

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Logic Test

Logic Test

Our logic test measures general mental ability (GMA), one of the strongest predictors of job success. Adaptive and globally certified, it gives you a clear signal of a candidate’s problem-solving ability and learning speed without cultural or educational bias.

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Structured interviews

Structured interviews

Structured interviews give you ready-to-use, research-backed templates that bring consistency and fairness to the interview stage. You assess every candidate on the same criteria whilst improving predictive validity.

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Coding tests

Coding tests

Covering a wide range of languages and tailored to role requirements, our coding tests let developers show how they think, solve problems, and build solutions. For hiring teams, that means clearer signals and stronger technical matches; for candidates, it’s a fair chance to demonstrate their expertise.

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Leadership report

Leadership report

Covering a wide range of languages and tailored to role requirements, our coding tests let developers show how they think, solve problems, and build solutions. For hiring teams, that means clearer signals and stronger technical matches; for candidates, it’s a fair chance to demonstrate their expertise.

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Team fit

Team fit

Covering a wide range of languages and tailored to role requirements, our coding tests let developers show how they think, solve problems, and build solutions. For hiring teams, that means clearer signals and stronger technical matches; for candidates, it’s a fair chance to demonstrate their expertise.

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FAQ

What are the key stages of the Alva Labs Hiring System?

The system follows four core stages:

  1. Define – Create role-specific success profiles.

  2. Assess – Evaluate candidates using research-grade tools like personality tests, logic assessments, coding tests, and structured interviews.

  3. Decide – Combine all data into one Role Fit score to support confident, data-driven decisions.

  4. Improve – Track outcomes and optimize the process over time based on real performance.

How is Alva Hiring System different from traditional hiring tools?

Alva Labs combines structured methodology with AI-powered insights to deliver a complete system — not just point solutions. It replaces gut feeling with data, and scattered tools with one integrated platform.

How does Alva Labs work with my ATS?

Alva Hiring System fully integrates with your ATS starting from the Assess stage — but the full value comes when you run the hiring journey in Alva from the beginning. By defining roles, assessing candidates, and making decisions inside the Alva Hiring System, you drive better alignment, less bias, and higher-quality hires. Your ATS handles the workflow — Alva ensures every hire is the right one.

Who is Alva Hiring System built for?

Alva is designed for mid-size and enterprise companies looking to scale hiring with clarity and fairness. It supports talent acquisition teams, hiring managers, and HR leaders who want to move from manual effort to systematic, data-driven hiring.

What assessments does Alva Labs offer?

Alva offers adaptive personality and logic tests, coding tests, structured interview tools, and work sample integrations — all validated by I/O psychologists and built for fairness and predictive power.

How does Alva Labs ensure its AI is safe and trustworthy?

Alva Labs embeds safe, transparent AI at the heart of its platform — built from recognized standards like ISO/IEC 42001:2023 and the EU AI Act. This AI Management System (AIMS) shapes how we design, develop, and operate AI features to prioritize fairness, reliability, and human control.

How do you protect user data?

We protect your data with top-class technology and procedures. All information is encrypted — using AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2 or higher in transit. Access is managed with multi-factor authentication, role-based permissions, and the principle of least privilege. We are ISO 27001 certified and conduct annual penetration tests to ensure security remains at the highest level.