Arctic Shores uses neuroscience, games, and data to assess candidates and match them to jobs. Their system collects over 5,000 data points on candidates through 9 brief neuroscience-based game tasks. This provides reliable assessment data while promoting equality and engagement. The system creates success profiles for roles and holistically matches candidates, eliminating bias and improving diversity, quality of hire, and efficiency compared to traditional assessments. It has been successfully implemented by companies worldwide.

2. Arctic Shores are pioneering the combination of
neuroscience, psychometrics and game-technology to
help match people to the right roles and to the right
careers

3. The Large Scale Recruitment Conundrum
Unconscious bias
Missing true high potential
Adverse impact and low
diversity from self-reported
& timed tests
Automation
& Efficiency
The Goal =
The Challenges =
Poor candidate experience
Employer brand challenge

4. A Familiar Tale?
Traditional assessment
Quality of Hire
Time to Hire
High
Low
LongShort
Recruiter
Understanding
Of applicant
High Low
Candidate
Engagement
Digital and data-driven
Quality of Hire

5. Data- & Neuroscience-
Driven Assessment
Reliable Assessment Data
Capturing behaviour as it happens
Ca. 5,000 data points collected
Promoting Equality
Minimising adverse impact;
Increasing social and gender diversity
Increasing Engagement
Increasing candidate engagement and
employer brand

6. Skyrise City• All-in-one solution that measures
personality and cognitive ability
• 9 neuroscience tasks
- 3 - 5 minutes each
• Available on iOS, Android, Mac &
Windows
• Available in 16 languages
Skyrise City

7. Skyrise City • All-in-one solution that measures
personality and cognitive ability
• 9 neuroscience tasks
- 3 - 5 minutes each
• Available on iOS, Android, Mac &
Windows
• Available in 16 languages
Skyrise City
Dimension Example Traits
Openness to
Experience
Emotional Recognition
Need for Structure
Conscientiousness Determination
Managing Uncertainty
Extraversion Novelty Seeking
Sociability
Agreeableness Altruism
Self-Monitoring
Neuroticism Resilience
Performance under
Pressure
Cognitive Ability Processing Capacity
Executive Function

8. Skyrise City
‘You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in
a year of conversation’ - Plato

9. Based On Neuroscience Experiments

10. Using Game-Technology

11. How Does It Work? Example GBA Level
Novelty-seeking in the Balloon Party
Those higher in novelty seeking
experience a stronger drive to explore
new and exciting activities
Higher novelty-seekers initially make
more sensible choices, but after a period
of time has passed, they tend to become
increasingly experimental in their
decision-making tasks

12. Emotional Stability In Balloon Burst
Right insula
The insula is an area of interest in decision making
& risk, including in tasks like Balloon Burst
Right anterior insula activation in response to
punishment – e.g. the equivalent of balloon pop

13. Balloon Burst Under fMRI
fMRI imagery of whether someone will
choose a risky or a safe option
The figure on the left shows:
risky (green)
safe (red)

14. Dynamically Measuring Multiple Traits
Constructs measured
- Emotional stability
- Impulsive Risk
- Novelty Seeking
- Concentration
- Rational Decision Making
- Self-Discipline
- Deliberation
- Future Orientation

15. “I enjoyed the test!
It was the first time
I have done
something like that
and it was really
fun and different.”
• 87% enjoy the assessment
• 80% feel less anxious
• 83% have a better perception of the
employer brand
What 42,000+ Candidates Say

16. Creating Success Profiles
Empowering your future workforce using data from the GBA to drive your recruitment

17. Algorithm Configuration
Competency
Mapping
Interviews
Online
Survey
Assessment
Benchmarking
Choose a combination that suits your goals, timeline and budget

18. Holistic Matching To A Profile Of Success
Up to 12,000 personality based
data points
(+ General Mental Ability)

19. A global success story

20. A Familiar Process?
Application
Form
Aptitude Test Interview
Assessment
Centre

21. Low Diversity
<15% of women made it to
the assessment centre
Low Quality
Only 1 in 4 candidates were
suitable for the role
Poor Candidate
XP
No feedback 
Application
Form
Aptitude
Test
Interview
Assessment
Centre

22. A Familiar Process?
Application
Form
Game-Based
Assessment
Interview
Assessment
Centre

23. The New Process
PROFILE
PERFORM
PROGRESS

24. Bias Eliminated
100% more female hires
60% more efficient
2.5 in every 4 candidates were
suitable for the job
Strong candidate XP
Instant Feedback
90% positive ratings
Application
Form
Game-Based
Assessment
Interview
Assessment
Centre
34% cost reduction
Required fewer interviews &
assessment centers

25. Siemens Global HR Award for Innovation

26. Some Of Our Game-Changing Partners

27. Empower recruiters to make accurate
& unbiased hiring decisions
Enhance the candidate
experience & employer brand

28. alastair.frater@arcticshores.com
@al_frater
www.arcticshores.com
@arctic_shores