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  • 01

    WhatsApp integration

    Notify candidates on WhatsApp directly from the platform.

  • 02

    Google integration

    Sign up, sign in, and schedule Google Meet virtual interviews.

  • 03

    Proctoring activity timeline

    See when proctoring and integrity signals fired during TESSA AI interviews and assessments.

  • 04

    Candidate mobility and bulk import

    Deeper movement of candidates across features; create profiles from Excel or CSV.

  • 05

    Predictive pills

    Released in v1.5.22

    Activity-based suggestions for TESSA AI interview additional instructions, to get more from every round.

Released

v1.5.22minorJun 2026

TESSA AI, Email, and Survey Updates

Updates to TESSA AI interviews, email workflows, resume parsing, surveys, and candidate profiles, plus broader platform polish.

  • ImprovedApp
    Improved email experience across assessments, interviews, and surveys, with smarter validation, quick pills, and clearer editor feedback.
  • ImprovedInterviews
    More reliable TESSA AI interview reporting, with better handling of in-progress and incomplete reports.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Faster, more reliable resume parsing across the app, including bulk upload and job apply flows.
  • FeatureInterviews
    TESSA AI Interviews now support 100+ languages.
  • FeatureInterviews
    Predictive pills in TESSA AI Interview setup to help fill in additional information faster.
  • FeatureAssessments
    New survey filters and suggested questions when creating or editing surveys.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Better handling of email profiles and candidate profiles across the platform.
  • ImprovedApp
    General usability and stability improvements across the app.
v1.5.21minorMay 2026

Minor 1.5.2 update: usability improvements and lookup by company

Small refinements across the product for a clearer, smoother experience, plus Candidate Lookup updates: you can search by organization to find candidates or employees linked to any company.

  • FeatureCandidate Section
    Candidate Lookup now has a Company field so you can search by organization.
  • ImprovedApp
    General improvements to usability, interface clarity, and stability across the app.
v1.5.2majorApr 2026

Careers Pages, Prescreening Surveys, and TESSA AI Profile Analysis

A major release introducing public Careers pages with job postings and applicant pipeline sync, a new Surveys prescreening round with question-library support, and TESSA AI Analysis as the lead section on every candidate profile—plus stronger sourcing, branding, scheduling, and reporting improvements across the platform.

  • FeatureApp
    Careers: HR teams and organizations get a public Careers page (linkable from their own site) with multiple job openings candidates can apply to. Applicants appear on the dashboard; share the same link on LinkedIn or other hiring platforms to route candidates into the pipeline automatically.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Surveys: A prescreening round of questions with no proctoring, usable on all devices including phones, with access to the question library so you can add items from your library.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    TESSA AI profile analysis: Every candidate profile leads with a TESSA AI Analysis section—a concise report summarizing the most important information for that profile.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Candidate Lookup now supports location, making it easier to source candidates from anywhere.
  • ImprovedApp
    Company and organization logos now appear on all assessments, TESSA AI interviews, and Surveys for consistent employer branding.
  • ImprovedInterviews
    Face-to-face interviews can include a Google Maps location for the interview venue.
  • ImprovedApp
    Improved local date and time display and handling across the app.
  • ImprovedAssessments
    When removing a question from an assessment, the flow now asks how much time to remove from the assessment as well.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Redesigned and improved the feedback section on candidate profiles.
  • ImprovedInterviews
    TESSA AI interview reports now include tab-switch activity.
v1.5.1majorMar 2026

TESSA AI New Rounds, ATS Workbench 2.0, LinkedIn Sourcing and Regional Support

A feature-packed release introducing Culture Fit and Behavioural TESSA AI interview rounds, ATS Workbench 2.0, LinkedIn candidate sourcing, full regional language and currency support, timezone-aware time management, and major improvements across candidate profiles, assessments, and team management.

  • FeatureInterviews
    Culture Fit TESSA AI Round: Introduced a new Culture Fit interview round powered by TESSA AI, evaluating how well a candidate aligns with the company's values, work style, and team dynamics.
  • FeatureInterviews
    Behavioural TESSA AI Round: Introduced a new Behavioural interview round powered by TESSA AI, assessing candidates through structured behavioral questioning to evaluate past experiences and soft skills.
  • FeatureInterviews
    Regional Language Support in TESSA AI: TESSA AI interviews now support all regional languages, enabling companies to conduct fully localized AI interviews for candidates across geographies.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    LinkedIn Import & Candidate Lookup: Added LinkedIn import and candidate lookup capabilities, enabling HR teams to directly source and pull candidate profiles into the platform for a streamlined pipeline-building experience.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    ATS Workbench 2.0: Major upgrade to the ATS Workbench with significantly improved shortlisting accuracy, smarter parsing, better data management, and enhanced overall performance.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    TESSA AI Analysis in Candidate Profile: TESSA AI now generates a concise analysis within each candidate profile, surfacing the most relevant insights, skills, and highlights from the candidate's data in one structured, at-a-glance view.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    New Candidate Profile UI: Completely redesigned the candidate profile interface for a cleaner, more organized, and information-rich view of each candidate.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    Feedback System: Added a dedicated feedback system within candidate profiles, enabling HR teams to log structured notes and evaluations directly on each candidate.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Resume Parser: Further improved accuracy and reliability of the resume parser for better extraction of candidate details, skills, and work experience.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Language-Specific Coding Questions: Added coding questions tailored to specific programming languages, expanding technical assessment coverage for more precise and relevant evaluations.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Reattempt Across All Assessments & Interviews: Extended reattempt support to all assessment types and interview rounds, giving HR teams full flexibility in their evaluation process.
  • FeatureApp
    Custom Company Branding: HR teams can now set a custom company logo that appears across the dashboard and all candidate-facing pages, delivering a more branded and professional hiring experience.
  • ImprovedApp
    Timezone-Aware Time Management: Completely revamped how time is displayed and managed across the entire platform, now adapting automatically to each user's regional timezone for a consistent and accurate experience.
  • ImprovedTeam Section
    Team Console & Data Migration: Improved and fixed team data migration and introduced a new Team Console for better team management, role assignments, and organizational control.
  • ImprovedPricing
    Regional Pricing & Currency Support: Updated pricing plans and pricing pages to support regional currencies, making it easier for international teams to evaluate and subscribe to SkillSauce.
  • ImprovedWebsite
    Updated website content across key pages for improved clarity, accuracy, and messaging.
  • FixedApp
    Resolved a range of reported issues across assessments, interviews, candidate management, and platform navigation, improving overall stability and reliability.
v1.5.0majorDec 2025

Dashboard Revamp, Credits, HR Tools Suite and TESSA AI Upgrades

A completely revamped dashboard, a new credit-based system, TESSA AI upgrades with custom interview instructions, ATS history, and a full suite of free HR tools launched on the website.

  • ImprovedInterviews
    TESSA AI Custom Questions: HR teams can now add custom questions and additional instructions for TESSA, so the AI interviewer keeps specific requirements in mind while conducting interviews.
  • ImprovedInterviews
    TESSA AI across the platform got significantly smarter and more optimized, with improved response quality, better context handling, and faster interview sessions.
  • ImprovedApp
    Completely revamped the Dashboard UI with a cleaner, more modern, and more aesthetic design. Easier to track hiring progress and act on insights at a glance.
  • ImprovedApp
    Improved navigation across the entire app for a smoother, more intuitive experience when moving between modules.
  • FeaturePricing
    Credits System: Moved from assessment units to a flexible credit-based system in payments, giving teams more control and transparency over their usage.
  • FeaturePricing
    Credit Tracking Dashboard: Introduced a dedicated credit dashboard to monitor usage, track remaining credits, and manage consumption across all platform features.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    ATS Workbench History: All ATS Workbench sessions are now saved automatically, allowing HR teams to revisit past shortlists, insights, and decisions without starting over.
  • FeatureWebsite
    Team Structure Planner: Launched a free AI-powered planner on the website that helps growing companies design scalable org structures based on growth stage, roles, and team capacity, without overhiring.
  • FeatureWebsite
    HR Calculators: Introduced 17 free HR calculators on the website covering compensation (Average Salary, Compa Ratio), recruitment (Applicant Funnel, Conversion Rate, Time-to-Hire), hiring efficiency (Cost to Hire, Quality of Hire), and retention (eNPS, Attrition, Turnover). Built for data-driven HR teams.
  • FeatureWebsite
    HR Document Generators: Launched a free suite of 17 HR document generators on the website, including Offer Letters, Onboarding Checklists, Leave Policies, Performance Reviews, Exit Formalities, and more. Helping HR professionals create professional documents in seconds.
v1.1.1majorOct 2025

TESSA AI Interviews, ATS Improvements and Candidate Experience

Introducing TESSA AI Interviews, a major leap in AI-driven hiring. Alongside this, significant improvements to the ATS workbench, candidate experience, feedback functionality, and platform-wide UX.

  • FeatureInterviews
    TESSA AI Interviews: Introducing TESSA (Talent Evaluation & Selection System Assistant), a fully autonomous AI interviewer that conducts skill-based interviews with adaptive questioning and RAG-powered insights. TESSA analyzes candidate responses, speech patterns, and role suitability using advanced NLP and machine learning, delivering 95% evaluation accuracy and reducing time-to-hire by up to 90%. Supports multi-format evaluation including coding challenges, MCQs, and case studies.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    ATS Workbench: Improved resume shortlisting accuracy and relevance based on customer feedback, with better role and skill matching.
  • FixedCandidate Section
    Fixed all reported issues with candidate profiles and assessment recordings.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Improved feedback functionality in candidate profiles and interviews for clearer, more actionable hiring notes.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    Candidate Groups: Organize your candidate database with dedicated groups and folders. Keep pipelines structured, reduce clutter, and instantly find the right candidates by role, stage, or any custom criteria.
  • ImprovedCandidate's View
    Improved candidate experience when attempting coding questions in assessments for a smoother and more reliable session.
  • ImprovedApp
    Improved HR UX across all sections of the platform for a more intuitive and consistent experience.
  • FeaturePricing
    Promo Codes: Added promo code support in the payments flow, allowing discounts and promotional offers during checkout.
  • ImprovedWebsite
    Made scheduling a demo easier with a smoother and more accessible booking flow on the website.
v1.1.0majorAug 2025

ATS Workbench, Live Proctoring Alerts and Platform Improvements

Introducing the ATS Workbench for AI-powered resume shortlisting, live proctoring warnings for candidates, assessment reattempts, interview cancellations, and significant platform stability and UX improvements.

  • ImprovedApp
    Significantly improved load times and overall user experience across the platform.
  • FixedApp
    Fixed all reported issues in onboarding, assessments, and payments that some users were experiencing.
  • FeatureApp
    Job Description Generator: Added a Job Description Generator in the More Apps section to help teams quickly create accurate and structured JDs.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Reattempt Assessments: Candidates can now be allowed to reattempt assessments, giving HR teams more flexibility in their evaluation process.
  • ImprovedAssessments
    Improved Psychometric Reports with deeper insights, clearer breakdowns, and more actionable hiring recommendations.
  • FeatureInterviews
    Cancel Scheduled Interviews: You can now cancel scheduled interviews directly from the platform, keeping your pipeline clean and up to date.
  • FeatureQuestion Library
    Question Library is now directly accessible from the More Apps section for quicker browsing and question management.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    ATS Workbench: An all-new AI-powered workbench that shortlists resumes based on industry, role, and skills requirements, providing full candidate insights. From the workbench, you can directly schedule assessments or interviews for shortlisted candidates. CSV upload is also supported.
  • FeatureCandidate's View
    Live Proctoring Alerts: Candidates now receive real-time warnings and violation notices during assessments, clearly showing actions that impact their trust score in the final report.
v1.0.2minorJun 2025

Platform Revamp, Content Hub and Onboarding Improvements

A major website revamp, improved onboarding, expanded role and skills coverage, smarter recommendations, and the launch of the SkillSauce content hub.

  • ImprovedApp
    Improved platform stability across all modules.
  • ImprovedApp
    Significantly improved the sign-up flow and customer onboarding experience for a faster and smoother platform setup.
  • ImprovedApp
    Significantly improved AI-powered recommendations across the entire platform, including candidate shortlisting, role matching, and assessment suggestions.
  • ImprovedAssessments
    Added all possible roles and skills for IT and Non-IT supported industries, ensuring comprehensive coverage for every hiring scenario.
  • ImprovedWebsite
    Fully revamped the SkillSauce website with a modern design, improved navigation, and clearer feature pages.
  • FeatureWebsite
    Launched Blogs, Newsletters, HR Guides, and HR Glossary on the SkillSauce website, providing HR professionals with curated learning and reference resources.
v1.0.1minorMay 2025

Proctoring Upgrades, Recordings and Library Expansion

Significant improvements to AI proctoring, resume parsing, and the question library, along with platform-wide performance and stability gains.

  • ImprovedAssessments
    AI Proctoring: Added gaze detection and improved device detection for more accurate and reliable candidate monitoring during assessments.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Assessment Recordings: Every assessment session is now recorded, giving HR teams a full playback of each candidate attempt for review and audit.
  • ImprovedQuestion Library
    Expanded to 250,000+ expert-reviewed questions across all assessment types and domains.
  • ImprovedQuestion Library
    Coding Assessments: Coding questions now support all major programming languages, enabling broader technical evaluation coverage.
  • ImprovedCandidate Section
    Resume Parser: Significantly improved accuracy in extracting candidate details, work experience, and profile pictures from uploaded resumes.
  • ImprovedApp
    Platform stability and performance improvements across assessments, interviews, and candidate management.
v1.0.0majorMar 2025

SkillSauce Launch

The first public release of SkillSauce, a complete end-to-end hiring platform covering assessments, interviews, candidate management, and team collaboration.

  • FeatureAssessments
    Aptitude Assessments: Assess logical, numerical, and verbal reasoning to predict job performance and enable data-driven hiring.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Psychometric Assessments: Evaluate personality, motivation, and behavior for better cultural fit and workforce planning.
  • FeatureAssessments
    IT Assessments: Role-specific technical assessments covering coding, algorithms, and software engineering skills for IT hiring.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Non-IT Assessments: Measure skills for finance, operations, sales, and other non-technical roles to enable smarter hiring across industries.
  • FeatureAssessments
    Assessment Reports: Detailed per-candidate reports with skill breakdowns, scores, and data-driven hiring recommendations.
  • FeatureCandidate's View
    AI Proctoring: Ensure assessment integrity with industry-leading AI proctoring technology. Prevents cheating, verifies candidate identity, detects tab switches, and maintains full test security while delivering a seamless remote experience.
  • FeatureInterviews
    Virtual Interviews: Schedule thousands of Zoom interviews with ease and assign a dedicated interviewer per session. Both the candidate and interviewer automatically receive a calendar invite with all session details.
  • FeatureInterviews
    Face-to-Face Interviews: Schedule and manage in-person interview rounds with structured question sets and built-in scoring.
  • FeatureCandidate Section
    Candidate Database: Centralized candidate profiles with bulk resume parsing, smart filtering, and unified hiring history across all open roles.
  • FeatureApp
    Dashboard: Hiring pipeline overview with actionable insights and a recommended candidates section powered by assessment scores.
  • FeatureTeam Section
    Team Section: Invite team members and collaborate on hiring decisions across your organization.