HiringBranch, the company behind the first AI-powered assessments focused on conversational soft skills, has been named the Best Innovative or Emerging Tech Solution in the 2025 HR Tech Awards. This recognition arrives at a time of major growth for the company, following $5 million in Series A funding, 330% customer expansion over the past two years, and multiple industry award nominations.
About the Award
Administered by Lighthouse Research & Advisory, the HR Tech Awards highlight the top 1% of solutions in the HR technology landscape. HiringBranch was recognized in the Talent Acquisition category for its breakthrough approach to evaluating soft skills through AI, transforming how organizations hire for customer-facing roles.
“HiringBranch is honored to receive this prestigious award,” said Stephane Rivard, CEO of HiringBranch.
“It validates the impact of our skills-based hiring approach and sends a strong message to the enterprise market: this technology works.”
Why HiringBranch Stood Out
According to Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory:
“A major telecom firm reduced assessment time by 50% and cut 90-day attrition to just 10% using HiringBranch’s Soft Skills AI. Its open-ended, scenario-based assessments offer a realistic job preview and help surface candidates who are most likely to succeed. It’s a clear case of AI improving both efficiency and quality in high-volume hiring.”
Differentiators:
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Scenario-based conversational assessments
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Realistic job previews to enhance candidate experience
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AI-driven insights to identify top-performing candidates
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Focused on real-world soft skills, not just personality traits
Industry Validation for Soft Skills AI
HiringBranch’s momentum speaks volumes:
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$5M Series A Funding secured to expand product and customer success
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330% Customer Growth over the past 24 months
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Multiple award nominations prior to the HR Tech Award
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Increased demand for skills-based, data-driven hiring tools
With the HR Tech Awards serving as a guide for hundreds of employers seeking effective HR solutions, this recognition cements HiringBranch’s position as a trusted, high-impact solution for scalable talent acquisition.
As organizations continue to prioritize both efficiency and candidate quality in high-volume hiring, HiringBranch’s Soft Skills AI is emerging as a game-changer. This latest accolade affirms what customers and industry analysts are already seeing—AI-powered, skills-based hiring is not just the future, it’s the present.
