# SHL: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 1 category by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/shl

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Candidate assessment](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/candidate-assessment/index.md) | 0% | 19 | 13% | 15 |

## What the models said for it

- "Consider Criteria or SHL, especially if assessment validity and formal talent analytics are central requirements" (Perplexity Sonar, Candidate assessment)
- "Enterprise, leadership assessments | Long-established; strong psychometrics" (Kimi K2, Candidate assessment)
- "SHL and Wonderlic win where decades of validation evidence matter most" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Candidate assessment)
- "best for broad pre-employment testing → SHL or Criteria" (GPT-5.4 mini, Candidate assessment)

## And against it

- "General red flags across platforms (e.g., older or less transparent ones like some legacy SHL, Wonderlic, or Criteria tools)" (Grok 4.20, Candidate assessment)
- "Rather than complex enterprise systems (like SHL or Korn Ferry) or basic startup micro-tools" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Candidate assessment)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SHL, from 57 of the 66 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- resources.rework.com: 28
- softwareadvice.com: 21
- leadchangegroup.com: 20
- vervoe.com: 20
- capterra.com: 17
- bestrecruitingtools.com: 15
- criteriacorp.com: 15
- codesignal.com: 14
- codility.com: 13
- equalture.com: 13

### Pages cited

- https://resources.rework.com/tools/recruiting-ats/best-pre-employment-assessment-tools-2026: 27
- https://vervoe.com/best-skills-assessment-platforms: 19
- https://bestrecruitingtools.com/blog/best-pre-employment-assessment-software-enterprise-2026: 14
- https://leadchangegroup.com/pre-employment-testing-software/enterprise: 14
- https://codesignal.com/blog/best-skills-assessment-software-2026: 13
- https://equalture.com/blog/pre-employment-assessment-tools: 13
- https://capterra.com/pre-employment-testing-software: 12
- https://kurums.com/best-pre-employment-assessment-software-2026-comparison: 10

## In its own words

What SHL's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: People Science. People Answers (https://shl.com/)
- For: your organization (https://shl.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 80 (https://shl.com/)
- Hosting: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
- Customers named: S&P Global, The Adecco Group, Campari, FSCS, Microsoft, Nationwide Building Society, Valmet

## What it publishes

Every page shl.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1266 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 102 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 31 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- webinar or virtual event: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-29
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-01
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-02-14
- news or press: 18 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- Recent: 2026-09-24 news or press: In the news https://www.shl.com/about/news-and-events/in-the-news
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: The eu ai act do hr need to take any notice https://www.shl.com:443/resources/by-type/blog/2026/the-eu-ai-act-do-hr-need-to-take-any-notice/
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Beyond the prompt how to hire the graduate not the ai https://www.shl.com:443/resources/by-type/blog/2026/beyond-the-prompt-how-to-hire-the-graduate-not-the-ai/
- Recent: 2026-09-15 case study: Leading restaurant chain https://www.shl.com:443/resources/by-type/customer-stories/leading-restaurant-chain/
- Recent: 2026-09-09 blog: Do your organizational values actually mean anything https://www.shl.com:443/resources/by-type/blog/2026/do-your-organizational-values-actually-mean-anything/
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Humanizing workforce planning by focusing on careers not headcounts https://www.shl.com:443/resources/by-type/blog/2026/humanizing-workforce-planning-by-focusing-on-careers-not-headcounts/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.