Hamat streamlining real estate and retail hiring with Testlify
Hamat uses Testlify to streamline real estate and retail hiring with faster, standardized assessments that improve accuracy and talent fit.

About
Employees
501-1000
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Landscape
Retail
Hamat is a leading commercial real estate developer in Saudi Arabia, managing 15+ malls and hiring across retail operations, engineering, and technical roles. With applicant volumes reaching 500–1,000 per role, manual evaluations slowed hiring and affected efficiency. Hamat partnered with Testlify to modernize and accelerate its recruitment process.
50%
Reduced time to hire
80%
External spend reduced
4x
Recruiter productivity

Challenges
High applicant volume made manual screening slow, inconsistent, and resource-heavy, especially for engineering and technical roles that needed deeper skill validation beyond traditional methods. Testlify solved this by introducing standardized assessments to evaluate technical, operational, and personality fit, automating workflows to cut manual effort, and delivering data-backed insights.
Solutions
Hamat adopted Testlify to fully digitize assessments for engineering, real estate, and operational roles. The platform provided structured skill tests, personality assessments, and AI-assisted interviews tailored to job requirements. This ensured objective, scalable, and role-specific evaluation across all departments.


Implementation
Hamat integrated Testlify with their ATS, enabling automated invites, assessments, and score syncing. Role-based tests and scenario simulations evaluated real-world technical decision-making for site engineers and architects. Recruiters used Testlify’s dashboards and analytics to shortlist candidates faster and more accurately.
Results
After Testlify, time-to-hire dropped from two weeks to one—a 50% improvement, while recruiter productivity increased 4× with fully digital assessment coverage. This shift not only reduced hiring costs by nearly 80% but also improved quality of hire by 20–25% through structured, data-driven selection.


Conclusion
Testlify enabled Hamat to transform its hiring into a faster, more objective, and cost-efficient process.Engineering and technical evaluations became more reliable, improving talent quality and reducing reliance on agencies. Today, Hamat’s recruitment is streamlined, data-backed, and built for scale in a rapidly growing real estate market.
























