2024 was a transformative year for Kira Talent, showcasing the launch of groundbreaking tools like Live Interview Recording and significant enhancements to our Review Platform. These features were thoughtfully crafted to streamline your workflow, making it easier than ever to identify top candidates in your applicant pool with efficiency and precision. Here are 6 standout highlights from this year’s feature releases at Kira Talent (and a few sneak peeks for 2025)

Discover what’s new at Kira

  1. New Live Interviewing features
  2. Enhanced Review Platform
  3. WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards compliance
  4. Customizable score calculations
  5. Bulk-unassignment
  6. Ravenna Integration
  7. Coming Soon to Kira - Mobile compatibility

1. Virtual interviewing just got better

Live Interviews, on-demand insights

Experience the best of both worlds with Live Interview Recording in Kira Talent. Schools can choose to have conversations and responses during their Live Interviews captured for future review and analysis, bringing a new layer of transparency and accountability to the interview process. 

Capture every critical moment, from preparation to response sessions, creating a complete and accessible record for your admissions team.

Revisit and analyze these recordings in Kira’s intuitive Review Platform, where interviews are neatly organized by station. 

Make confident, defensible admissions decisions by revisiting recorded interviews for scoring calibration, training, and committee discussions, helping your team make data-informed decisions.

Visualize, organize, optimize — all in one dashboard

Transform how you manage your Live Interviews. The Circuit Visualizer’s intuitive interface offers unparalleled visibility into interview scheduling and execution. 

Effortlessly switch between organizing logistics and understanding interview flow by toggling between list and timeline view. Admins can track participant statuses, send Broadcast Messages, or dive into the details of specific interview stations — all from one centralized dashboard.

Follow applicants through their interviews with a color-coded schedule that shows their movement across stations at a glance. Hover over any station or participant to view key details, copy email addresses, or check which questions are being asked where.

Sort and locate specific applicants or reviewers in a pinch with a robust search feature that allows you to quickly pull up interview details or schedules for any participant.


2. Applicant review made effortless

Empower your reviewers with an easy-to-use dashboard designed to track progress and improve productivity. 

Easily track review progress with visual indicators designed to keep reviewers organized and on schedule. Kira’s intuitive dashboard provides a clear snapshot of each reviewer’s workload, including the number of applicants assigned, the number of reviews completed, and how many are still pending. Reviewers also get an estimated time to finish their remaining tasks, helping them stay efficient and focused.

Watch, assess, and score, all on one screen, with Kira’s side-by-side response and rubric layout. This intuitive interface allows reviewers to watch responses and score them simultaneously, ensuring a seamless and efficient review process. Expandable rubric definitions provide clarity for accurate, consistent evaluations, while uploaded documents—like essays, resumes, or forms—are displayed in their original format for effortless assessment. Everything you need, all in one user-friendly screen.

Let Kira handle the grammar checks, while your reviewers stay focused on what truly matters. Available as an optional feature on the Review Platform, Kira highlights spelling and grammatical errors in written submissions and provides both the current and maximum word count for each response.

Learn how Kira’s Review Platform can streamline your reviewing process.


3. Accessibility, elevated

Accessibility is essential to fostering diversity and inclusivity in higher education. By adhering to WCAG 2.1 standards, we’ve gone above and beyond to ensure the Kira platform aligns with your goals—delivering an accessible and equitable admissions experience for all.

Help applicants confidently submit their best work without barriers, with features built to assist individuals with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments. 

Break down barriers and deliver an inclusive experience that reflects the principles of holistic review, empowering your team to identify top talent without compromise. 

Learn more about WCAG 2.1 standards and why they’re important for your admissions process


4. Calculate your scores your way

In 2024, Kira added two new methods of calculating applicant scores — Total Sum Scoring and Dual Calculation. 

View final scores as the sum of individual competency scores, rather than the standard average score with Total Sum Scoring.

Combine average competency scores with reviewer scores using the Dual Calculation method. Incorporate competency weights into the calculations to ensure that the final scores accurately reflect your team’s priorities and expectations.

Effortlessly monitor an applicant's progress with detailed, downloadable reports that provide comprehensive scoring insights.

Score calculations are seamlessly integrated across all API endpoints and webhooks, keeping your workflows efficient, streamlined, and fully connected.


5. Easily balance reviewer workloads

Is one of your reviewers falling behind? With Kira’s new bulk-unassign feature, you can quickly lighten their load and keep your reviews on track.

Redistribute assignments in seconds by selecting the number of applicants to unassign to ensure your team stays on schedule and your review process runs smoothly.


6. Simplify enrollment with Ravenna

Kira’s integration with Ravenna Admit® streamlines the enrollment process for K-12 private and independent schools, keeping your process organized and connected.

Invite applicants directly through the Ravenna HUB and receive real-time updates as they complete their Kira assessments.

Track progress and share insights with your enrollment committee. Kira scores are synced with Ravenna, giving you centralized access to all your data in one streamlined platform.


Coming soon — Kira goes mobile

Experience the same seamless Kira platform you know and love, fully optimized for mobile browsers. Available for iOS and Android users, applicants can easily record video responses and submit written answers directly from their mobile devices.

Stay tuned for the official launch date and get ready to experience Kira in a whole new way.

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