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Know Who's Ready.
Develop Who Isn't

Technical Skills Assessment designed for the Saudi economy. nova. bridges the gap between potential and performance through rigorous, sector-specific data.

Coverage.Sectors 10
Database.JobTitles 1,168
Total.Inventory.Items 12,000+
Proficiency.Levels 05
WHO IT'S BUILT FOR

Different Roles.
One Platform.

Whether you're benchmarking a national workforce, targeting a training budget, or making a promotion decision — nova. gives you the objective data to act with confidence.

CHRO / HR DIRECTOR
L&D DIRECTOR
SECTOR DIRECTOR
HR MANAGER
I'm responsible for 15,000 workers across 200 job titles. I have no consistent way to know who's actually qualified — we rely on certifications that don't tell me if someone can do the job today.

THE CHALLENGE

At giga-project scale, hiring and deployment decisions made on instinct or outdated credentials create real operational risk. Without a standardized, nationally-anchored competency baseline.

NOVA GIVES YOU A SINGLE COMPETENCY BASELINE ACROSS EVERY ROLE.
WHAT THEY MEASURE

Mass-baseline assessments across all job families at project onboarding.

WHAT THEY GET

A ranked readiness map of every worker, exportable to any HRMS.

We spend millions on training every year, but we don't know where the actual skill gaps are before we start. We're effectively training in the dark.

THE CHALLENGE

Training ROI is impossible to measure without a pre-training competency baseline. Most L&D programs are one-size-fits-all, leading to wasted budget.

NOVA IDENTIFIES EXACT KNOWLEDGE GAPS TO ALLOCATE BUDGETS CORRECTLY.
WHAT THEY MEASURE

Pre-and-post training assessments to measure growth and ROI.

WHAT THEY GET

Data-backed training roadmaps and justification for L&D spend.

To regulate a whole industry, we need to know the national baseline of skills. Currently, we have no unified data on technical proficiency.

THE CHALLENGE

Maintaining national industry standards requires objective measurement. Regulatory decisions on licensing need a clear picture of workforce capability.

NOVA PROVIDES SECTOR-WIDE INSIGHTS TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL BENCHMARKS.
WHAT THEY MEASURE

Cross-operator proficiency comparisons and national technical trends.

WHAT THEY GET

A dashboard of sector-wide readiness to set minimum competency standards.

During rapid hiring phases, I need to screen hundreds of candidates. CVs look the same, and interviews are too slow.

THE CHALLENGE

High-volume recruitment leads to inconsistent technical screening. Managers spend too much time interviewing unqualified candidates.

NOVA AUTOMATES TECHNICAL SCREENING FOR FASTER HIRING.
WHAT THEY MEASURE

Technical screening at the top of the funnel for specific vacancy requirements.

WHAT THEY GET

Shortlists of validated candidates and reduction in time-to-hire by 40%.

From Job Title to Insight in Hours

01

Select & Configure

Choose from 1,168 pre-mapped roles or customize using Ministry technical standards.

SDR COMPLIANT
02

Candidates Assess

Bilingual assessments delivered via a secure, lab-grade proctored interface.

AI PROCTORED
03

Receive Actionable Reports

Deep-dive analytics on proficiency levels and specific competency gaps.

INSTANT ANALYTICS

Questions That
Actually Measure
Competency.

No generic personality tests. We test for domain-specific knowledge across technical levels, from entry to expert, mapped to Saudi national occupational standards.

SCENARIO-BASED LOGIC

Measuring application, not just recall.

TECHNICAL RIGOR

Questions developed by 500+ subject matter experts.

NOVA ASSESSMENT TERMINAL — RISK_ANALYST_V4.2

When calculating the Value at Risk (VaR) for a diversified portfolio, which methodology is most sensitive to 'Fat Tails' in historical data distributions?

1,168 Roles.
Zero Approximation.

Our library is precisely mapped to job titles and Ministry of Human Resources standards. We don't use 'generic' IT tests—we test for the specific job you're hiring for.

01 NOMENCLATURE ALIGNMENT
02 MINISTRY MAPPED
03 SECTOR SPECIFICITY

Financial Services

Corporate Banking, Risk, Underwriting, Treasury Management.

Cybersecurity

SOC Analysis, Pentesting, GRC, Network Defense.

Construction

Site Engineering, BIM Management, Project Controls.

Health

Clinical Operations, Health Informatics, Lab Management.

Digital

Full-stack Dev, Data Science, UX Strategy, Cloud Arch.

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MORE ROLES

88% OVERALL PROFICIENCY
THREAT INTELLIGENCE 92%
INCIDENT RESPONSE 74%
STRATEGIC RISK MGT 85%
DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION

Focus on advanced automation in incident response playbooks. High aptitude for strategic oversight, currently outperforming 94% of cohort in Threat Analytics.

THE DEVELOPMENT REPORT

A Development Report
That Drives Action.

Stop guessing who needs training. Our reports provide a granular breakdown of knowledge gaps and recommend specific interventions to reach the next proficiency level.

SKILL COMPETENCY MAP

Visualization of the candidate's technical profile vs. national benchmarks.

TARGETED UPSKILLING

Specific recommendations for bridging identified knowledge gaps.

COHORT BENCHMARKING

Compare individual proficiency against sector and national peer groups.

Why Institutions Choose nova.

Anchored to National Standards

Direct alignment with Ministry of Human Resources and Giga-project competency frameworks.

Arabic-First by Design

Assessments natively developed in Arabic and English, not just machine translated.

Precision Psychometrics

Scientifically validated items ensure that high scores actually translate to job performance.

Your Data Stays in Saudi Arabia

100% of data stays within the Kingdom, fully compliant with Saudi PDPL regulations.

Scales Without Compromise

Whether it's 10 hires or 10,000 workers, our infrastructure handles enterprise volume with ease.

Fair & Defensible Results

Removing unconscious bias through objective technical measurement protocols.

Sector Coverage.

We cover the backbone of the Saudi economy with specialized technical taxonomies.

142 Roles

Construction

Site Engineer • Project Manager • QS

88 Roles

Culture & Entertainment

Event Manager • Creative Director

96 Roles

Cybersecurity

SOC Analyst • Pentester • GRC

118 Roles

Digital

Data Engineer • UX Designer • PM

134 Roles

Energy & Utilities

Process Engineer • HSE Specialist

122 Roles

Financial Services

Risk Analyst • Actuary • Compliance

108 Roles

Healthcare

Pharmacist • Radiographer • Nurse

142 Roles

Professional & Consulting

Management Consultant • HR Specialist

76 Roles

Security Services

Security Supervisor • Guard Trainer

142 Roles

Wholesale & Retail

Category Manager • Buyer • Store Ops

Every Result You Can Stand Behind.

≥0.85 REALITY SCORE TARGET

every assessment batch meets this threshold before deployment

5-STAGE

Quality review process before any item reaches a candidate

BILINGUAL

Every item validated independently in Arabic and English

TRANSPARENT RESULTS

Every development report is stamped with a quality assurance mark, confirming the assessment met reliability standards before your results are used for any decision.

QUALITY STANDARDS CHECKLIST

Calibrated difficulty

items target a difficulty range proven to produce the most accurate differentiation between proficiency levels. Not too easy, never unfair.

Fairness-reviewed

Every item is reviewed for bias across Arabic and English language versions, ensuring the assessment measures skill not language advantage.

Sector-specific validation

Items are reviewed by qualified practitioners in the relevant sector before entering the live assessment bank.

Transparent results

Every development report is stamped with a quality assurance mark, confirming the assessment met reliability standards before your results are used for any decision.