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Benchmarking & Assessments for Hiring

Define what great looks like - then measure it with precision.
Mint Kulca's benchmarking and assessment solutions, powered by our strategic partner Lumenii, combine behavioural science with practical hiring intelligence to help you identify, compare, and select top talent with confidence.
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Competency Framework & Role Benchmarking

We work with you to create tailored competency frameworks and benchmarks that capture your organisation’s unique culture, values, and performance drivers - defining what excellence looks like for every role.

How We Build the Benchmark Profile

At Mint Kulca, we believe success should be defined before it’s measured. Our benchmark profiles are created through a structured, collaborative process that is a blend of behavioural science and practical hiring intelligence - ensuring that every assessment is rooted in evidence, not assumption.

Competency Selection

We identify 5–8 core competencies that are critical for success in each role, derived from key responsibilities, performance outcomes, and success behaviours. Working closely with line managers and HR, we ensure each benchmark reflects both business context and cultural alignment.

Where applicable, we also analyse the traits and behaviours of top-performing employees in similar roles. By understanding what drives their success, we can pinpoint the behavioural patterns that predict future performance.

The Competency Library

Our competency library is built on over 25 years of global research and trusted by organisations worldwide. It defines what success looks like in every role through 45 competencies - each supported by clear definitions, behavioural indicators, and levels of complexity.

 

Competency Framework On The Mint Kulca Hiring Strategy Platform

Our Competency Assessments

Select Report turns data into confident hiring decisions

Integrated Assessment for Confident Hiring

We evaluate behavioural style, cognitive agility, motivations, and potential, all in one integrated report.
To ensure results are accurate, relevant, and easy to interpret, all scores are presented on a nine-point benchmark-driven scale, comparing each candidate’s results to a South African norm group representing professionals across industries.

The integrated select report provides:

  • Competency-based interview questions aligned to your success benchmarks.

  • Instant insights into strengths, development areas, and role fit.

  • Future-fit indicators to identify who can grow with your business.

Turn data into confident hiring decisions - and build teams that perform, adapt, and thrive.

Discover the Leaders Who Will Shape Your Future

Candidates are measured against the Management Potential Index (MPI) to evaluate leadership aptitude through research-based, globally validated insights.

What the MPI Report Reveals:

The MPI offers a clear view of a candidate’s leadership potential, highlighting both their readiness for management and their unique leadership style.
It combines an overview of general potential with detailed insights into key leadership competencies, complete with behavioural predictions and targeted interview questions to guide selection and development discussions.

Why It Matters:
With a scientifically grounded assessment approach, Mint Kulca helps you see beyond experience and identify leaders who can thrive today and grow into the leaders your organisation needs tomorrow.

The MPI Report offers a clear view of a candidate's leadership potential
The SPI Report gives you a clear science-based view of a candidate's sales potential

Find, understand, and grow top-performing sales talent

The Sales Potential Index (SPI) evaluates a candidate’s natural strengths, motivations, and behaviours across 11 proven sales competencies.
Built on validated personality insights, the SPI reveals how individuals are likely to perform in sales roles - and where they have room to grow.

What the SPI Report Reveals:

  • Strengths and development areas linked to sales success.

  • Potential risk factors that may affect performance.

  • Team dynamics and gaps to optimise collective results.

With fast, accurate screening and practical reports, the SPI gives you a clear, science-based view of sales potential - helping you hire and develop the right people to drive revenue growth.

Why Use Competency-Based Assessments?

Hiring success isn't guesswork - it's science. Our benchmarking process and competency-based assessments provide objective, data-driven insights that simplify and elevate every stage of your hiring process.

Hiring Success isn't guesswork, its science

Ready to Take the Guesswork Out of Hiring?

Let's build your custom benchmark and help you select the right people with science-backed precision.