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The KANNY Platform
Independently verified candidate character data. Now at your fingertips.
You invite. They consent. We do the rest.
Built with the demands of talent teams and hiring managers in mind.
Step 1: You and your team invite and track candidates' progress.
Step 2: Candidates create an account and consent to the KANNY Character Check.
Step 3: KANNY gathers and analyzes the data and generates a comparative report.
Painless.
Simple by Design
Less Noise. More Signal.
KANNY delivers clean, focused insights you can understand at a glance—so you spend less time decoding and more time deciding. Built for real-world hiring and leadership decisions, not academic deep dives.
Data You Can Trust
KANNY data comes directly from people who’ve worked alongside the candidate—not handpicked references.
Every insight is anonymously sourced, systematically selected, and protected with enterprise-grade security.
What We Measure
integrity. accountability. respect. humility. confidence. grit.
Collecting Data
The Reviewers
Our system predicts who the candidate's current or previous colleagues might be.
We initiate communication and ask for their help on the candidate's behalf.
The Survey
Reviewers fill out a simple survey with sliders and no open text.
Our survey was designed in partnership with leading organizational psychologists and industry leaders.
Private and Secure
We use enterprise-grade privacy and security features to protect our reviewers.
All reviews are anonymized and presented only in aggregate to others.
Just the Features
Businesses / Agencies
- Secure SSO - LinkedIn Credentials
- Candidate Invitations
- Candidate Management
- Job Management
- Team Management
- View Character Checks
- Notifications
Candidates / Individuals
- Secure SSO - LinkedIn Credentials
- View Personal Character Check
- Sharing Tools
- Request Reviews
- Give Reviews
- Self-Help Guides and Curriculum
Reviewers
- Secure SSO - LinkedIn Credentials
- Simple Review Process
- Confidential, Safe, and Secure
Integrations
(coming soon)
Accessing KANNY inside your current systems is important for your teams. We are working on integrating with popular Applicant Tracking Systems and HR Management platforms.
Want to add yours to the list? Let us know.
Filling a role?
Request a Character Check for your candidates.
FAQs
Employers who want the best talent measure character, not just skills or experience. KANNY's unique character insights allow candidates to demonstrate that they have the traits that are most valuable to your company and team.
KANNY's independently verified Character Check goes beyond skills tests, resumes and reference checks, so you can hire the kind of talent that delivers results and strengthens culture.
Unfortunately, no. While many employers check references, the information is biased and of limited use in truly understanding a candidate's character.
We focus on character, not just past performance. The report is available to both the candidate and the potential employer. It captures 360 degree feedback spanning a whole career, not just a few handpicked career champions. Insights support hiring as well as growth and development post-hire.
KANNY provides a powerful starting point for uncovering a candidate’s character. Interviewers use the KANNY Report to zero in on verifiable character strengths and weaknesses. Understanding how a candidate’s colleagues rate their character is a new and effective way to identify top performers.
We identify people who have worked with the candidate and gather their first-hand character insights. We aggregate and analyze the reviewers' feedback and relationship with the candidate to produce a KANNY Report, which generates once there are at least five verified reviews.
Yes. KANNY is a technology platform that gathers third-party opinions about a candidate's character. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations, and protect the privacy of the reviewer and the dignity of the candidate. For more information, visit our Trust Center.
Anyone with confirmed overlapping work history with the you can submit a KANNY review. We understand that you may prefer for some people not to review you. No one is perfect, so our algorithm recognizes and corrects for potential bias.