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For editorial teams.
We talk about aptitude diagnostics, running selection procedures and the limits of AI in personnel selection. With numbers from practice rather than market forecasts.
About flynne, ready to quote
Both versions are released for verbatim use.
Short profile
flynne is the assessment centre software of Brandmonks GmbH: software that plans, runs and documents assessment days, bringing appointments, examiners, rooms, exercises, documents and people into one system. It is operated exclusively in the EU, and the suitability decision is always made by a person, never by AI.
Long version
flynne is the assessment centre software of Brandmonks GmbH, an HR tech company based in Mainz, Germany (founded in 2019, certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001). The software organises assessment days from planning through to documentation: appointments, examiners, rooms, exercises and documents come together in one system, and candidates book their own slots without an account, by access link. The platform grew out of two decades of running selection procedures in a large corporate group: thousands of assessment days, tens of thousands of candidates. Its principle: AI plans, warns and drafts, and people do the judging. flynne runs in Germany, and the data stays in the EU.
House style
- flynne
- always lower case, including at the start of a sentence
- Product category
- “assessment centre software”, not applicant tracking and not an ATS: flynne adds to applicant tracking systems, it does not replace them
- Vendor
- Brandmonks GmbH, Mainz; flynne is a product of that company, not a company of its own
- The AI
- is called Lynn and organises; wording such as “AI selects applicants” would be factually wrong
What editorial teams get
Context instead of marketing copy
On AI in personnel selection, the EU AI Act in the employment context or aptitude diagnostics under DIN 33430, we supply background and counter-positions, including where that is uncomfortable for the industry.
Numbers from the operation
No recycled market research: throughput times, no-show rates and effort figures from two decades of assessment operations, anonymised and with context.
Quotes with someone behind them
Quotes come from people who decide, with their name and function. Press enquiries are answered within one working day, and faster when you are on deadline.
Published articles
A selection of the publications we contributed to.
IT-Finanzmagazin
Recruiting methods and international teams
What financial services firms have to change in order to build teams across borders.
BigData-Insider
AI answers to the skills shortage
Data-driven approaches in recruitment, and the question of where people have to decide.
IT-Zoom
Digitalisation in personnel selection
Why selection procedures need more than a digital application form.
We send you the original articles on request.
Topics for interviews
On these four topics we can speak with authority, drawing on our own experience.
AI in personnel selection, and its limits
Why we use AI to organise but not to judge people. What the EU AI Act requires and what that means for employers.
The invisible effort in assessment operations
What coordination, no-shows and disruptions really cost, with numbers from two decades of operations in a large group.
German standards as an advantage
DIN 33430, the AGG, co-determination: why HR software for the German-speaking market has to be built differently from software for the US market.
From a corporate project to a product
How replacing a selection system grown over more than 20 years turned into a platform.
Facts at a glance
- Product
- flynne: assessment centre software
- Vendor
- Brandmonks GmbH, Mainz
- Founded
- Brandmonks GmbH in 2019
- Certifications
- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2022
- Hosting
- Germany, EU
- Experience
- Two decades of assessment operations: thousands of assessment days, tens of thousands of candidates
Press contact
For interviews, statements and guest articles, contact the managing director directly. We reply within one working day, and faster when you are on deadline.
Morten Babakhani
- info@flynne.de
- Phone
- +49 6131 62 35 610
- Address
- Brandmonks GmbH
Am Brand 41
55116Mainz
Logos, product images and portraits for editorial use are sent on request.
What we write ourselves
The blog sets out our positions in full: on the law, on running selection procedures and on why our AI does not judge people. Quoting is expressly welcome, with https://flynne.de as the source.
To the blogSee how flynne is used.
Tell us briefly how you run your assessments today. In 30 minutes we will show you how flynne works.
- support@flynne.de
- Phone
- +49 6131 62 35 610
- Address
- Am Brand 41
55116Mainz