Aon Hewitt acquires CoCubes, a hiring assessments company

Aon Hewitt today announced its acquisition of CoCubes, a leading hiring assessment company based in India. With this transaction, Aon Hewitt adds two million assessments to its existing global portfolio of 20 million assessments spread across 164 countries.

Aon Hewitt, one of the earliest solution providers in selection and assessment, helps organizations make better hiring decisions and improve performance by predicting the success of their potential and current employees. CoCubes, on the other hand, connects colleges, students, and corporates using assessments; to create a seamless entry-level hiring ecosystem.

Sandeep Chaudhary, CEO, India Consulting, Aon Hewitt, shared, “We were actively looking for an organization that focuses on employability assessments. CoCubes stood out for us as a successful startup with its profitable growth, resilient leadership team, and an innovative technology platform. With its strong client standing and value-aligned leadership, CoCubes is clearly our partner of choice to augment our assessment solutions in India and across other markets in Asia Pacific.”

“With the acquisition of CoCubes, we will now be a one-stop-shop for entry-level hiring assessment solutions. CoCubes complements our specialization in behavioral and leadership assessments with technical and vocational assessments, in addition to its innovative proctoring solutions. By solving the employability challenge with educational institutions and sector skill councils, Aon Hewitt is now geared to fulfill the entry level hiring needs for corporate clients.” said Nitin Sethi, Partner and Chief Commercial Officer, India Consulting, Aon Hewitt.

The CoCubes founders, Harpreet Singh and Vibhore Goyal, will continue to lead the business as a separate practice line and will join Aon Hewitt’s Talent, Rewards and Performance (TRP) vertical, reporting to Nitin Sethi.