Synopsys <> Mokka

Max Krasnykh

CEO & Founder, Mokka

Michael, great chat today. You mentioned Synopsys is early in scoping the AI assessment layer and that legal is the real gate — any vendor will need an airtight human-in-the-loop story before it gets past compliance review.

I built this room so you and Rob can explore Mokka on your own time, and so you have something concrete to bring into those internal conversations. Everything we discussed is below, plus a sandbox link once it's provisioned. Looking forward to meeting Rob next week.

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What we heard

Your challenges

50% of recruiters don't trust Avature's AI match score

Half of the Synopsys recruiting team manually reviews every application because they don't trust the built-in match score — turning a screening tool into a bottleneck.

Recruiters inundated with AI-inflated resumes

Resumes increasingly look like job descriptions. Recruiters waste time in screening calls with candidates who shouldn't have made it past the top of the funnel.

No fraud detection layer

No systematic way to spot AI-generated profiles, inflated resumes, or coached interview answers before they reach hiring managers.

Assessment coverage gap beyond software engineering

Codility covers SWE only. No assessment layer for non-SWE roles, and no dynamic skill assessment tied to the specific job description and candidate context.

Legal & compliance is the real gate

Synopsys legal is scrutinizing every AI decision-making tool and may even disable Avature's matching feature. Any vendor needs airtight human-in-the-loop, audit trail, bias audits, and EU AI Act posture to get past review.

How Mokka helps

Mapped to your challenges

Screening your recruiters actually trust

Mokka evaluates candidates against structured, customizable rubrics — not a black-box match score. Recruiters see exactly which criteria were met, which weren't, and why. Weights are fully tunable per role. Transparent enough that the 50% who don't trust Avature can trust this.

Pre-interview layer that catches AI-inflated resumes

Dynamic AI-led screening calls that take the candidate's resume and the JD, then ask adaptive follow-up questions to establish real competencies. If the resume was written by an AI to beat an AI, the pre-interview is where the signal actually comes from.

Two-level fraud detection

Profile integrity checks cross-reference resume claims against LinkedIn and other metadata for inconsistencies. Interview-level integrity flags overly generic or AI-generated answers. Recruiters see flagged profiles before they spend an hour on a screen.

Custom assessment layer beyond SWE

Generate structured interview segments from a single high-level prompt — Mokka turns it into evaluation factors, rubrics, and sample questions recruiters can review and refine. Works for any role, not just engineering. Complements Codility rather than replacing it.

Compliance posture built for legal review

Mokka assists rather than decides — human-in-the-loop by design. Full audit trail per candidate, candidates are informed, opt-out available, regular bias audits, SOC 2 equivalent process, and enterprise compliance reviews already cleared with top-tier cybersecurity customers. Built with the EU AI Act and US state AI hiring laws in mind.

Start without an INFOSEC review

Mokka can engage as an AI-first recruitment agency model — placement fees only on hires, at roughly half the standard agency rate. No Avature integration needed to start, no full INFOSEC cycle. A fast way to get real results in front of the recruiting and legal teams before committing to procurement.

Integration

Your stack

Avature (ATS)

Mokka plugs into Avature to surface all job reqs in one place. Bi-directional sync keeps candidate data aligned. Mokka's screening layer runs alongside — or instead of — Avature's match score, with fully transparent scoring your recruiters can trust.

Codility (SWE assessments)

Mokka doesn't replace Codility — it complements it. Codility keeps handling hands-on SWE coding exercises. Mokka handles the recruiter-level screen and dynamic pre-interview layer that surfaces real competencies before candidates reach a Codility assessment.

Agency model path (no integration needed)

If procurement and INFOSEC will take time, Mokka can run in agency mode with zero integration. You share the reqs, Mokka handles sourcing + screening + pre-interviews, and you only pay on placement at ~half standard agency rates. A clean way to prove value before touching Avature.

What happens next

Getting started

Step 1

Sandbox + deep dive with Rob

Max sets up a sandbox environment for you and Rob to explore firsthand — no Avature integration needed. Then a live walkthrough tailored to Synopsys workflows when Rob is back from vacation.

Schedule follow-up →

Step 2

Trial on live roles

Start in agency mode on 2-3 live Synopsys reqs — no INFOSEC cycle required. Evaluate screening quality, pre-interview signal, and fraud detection against agreed success criteria.

Pay only on placement at ~half standard rate

Step 3

Full Avature integration

Once results are proven and legal review is cleared, move to full Avature integration with team-wide rollout and ongoing optimization.

Onboarding typically takes 1-2 weeks