Frequently Asked Questions
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SkillDrill is an AI-powered skills mapping and skills auditing platform. It uses conversational AI to have natural, in-depth conversations with your team members to discover their real skills, experience, qualifications, and interests, far more effectively than forms, spreadsheets, or traditional skills audits.
An admin sets up question sets and invites staff. Each person has a one-to-one AI conversation that adapts based on their answers. The AI extracts skills, levels, and qualifications. If someone discloses a professional concern during the conversation, the system flags it for review; all data encrypted and stored securely.
Any organisation that wants to understand what their team can actually do. Public sector, police forces, councils, NHS trusts, enterprise companies, and growing businesses all use SkillDrill.
Typically 10-15 minutes. The AI adapts to the person, if they give detailed answers, it moves faster. If they need prompting, it digs deeper. Admins can set conversation length limits.
All personal data is encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM with per-tenant encryption keys. Data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+. Every organisation's data is completely isolated, separate keys, separate access.
Yes. We're fully GDPR compliant with data processing agreements, right to deletion, data export, and explicit consent flows built in. We can also support DPIA requirements.
Data is stored in UK data centres. We do not transfer data outside the UK unless you explicitly configure a non-UK AI provider.
Yes. You bring your own API keys for Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT-4), Azure OpenAI, or even self-hosted Ollama. Your data goes directly to your chosen provider; we never proxy or store API traffic.
Yes. Every login, settings change, role modification, and key action is logged with timestamps, user, and IP address. Fully exportable for compliance reporting.
You can use any of: Anthropic Claude (Sonnet, Opus, Haiku), OpenAI GPT-4o/GPT-4, Azure OpenAI (your own Azure tenant), or Ollama for fully self-hosted, air-gapped deployments.
No. Your conversation data is never used to train AI models. We enforce strict data processing agreements with all supported AI providers.
The AI has strong safety guardrails, it stays strictly within skills mapping scope. It won't answer off-topic questions, tell jokes, or follow prompt injection attempts. Users can exit the conversation at any time.
The AI is instructed to be neutral, factual, and evidence-based. It assesses skills based on what people describe, not assumptions. Admins can review and adjust AI-generated profiles.
Admins do. Each question set generates a tailored AI prompt that controls exactly how the conversation flows. Admins can review and edit the prompt directly.
Professional plans start at £49/month for up to 100 users. Enterprise pricing is custom based on your organisation size and requirements. All plans include a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Yes. No long-term contracts. Cancel your subscription at any time and your data will be retained for 30 days before deletion.
Unlimited question sets, skill explorer, team building, professional concern flagging, custom branding, SSO, roles & permissions, audit trail, and priority support. Up to 100 users.
Yes. For organisations over 100 users, we offer custom pricing with dedicated support, SLA guarantees, custom integrations, and on-premise deployment options. Contact us.
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