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In this guide you'll find
- Top Employee Assessment Tools
- Use-Cases: Why Use Candidate Assessment Tools
- Common Mistakes With Employee Screening Tools
- Benefits and ROI From Pre-Employment Screening Software
- Pricing for Candidate Assessment Tools
- Features: What You Can Expect from Candidate Assessment Tools
- Demo Questions for Employee Assessment Tools
- Implementing Talent Assessment Tools
- Pre-Employment Assessment Software FAQs
- Candidate Assessment Software, Final Advice
Are you looking to implement a best in class candidate assessment process? Fortunately, there are some great pre-employment evaluation tools that can help you look beyond the resume to find the right talent and more productively build high-performing teams.
As a recruiter or hiring manager, you have a tough job. Between competing against other companies for top talent and filtering through hundreds of often-unqualified applicants, you’re spending a lot of time and money on recruiting efforts that you hope will result in a win for both your company and your candidate.
You can take some of this guesswork away by using a candidate assessment tool to automate the screening process, assess candidates’ skills and culture fit, compare results across your applicant pool, and use data to make unbiased hiring decisions that work.
To help you make the right investment, we put together this guide on all things candidate assessment. Keep reading to find a list of the best talent assessment tools along with key features, pricing guidelines, questions to ask on demos, and more.
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We track thousands of HRTech solutions, these are the best hiring assessments per our research and expert council as of 2022.
Why we love it
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VidCruiter can work as an all-in-one recruitment solutions, having tools & features for screening, testing, reference checks, and interviews.
- VidCruiter’s customers can choose the modules they want and purchase them individually, or purchase the entire recruiting suite, inclusive of all modules, i.e. video interviewing, applicant tracking, skill assessments, scheduling, and more.
- VidCruiter’s pre-recorded interview feature saves hiring managers a lot of time and eliminates scheduling conflicts. It also offers candidates the flexibility to record their answers at their convenience.
- VidCruiter supports mobile recruiting for on-the-go access. Both candidates and recruiters can view pre-recorded video interviews or join live video interviews/conferences from their iOS and Android mobile devices.
- VidCruiter’s account managers are quite hands-on. Besides helping you get started with the platform, they’ll also help you perform other processes, such as setting up the tracking and conversion metrics of your targeted ad campaigns so you can measure their success.
- VidCruiter is a multilingual recruiting solution. Besides English, it’s available in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, and Korean, both for recruiters and candidates.
- Several users have reported a steep learning curve and that the UI takes some time to get used to.
- A few users reported occasional video lag issues that aren’t internet connectivity-related.
- VidCruiter’s skills assessment module is great as an add-on, but isn’t built out enough compared to point solutions in that space. For example, it doesn’t really support advanced technical skills testing.
- VidCruiter doesn’t have a lot of pre-built integration options with HRIS/Payroll systems. That said, VidCruiter’s team is working on expanding their partner network and might create integrations upon customer requests.
VidCruiter
Review:
VidCruiter allows recruiting teams to test candidates' hard skills (math, language, technology), as well as soft skills (judgement, behavioral, etc) through automated assessments. They also have a great video interview platform to augment the data collected through more traditional pre-employment testing.
VidCruiter
Customers:
VidCruiter customers include the United Nations, Axa, Samsung, Lowe's, and US Foods.
VidCruiter is used by over 40,000 recruiters, including ones from Lowe’s, Lionsgate, Samsung, Bears, US Foods, and United Nations.
VidCruiter
Stats:
- Used by 75,000+ recruiters
- Some VidCruiter customers have seen their time-to-hire go down by 80%
- FGH Security, a UK-based security services company, managed to reduce their time-to-hire from 10 days to 48 hours using VidCruiter.
- BioScript Solutions, a Canadian provider of specialty medications and health care support, used VidCruiter and accelerated their time-to-hire by 33%.
- Achievement First, a US-based charter school network, was able to reduce their average interview scheduling time by 35% with VidCuiter.
VidCruiter
Pricing:
Pricing is not published by this vendor.
The pricing of VidCruiter’s solutions is not disclosed on their website and is calculated based on your number of hires. You can get in touch with VidCruiter’s Sales team for a custom price quote.
Best For
Smaller businesses all the way up through KPMG use VidCruiter to help screen candidates.
Why we love it
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With an impressive 60+ languages and frameworks supported, CodinGame allows recruiters to screen developers through fun coding games and challenges.
- CodinGame allows you to deploy gamified technical assessments that are more engaging and enjoyable to candidates than traditional tests.
- CodinGame has transparent pricing and offers free 14-day trials that anyone can sign up for.
- The platform is easy to use and currently supports over 60 programming languages and frameworks.
- CodinGame allows you to deploy gamified technical assessments that are more engaging and enjoyable to candidates than traditional tests.
- CodinGame has transparent pricing and offers free 14-day trials that anyone can sign up for.
- The platform is easy to use and currently supports over 60 programming languages and frameworks.
- Several users complained about the question library not being as extensive or not covering technologies that they needed to test in. CodinGame does allow you to create custom questions but that’s limited to 10 questions only on their most popular pricing plan.
- The platform is currently only available in English, French and Spanish.
- CodinGame currently has limited built-in integrations with third-party ATSs and HRISs, but they’re working on expanding their list of partners and do offer API access for users on the Team plan or higher.
- Several users complained about the question library not being as extensive or not covering technologies that they needed to test in. CodinGame does allow you to create custom questions but that’s limited to 10 questions only on their most popular pricing plan.
- The platform is currently only available in English, French and Spanish.
- CodinGame currently has limited built-in integrations with third-party ATSs and HRISs, but they’re working on expanding their list of partners and do offer API access for users on the Team plan or higher.
CodinGame
Review:
If you're looking for a vendor that does candidate assessment specific to jobs that require coding, Coding game is a great bet. Their assessments try to mimic the actual work they'd do if hired as much as possible. In addition to being a gamified tool to assess developers, it also has video interviewing and candidate management capabilities.
CodinGame
Customers:
CodinGame is used by many coding-heavy companies including Facebook, Nintendo, EA, and Warner Bros.
CodinGame is used by many coding-heavy companies including Facebook, Nintendo, EA, and Warner Bros.
CodinGame
Stats:
- Over 15 million coding challenges
- 96.98% test completion rate
- Over 60+ programming languages
- 2 million developers in their international community
- Over 15 million coding challenges
- 96.98% test completion rate
- Over 60+ programming languages
- 2 million developers in their international community
CodinGame
Pricing:
CodinGame starts with a 14-day free trial. After that, you can move on to one of their paid plans:
- Personal: Made for solo users, the Personal plan costs €149 a month and allows you to access to over 3900 questions and exercises, to test candidates in over 60 languages and frameworks.
- Team: For €299 per month (billed annually), the Team plan packs all the features from Personal, plus 2 additional user seats (3 seats in total), 10 custom questions, ATS integration, API access, company branding, and role-based permissions.
- Business: Priced at €599 per month (billed annually), the Business plan covers everything from Team, plus 7 more user seats (10 seats in total), unlimited custom questions, and Single Sign-On user authentication.
- Enterprise: Designed for high-growth businesses with complex and urgent hiring needs, the Enterprise plan offers everything on previous plans, plus a few extra perks such as unlimited user seats, a custom number of tests, and a dedicated customer success manager. Contact CodinGame’s Sales team for pricing.
CodinGame starts with a 14-day free trial. After that, you can move on to one of their paid plans:
- Personal: Made for solo users, the Personal plan costs €149 a month and allows you to access to over 3900 questions and exercises, to test candidates in over 60 languages and frameworks.
- Team: For €299 per month (billed annually), the Team plan packs all the features from Personal, plus 2 additional user seats (3 seats in total), 10 custom questions, ATS integration, API access, company branding, and role-based permissions.
- Business: Priced at €599 per month (billed annually), the Business plan covers everything from Team, plus 7 more user seats (10 seats in total), unlimited custom questions, and Single Sign-On user authentication.
- Enterprise: Designed for high-growth businesses with complex and urgent hiring needs, the Enterprise plan offers everything on previous plans, plus a few extra perks such as unlimited user seats, a custom number of tests, and a dedicated customer success manager. Contact CodinGame’s Sales team for pricing.
Best For
CodinGame is best suited for medium and large companies looking to test developers’ skills across various languages and frameworks through gamified assessments.
Why we love it
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CodeSignal is a candidate assessment tool for engineers and developers. As a platform, it also features remote interviews and certified assessments.
- CodeSignal allows companies to create tasks in over 70s languages and install any package or framework.
- To assess real-world skills, in a real-world developing environment, CodeSignal packs a proprietary “flight simulator” solution that lets candidates work on a full-stack application, complete with databases, APIs, and frontend layers.
- The platform features a friendly and well-thought-out UI for hiring teams and developers. Developers have particularly praised the auto-complete feature in the IDE.
- CodeSignal lets you replay every keystroke made by a given candidate during a test or interview. This can be shared with the entire hiring team if need be.
- CodeSignal doesn’t publicly list their pricing. You’ll need to contact their sales team to get a price estimate.
- Several developers complained about CodeSignal’s lack of a discussion forum or community to connect with one another and share knowledge.
- The platform is currently only available in English.
CodeSignal
Review:
CodeSignal’s team wants us to go beyond the resume when we vet engineers - which is definitely a great idea given all the signal we can get from understanding the skills and aptitude a given applicant has.
CodeSignal
Customers:
CodeSignal is used to hire engineers at companies like Uber, Zoom, Robinhood, Asana, Gusto, Brex, Quora, and Reddit.
CodeSignal
Stats:
- At Outreach, implementing code signal meant freeing up 40-60% of their engineers' time.
- 70+ languages and tools supported
CodeSignal
Pricing:
CodeSignal doesn't disclose prices upfront. They prefer to start by understanding your recruiting process and the type of challenges you're facing. Based on that, they can provide you with a custom package after a scheduled call.
Best For:
CodeSignal is made for companies, mainly enterprise level, that need to hire many engineers, developers, and test for coding skills on a frequent basis.
Why we love it
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HireVue is a pioneer in the video interviewing software space and stands out from its competitors for its AI-powered on-demand interviews that helps recruiters conduct the initial screening of candidates.
- HireVue is very useful when it comes to screening a large number of job candidates in a short frame of time. Its virtual assistant can do an initial screen of applicants on its own, leave messages for them, and get responses in return. All of this frees up recruiters’ time.
- It has a great on-demand interviewing feature. Recruiters can sit and watch candidates’ interviews as per their convenience. The ability to change the speed of the interview while watching can also help recruiters save time.
- Their implementation team and customer support is extremely responsive or in the words of a Global Talent Attraction Director, “I love the support, tenacity and just constant desire to do the right thing. They take the time to understand our business and I never feel like it is a ‘catch and release’ relationship that is so common in this space”
- HireVue is very useful when it comes to screening a large number of job candidates in a short frame of time. Its virtual assistant can do an initial screen of applicants on its own, leave messages for them, and get responses in return. All of this frees up recruiters’ time.
- It has a great on-demand interviewing feature. Recruiters can sit and watch candidates’ interviews as per their convenience. The ability to change the speed of the interview while watching can also help recruiters save time.
- Their implementation team and customer support is extremely responsive or in the words of a Global Talent Attraction Director, “I love the support, tenacity and just constant desire to do the right thing. They take the time to understand our business and I never feel like it is a ‘catch and release’ relationship that is so common in this space”
- HireVue is not very affordable compared to its alternatives, especially when you factor in the functionality. Their pricing plans are geared towards companies with at least 2500 employees and even then, you only get a small set of features.
- HireVue does not have a lot of integration partners and the range of software it integrates with is also very limited (mostly ATS).
- Too much automation can at times lead to unwanted candidates. For instance, the asynchronous interview feature can allow candidates to adjust their responses in order to fit the job criteria. However, HireVue wouldn’t screen such candidates out and your company may need human intervention to pick up on visual cues and body language.
- HireVue is not very affordable compared to its alternatives, especially when you factor in the functionality. Their pricing plans are geared towards companies with at least 2500 employees and even then, you only get a small set of features.
- HireVue does not have a lot of integration partners and the range of software it integrates with is also very limited (mostly ATS).
- Too much automation can at times lead to unwanted candidates. For instance, the asynchronous interview feature can allow candidates to adjust their responses in order to fit the job criteria. However, HireVue wouldn’t screen such candidates out and your company may need human intervention to pick up on visual cues and body language.
HireVue
Review:
HireVue
Customers:
HireVue has customers in a variety of industries ranging from aviation to retail. Some popular names include Amazon, Unilever, Vodafone, Beacon Health System, SmartLynx Airlines, The Co-operative Bank, and National Safety Apparel.
HireVue
Stats:
- Founded in 2004
- Available in more than 41 languages
- Has facilitated over 26 million interviews
- Serves over 800 enterprise customers worldwide
- One of their customers, Unilever, experienced a 90% faster hiring after implementing HireVue and increased their diversity and inclusion goals by 16%.
- After using HireVue, Amazon saved 68,124 recruiter hours, reached 300% more candidates, and saw an 86.8% candidate satisfaction rate.
HireVue
Pricing:
HireVue has two pricing plans:
- Essentials: This plan starts at $35,000 per month for a company with 2500-7500 employees. It includes live and on-demand interviewing features, custom branding, and single language configuration.
- Enterprise: This plan is suitable for companies with over 7500 employees. Pricing is custom and you would have to request a demo to receive a quote. In addition to all the features of the Essentials plan, this plan comes with scheduling, chatbot, pre-built ATS integrations, analytics, among others.
Best For:
Large enterprises who frequently have hiring needs.
Why we love it
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eSkills is a comprehensive talent assessment platform with capabilities that cover the entire employee lifecycle, from pre-employment and video interview to behavioral development.
eSkill
Review:
eSkill helps organizations simplify their hiring process using pre-employment tests, behavioral assessments, and video interviews to screen applicants. HR managers can choose pre-prepared tests from eSkill’s extensive Test Library. Conversely, they can create customized assessments using questions from multiple tests along with their own questions. This helps them quickly identify top candidates as well as reduce hiring costs and expedite time-to-hire.
eSkill
Customers:
eSkill has clients worldwide in industries such as customer service, healthcare, manufacturing/industrial, and staffing. Some of its clients include Pepsi, LG, Zappos, Banner Health, and Randstad.
eSkill
Stats:
- Over 800 standard job-based & subject-based tests
- Choose from over 5,000 combinable topics
- Millions of candidates assessed over 15 years
- At OSF Global Services, their tests were instrumental in reducing recruitment costs and time-to-hire by over 60%.
eSkill
Pricing:
eSkill is priced in two ways, flat-rate annual subscriptions or pay-per-score package. The latter plan starts at $850 per score package, but the other plans, which go all the way to enterprise, have undisclosed pricing. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that all plans include the standard test library, custom test configuration, realistic simulation tests, validated content, 24/7 support, and a dedicated success manager.
Best For:
Due to their varied pricing schemes, eSkills can be a great fit for companies of all kinds of sizes and budgets.
Why we love it
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Harver is a pre-employment assessment platform designed with the input of industrial and organizational psychologists. Their platform also includes an on-demand video interview tool.
Harver
Review:
Each year, over 4 million applicants go through a Harver powered assessment. These assessments test everything from hard skills to behavioral qualities that make candidates a fit, or not. Their tool allows HR teams to focus on the best fit candidates which saves time and leads to more successful hiring outcomes. In addition to tests, job applicants can get a feel for the role through video and situational judgement tests, and opt out of jobs they know they aren't interested in.
Harver
Customers:
Some of Harver's notable customers include Netflix, McDonald's, UI Path, and KPMG.
Harver
Stats:
- At KPMG, they helped increase female hires by 44%
- At Majorel, they aided with reducing the attrition rate by 63%
- Working with Aldi, they reduced their time-to-hire by 52%
- 97% candidate satisfaction rate
Best For:
Harver was originally built for enterprises. However, they also have a mid-market solution called HarverGo. This version is ideal for companies with a few hundred employees.
Why we love it
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TestGorilla’s Pre-employment assessment platform is user-friendly, and easy to implement with over 230 scientifically validated tests. Some tests are even available in languages other than English, including Dutch, German, Spanish, and French.
- TestGorilla features a friendly UI that’s easy to navigate. The platform is also fairly easy to implement and anyone is able to create an account for free to test it out.
- Candidates don’t need accounts to take your test. They can access the test from the email invitation you send them.
- While TestGorilla’s full test library is only available in English, over 40 of their tests are now offered in other languages, including Dutch, German, Spanish, and French.
- TestGorilla features a friendly UI that’s easy to navigate. The platform is also fairly easy to implement and anyone is able to create an account for free to test it out.
- Candidates don’t need accounts to take your test. They can access the test from the email invitation you send them.
- While TestGorilla’s full test library is only available in English, over 40 of their tests are now offered in other languages, including Dutch, German, Spanish, and French.
- Users cannot view the question bank in full or choose the questions that go into tests. A proprietary algorithm does that instead, to ensure that TestGorilla’s stored questions are used at an equal rate by users. when a question is used too many times, it is archived and replaced by a new question.
- Candidates cannot directly communicate with the employer through the platform.
- Users cannot view the question bank in full or choose the questions that go into tests. A proprietary algorithm does that instead, to ensure that TestGorilla’s stored questions are used at an equal rate by users. when a question is used too many times, it is archived and replaced by a new question.
- Candidates cannot directly communicate with the employer through the platform.
TestGorilla
Review:
TestGorilla’s pre-employment assessment platform allows you to hire qualified candidates with tests that ascertain their cognitive abilities, language proficiency, personality and culture fitness, role-specific skills, situational judgment and more.
Candidates don’t need to create accounts to access your tests; they can do so from the email invite you send them after identifying themselves by name and relevant email address. Once candidates complete your test, TestGorilla will automatically grade and rank them, and display the results for your viewing in a single screen.
TestGorilla
Customers:
TestGorilla is used by over 5800 companies, including H&M, Majorel, Bain & Company, and Oracle.
TestGorilla
Stats:
- 238 scientifically validated tests
- Available in 5 languages (English, Dutch, German, French and Spanish)
TestGorilla
Pricing:
TestGorilla has four plans:
- Free: This plan is free of charge and allows users to access an unlimited number of TestGorilla’s free tests.
- Pay as you go: Designed for businesses that hire occasionally and want flexibility, this plan costs $25 per month for one assessment credit, and $150 per additional assessment.
- Scale: Designed for growing businesses that want all features and customization, this plan costs $300 per month for 15 assessment credits, and $120 per additional assessment.
- Business: Designed for businesses with high-volume hiring needs, this plan costs $2,000 per month for 125 assessment credits, and $95 per additional assessment.
Best For:
Companies of all sizes can find benefit is TestGorilla’s offering, but it is best suited for medium and large companies looking to vet a substantial number of candidates for a variety of skills.
Why we love it
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The Predictive Index is a talent optimization platform that helps with hiring, management, talent strategy, and employee engagement.
PredictiveIndex
Review:
PI’s behavioral, skills, and cognitive assessments empower human resources teams to better vet talent before joining.
PredictiveIndex
Customers:
PI is used by Subway, IBM, DocuSign, Hard Rock Hotel, Canon, and Nissan, among many others.
PredictiveIndex
Stats:
- Used by over 8,000 companies
- 37.5 million assessments processed
- 383 validity studies completed
PredictiveIndex
Pricing:
Although it is free to create an account, full pricing and plan details are not provided upfront by this vendor.
Best For:
The Predictive Index is a useful tool and resource for companies of varied sizes and consultants alike.
Why we love it
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pymetrics uses AI to vet, assess, and manage candidates. Their algorithms can create an ideal persona for each role and determine which tests should be taken by potential matches.
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Pymetrics
Review:
pymetrics uses a series of games and exercises to understand a job seeker’s risk aversion, cognitive abilities, behavioral characteristics, and so much more. Your best employees are also mapped using similar criteria so that applicants can be matched with the appropriate role within your organization
Pymetrics
Customers:
The pymetrics approach is favored by organizations like Kraft Heinz, McDonald's, Colgate-Palmolive, and Boston Consulting Group.
Pymetrics
Stats:
- 20,000 employees assessed
- 4 custom models to identify good matches
- 5 generic models to identify future opportunities
- 92% candidate satisfaction rate
Best For:
pymetrics is best for organizations that look at pools of candidates with at least 5,000 individuals.
Why we love it
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myInterview is where video interviews meet AI sourcing and bias-free assessments. They can set you up with a queue of custom-picked candidates to watch. Their algorithms scan every video to reveal the best matches to each job. Further, each video is analyzed for things like soft skills, personality traits, and more.
- myInterview has a neat screening feature that can sift through thousands of video submissions and identify suitable candidates not only based on skills, but also personality.
- The platform provides analytics that help you understand how well your current application process is working, so that you can make improvements as needed.
- It lets you add instant candidate ratings so you’re able to compare candidates and make data-based decisions.
- myInterview lets you create a branded, customized interview process. You can choose from their library of pre-recorded questions, or create your own.
- myInterview ensures that all your interviewers have access to the same information about each candidate. This is so they’re all asking the same questions and given a fair chance at evaluating each candidate's answers.
- A few users have noted that myInterview doesn't offer many customization options. For example, you can't customize the email templates without contacting support.
- myInterview currently doesn’t have a mobile app neither for hiring managers or candidates.
- Though they do have a free forever plan, it is limited to only 1 active job post at a time.
MyInterview
Review:
myInterview has a Word Cloud feature that lets you filter candidates based on keywords or specific industry terms. This can be done in the interview itself, allowing you to jump to the exact points where someone mentions your chosen industry term. For better assessment, recruiters can use shareable shortlists to introduce candidates to hiring managers, co-workers and clients. This allows everyone to be on the same page and able to get to know candidates early in the process. myInterview also lets you watch live video interviews side-by-side with the initial video, so you can see the candidate's responses in context.
MyInterview
Customers:
myInterview customer list include prominent names like Ocado, Facebook, Six Flags, Chick-fil-A, and more.
MyInterview
Stats:
- The platform has received over 5,000,000 candidate videos to date.
- On average, myInterview users are able to speed up their time to hire by up to 70%.
- 71% of interviews are completed in under 15 minutes.
MyInterview
Pricing:
myInterview has with five pricing plans:
- Starter (Free forever): 1 active job, 2 user seats, 10 one-way interviews a month, 24/7 customer support, and other basic features.
- Growth ($59/month): 2 active jobs, 5 user seats, 360 one-way interviews a year, 24/7 customer support, and more.
- Team ($179/month): 5 active jobs, unlimited user seats, 1200 one-way interviews a year, 120 live interviews per year, templates, video questions, advanced analytics, 24/7 customer support, and more.
- Performance ($539/month): 20 active jobs, unlimited user seats, 6000 one-way interviews a year, 360 live interviews per year, all Team features, and more.
- Enterprise (Custom pricing): Unlimited active jobs, unlimited user seats, custom one-way interviews a year, custom live interviews per year, all Performance features, and more.
Best For:
Companies of all sizes can use myInterview and derive value while staying within their budgets.
Why we love it
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Searchlight’s underlying philosophy is that you need to understand how talent does on the job in order to have a best in class assessment technology that gets smarter over time.
Searchlight
Review:
Searchlight is a talent assessment tool that allows PeopleOps teams to understand who to hire based on organizational psychology, AI, and actual employee performance data.
When you open a new req, you can choose from assessment templates within Searchlight, as well as customize your own. These assessments are sent out asynchronously to candidates, typically when they reach the final stages of the interview process.
Candidates answer questions about themselves, and also have three references to provide information relating to soft skills like coach-ability, work ethic, ability to learn, etc. 91% of third party references respond within 36 hours.
These data points are synthesized into a report that hiring managers use to understand who to hire. They are also sent to managers to help understand how to onboard this employee and where they may need help.
The secret sauce is that Searchlight has a 30/60/90 day review module which directly collects employee performance, and then uses this data to enhance assessments.
All this results in an average 45% decrease in employee attrition across their customer base. That is quite the ROI!
Searchlight
Customers:
Zapier
Udemy
Talkdesk
Doximity
Searchlight
Stats:
Customers see an average decrease in employee attrition of 45%
91% of third party references respond within 36 hours
Searchlight
Pricing:
Pricing is not disclosed as this is enterprise software. The company prices based on the number of hires you plan to make in a given year. The other major variable is the modules you plan to use.
Pricing starts around $12k/yr at the low end, and can get into the mid six figures for fast growing companies. We won’t be surprised to hear of companies paying in the seven figures, especially as more enterprise grade customers come on board.
Best For:
Currently, their customer base is almost exclusively fast growing unicorn tech companies. Why is that? These tend to be the most sophisticated PeopleOps and Talent teams who are hungry for best in class technology.
However, that doesn’t mean this solution wouldn’t fit any company where talent is a priority. In fact, it’d be surprising if this product wasn’t more mass market in the years to come.
Why we love it
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Qualified’s online coding interview platform was born out of CodeWars, an ecosystem of 1 million developers working to improve their skills.
Qualified
Review:
Qualified’s is an enterprise-grade solutions and a developer-friendly way to assess technical skills. They stand out for having features like embed tests within your content, plagiarism check, and a developer profile generator.
Qualified
Customers:
Among the companies that trust Qualified with their developer assessment, you'll find names like Apple, Klarna, Domino's, Thinkful, Facebook, and Zoom.
Qualified
Stats:
- Assessments for over 28 programming languages
Qualified
Pricing:
Qualified has a free trial. Custom pricing would result from booking a 1:1 consultation with one of their experts.
Best For:
Qualified is likely best for enterprise customers with heavy needs for developers.
Why we love it
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SparkHire is a video interview solution with capabilities for one-way video, live interviews, video messaging, and interview scheduling.
SparkHire
Review:
SparkHire is one of the most widely used video interview platforms out there, which automatically qualifies it as a top candidates screening tool. They also have a host of features around scheduling and evaluating candidates.
SparkHire
Customers:
SparkHire is used by brands like Volkswagen, IKEA, USPS, and BAE.
SparkHire
Stats:
- Over 6,000 customers
- Used by nearly 1,000 staffing agencies
SparkHire
Pricing:
SparkHire offers a 14-day free trial. After that, there are four plans:
- Starter is $199 per month for unlimited interviews for 1 job at a time with 3 users.
- Pro costs $249 per month with unlimited interviews for 5 jobs at a time with 5 users.
- Team and Enterprise plans are offered at custom pricing.
Best For:
SparkHire is a good bet for companies of all sizes. Their starter plan and free trial could be particularly friendly for small businesses.
Why we love it
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Vervoe is a growing vendor fully-focused on the candidate assessment space. They're remarkable for implementing AI technology in their assessments and having beautiful design.
Vervoe
Review:
Vervoe allows recruiting teams to make the right hiring decisions based on an applicant’s potential performance. Their AI-powered solution automatically grades customized tests, and ranks candidates according to job-related skills. The platform includes skills tests, video interviews and coding assessments. It’s an intuitive and powerful way to build and manage your assessments.
Vervoe
Customers:
Vervoe is championed by companies like Walmart, Australia Post, FDM, TriNet, OmnicomGroup, and several more.
Vervoe
Stats:
- 10+ immersive questions types
- 100s of skills assessment templates
- Coding challenges in 8 languages
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Pricing:
After the free 3-month trial, Vervoe users can choose from the following plans:
- Pay and Go: Priced at $19/month (billed at $228 per year), this plan allows for a single assessment ($150 per additional assessment), up to 10 users, 5 custom questions, and 100 candidates.
- Growth: Priced at $250/month (billed at $3000 per year), this plan comes with everything in Pay and Go, but allows for up to 10 assessments, 10 users, and 1000 candidate credits capped at 100 per assessment. This plan also unlocks features like multi-format questions (text, audio, video, file upload, etc), ATS and Zapier integration, automated progression/rejection, as well as bulk actions.
- Enterprise: Featuring custom pricing, this plan allows for unlimited assessments and team seats. It also comes with access to advanced permissions, enterprise ATS integration options, premium onboarding, and support services.
Best For:
Vervoe has plans and pricing schemes that are suited for individuals, startups, fast-growing companies, and large enterprises.
Why we love it
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HackerRank is one of the largest tech assessment platforms out there with customers such as AirBnB, DropBox and more.
- HackerRank has transparent pricing. They also offer a free 14-day trial with an easy sign-up process.
- HackerRank’s community has over 18 million Developers, with 40% of them already assessed.
- HackerRank for Work currently supports over 40 different programming languages.
- HackerRank has transparent pricing. They also offer a free 14-day trial with an easy sign-up process.
- HackerRank’s community has over 18 million Developers, with 40% of them already assessed.
- HackerRank for Work currently supports over 40 different programming languages.
- Third-party integrations are limited at this time, and only Enterprise customers are given access to pre-built integrations and HackerRank’s API.
- The platform is currently only available in English.
- Third-party integrations are limited at this time, and only Enterprise customers are given access to pre-built integrations and HackerRank’s API.
- The platform is currently only available in English.
HackerRank
Review:
The HackerRank Developer Skills Platform can boost your recruitment plan through each step of the candidate's journey. Their solution is used not only to assess tech skills, but to plan recruitment processes, source candidates, automate screening, interview people remotely, and rank the bes talent for each position.
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Customers:
HackerRank has over 2800 customers, including brands like Cisco, Twitter, Bloomberg, and VMware.
HackerRank
Stats:
- 25% of Fortune 100 companies use HackerRank
- HackerRank’s platform hosts over 18 million developers
- 188 million code submissions across all assessments and interviews
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Pricing:
Aside from their free trial, HackerRank has four plans. When billed annually, they cost as follows:
- Interview: This plan costs $25 per month for 1 interviewer license, and access to the Interviews module and standard content library only.
- Individual: This plan costs $249 per month and comes with everything in the Interview plan, along with access to the Tests module, a quota of 360 candidates a year, and one full-access user license.
- Team: For $599 per month, the Team plan comes with everything in Individual, plus two full-access user licenses instead of one, a total of three Interviewer licenses, an increased quota of 720 candidates a year, access to HackerRank’s premium content library, and the ability to have Projects, Benchmarking, and Code Reviews as add-ons.
- Enterprise Platform: This plan has a custom number of licenses, candidate quota, and pricing. Customers on this plan also get assigned a dedicated success manager. Contact HackerRank’s Sales team for a quote.
Best For:
In their words, HackerRank is "enterprise-ready for effortless scaling". This means it's used both by fast-growing startups and large companies.
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Candidate Assessment Software, Final Advice
Finding candidates with the right skill set who are also good culture fits ultimately leads to more organizational success and less attrition. With a candidate assessment tool, you can be more confident in your screening and hiring efforts and build a higher-performing company.
To find the right assessment tool for your needs, run an audit of your existing screening process to see what data you’re currently getting and/or prioritizing. From there, you can more easily identify which of the solutions here can take this screening work off of your recruiters’ plates and make your overall screening efforts more consistent and more efficient. At the end of the day, you want something that will make your job easier and your company more successful.
From here, it’s probably best to talk to 2-3 vendors about their solution and get a sense for how they would fit into what you are trying to accomplish with your program.
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