Candidate Testing

Candidate testing is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to filter large numbers of candidates objectively. Read candidate testing tips and advice.

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Pre-Employment Test Validity vs Test Reliability

Test validity and test reliability are measures that ensure pre-employment tests are both fair and accurate. These measures are especially important in the field of candidate testing where the results have a direct impact on someone’s ability to secure a new job. These terms are unhelpfully vague so this post aims to give you a […]

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Candidate Testing: 10 Questions to Ask Before Buying

Candidate tests are a great solution for companies looking to improve hiring outcomes, such as new hire performance, time to hire, and retention and your choice of assessment – it’s features and pricing structure – will shape your hiring process for years to come. It will ultimately influence hiring decisions and can, positively or negatively, […]

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Candidate assessments: Buy them or build them?

If you’ve decided you’d like to use candidate assessments to reduce employee turnover and improve how you hire, the next question is, what type of assessment do you need? Hopefully, our guide to pre-employment assessments gave you the full lowdown on how to choose the right assessment provider, but the first decision you’ll need to […]

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10 Key Benefits of Testing Candidates When Hiring

Understanding and articulating the benefits of testing candidates to key stakeholders is the first step on the road to improving your hiring process. These benefits will need to written down, turned into actionable metrics and then measured in order to demonstrate the ROI of any new candidate testing tools purchased. According to Gartner, recruiters spend […]

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