Skills-based Assessments
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It's as easy as A,B,C... but perhaps it shouldn't be. Multiple‑choice assessments do a terrible job of predicting real in-role performance.
Our service replaces them with realistic, on‑the‑job conversations, where candidates take part in spoken and written simulations and AI evaluates their soft skills to identify the best fit for the role.
HiringBranch empowers every applicant to prove their ability, spotlighting to the recruiter only those who are likely to excel.
Skills-first applicant assessments
Assessment results are driven by AI models trained on real customer‑facing role data, not generic language sources. When candidates speak, the system evaluates more than 20 indicators related to clarity, confidence and delivery.

Skills-based assessments work as a realistic job simulation that evaluate language and soft skills in a single step.
By becoming resume agnostic, recruitment teams stop hiring the best CV and start hiring the best person.
The Assessment Capability
AI-evaluated open-ended questions
Candidates respond freely to job‑relevant scenarios, eliminating guesswork and multiple‑choice bias. This produces consistent, reliable screening results and a clearer signal of who is likely to succeed in the role.
Job
simulation
Candidates take part in realistic, job‑relevant scenarios and respond as if they were already in the role. This generates evidence‑based screening signals from real behaviour, while also giving applicants a clear preview of the work—helping them assess for themselves whether the role is the right fit before progressing.
Proprietary AI
training datasets
Assessment decisions are driven by AI models trained on real customer‑facing role data, not generic language sources. This ensures candidates are evaluated consistently and fairly based on how they communicate in job‑relevant scenarios, supporting bias‑free results at the start of the hiring process.
Flexible
duration
Assessment duration can be tailored to role complexity and hiring volume, making it easy to automate screening at the top or middle of the funnel. This flexibility supports high‑volume hiring while preventing CV bottlenecks and preserving candidate experience.
API
integration
The assessment integrates seamlessly with existing applicant tracking systems and recruitment tools. Results flow directly into current workflows, reducing manual steps, speeding up decision‑making, and allowing teams to screen at scale without disrupting established processes.
Soft skills
evaluation
By assessing for the communication and behavioural skills proven to drive performance, recruiters surface candidates with the greatest potential to succeed.
HiringBranch screens for:
HiringBranch screens for:
- A strong ability to acknowledge customer issues with empathy and a positive mindset.
- Critical thinking when navigating complex issues, processes and systems.
- The capability to build rapport and demonstrate the value of appropriate professional posture.
- Leadership-level communication skills.
- Confidence to give and receive feedback without ego.
See it in action!
Skills-based hiring is changing the way we assess candidates. With the HiringBranch's AI, skills evaluation can operate at scale, remove human bias, and improve candidate quality. See for yourself:
“We achieved a low 90 day 10% attrition rate with HiringBranch at the top of the funnel. The ROI is incredible.”
Veronique LeCasse
Senior RTO Manager
“With HiringBranch, we now have an 80% No-Interview Model. It saved my life! I now have the gift of time.”
Sarah Wise
Operations Director
Common FAQs
Will adding a hiring assessment increase my time-to-hire?
Absolutely not. Whether it's used at the top or middle of your hiring funnel, our assessments will speed up time-to-hire by spotlighting only the best candidates to interview.
Do I need technical knowledge to implement the skills-based assessment service?
There is no technical work that you manually have to do. When we want to optimise the scoring algorithms to your performance data, we'll work together to input the necessary parameters so we can correlate hiring quality to the hiring assessment test. It's as simple as sharing your KPIs in a spreadsheet with your dedicated account manager. Other than that, the science behind our AI-scoring is all us.
As a recruiter, will HiringBranch replace me?
Absolutely not. This is a tool for recruiters. It eliminates the manual work and frees up time to focus on more value add tasks.
Will candidates actually take the hiring assessment?
Absolutely, skills based simulations improve the candidate experience, and once applicants begin their hiring assessment, we see an average completion rate of 90% or above. With easy-to-follow instructions, it's intuitive for candidates to complete the hiring assessment. To maximise engagement, we automatically send reminders to candidates who haven’t started their assessments.
What if my applicant doesn't speak English?
Hiring assessments are offered in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Mandarin, Turkish, Polish, Japanese, Swedish, Hindi, and Arabic.
Automated AI scoring is currently available for English and French.
Can the content of our hiring assessment be customised so that it is specific to what we evaluate for?
Yes, we can create a scoring rubric based on two factors: our proven taxonomy, as well as the skills your team requires.
Can this integrate with our recruiting software or adopted applicant tracking system?
Yes, we have active partnerships and integrations with most recognised platforms, and we're adding more all the time. Chat to us to find out what's currently available and if custom integration is possible. We're happy to help.
Will candidates know their score?
No, candidates aren't able to access their own scores in the platform. By default, only recruiters can view scoring, recordings and averages skill by category.
How do candidates prepare for the assessment?
It’s better if candidates aren't prepared. We want to capture their spontaneous responses within the hiring assessment. We provide an instructional video at the start of the assessment to specify expectations for candidates and help them setup their tech (i.e. microphone and speakers).
Does the assessment score accents?
Candidates are evaluated based on their ability to pronounce the sounds of the target language as audibly as possible. This doesn't mean that they need to be a native speaker. They can have an accent, but need to be intelligible, as this is what is being assessed.
Ready to take the next steps together?
- Lower CV review overhead
- Less interview overhead
- Faster time to hire
- Less bias in hiring process