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Question types for skills assessments

Ask in the form the job takes: a written reply, a video, code that runs or a ranking. Choose from 18 types, each scored its own way.

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  • Free to start, no card
  • 15 of 18 types on Free
  • Video on Starter, code on Pro

Question type

Video recording
  • Long text
  • Video recordingStarter
  • Code editorPro
  • Multiple choice
  • Forced ranking
  • File upload

12 more types in the menu

  • 18question types
  • 12languages an assessment can be written in
  • 143ready-made assessments

Why ask more than multiple choice

Each benefit comes from matching the question to the work.

  • Send a test the same day

    Start from a template built for the role, read its questions on the page, and send the link that afternoon.

  • See the work, not a guess about it

    A support hire writes the reply, a designer explains a decision on video, and a developer writes code that runs.

  • Hire in more than one language

    Write or draft the assessment in the language your candidates read. The builder supports 12 languages.

Every question type, and what it asks a candidate to do

The list comes from the editor, so it is what you can add to an assessment today. Video and audio start on Starter, and code on Pro.

To see how someone thinks

  • Long textA written answer with room to reason. Read by the review and scored against what the question asked.
  • Video recordingIncluded from StarterThe candidate records from a browser when they are free. Transcribed, then scored, with the recording kept.
  • Audio recordingIncluded from StarterA spoken answer without a camera, for people who think out loud. Transcribed and scored like video.
  • Code editorIncluded from ProCode written in the browser, run against your test cases, then read and scored for the approach as well as the result.

To check knowledge

  • Multiple choiceOne right answer among several. Marked automatically against the key you set.
  • CheckboxesSeveral right answers at once. Marked against the full set, with partial credit if you want it.
  • DropdownOne choice from a long list, when the options would crowd the screen as buttons.
  • Yes or noThe shortest question there is. A screen, a knockout, or a declaration the candidate signs off.
  • Matrix gridSeveral statements rated on the same scale in one grid, for a compact self-assessment or a knowledge check.

To measure preference and scale

  • Forced rankingThe candidate orders the options. Used by the Big Five inventory, because ranking is harder to game than agreeing.
  • SliderA position on a range rather than a pass or a fail, for confidence, preference or estimate.
  • NPS ratingA zero to ten rating with the standard promoter bands, when you want a number people already understand.
  • NumberA figure the candidate types, checked against a range or an exact value.
  • Image choicePick the picture. For a design eye, a product catalog, or anything words describe badly.

To collect details and guide

  • Short textA word or a line: a name, a term, a value. Marked against a key or read as is.
  • File uploadA portfolio piece, a spreadsheet, a deck. Size limit per plan, kept with the submission.
  • Date pickerA date, for availability, a start date, or a scenario that turns on one.
  • InstructionNot a question: a block of context, a scenario or a rule, placed wherever the candidate needs to read it.

Screening by hand, and with the builder

The same set of questions, two ways of getting them in front of candidates.

By hand

  1. 1Invent questions per call
  2. 2Email them one by one
  3. 3Collect answers in an inbox
  4. 4Retype them into a sheet

With the builder

  1. 1Start from a template or a job description
  2. 2Send one public link
  3. 3Answers arrive in one place

The questions are still yours. What moves is everything around them.

Question types

On every plan, including the free one

A question is answered in the form the work actually takes. A support role answers a customer by writing one, a designer talks through a decision on video, a developer writes code that runs. Forcing all three into multiple choice tells you who is good at multiple choice.

Each type is scored the way that type deserves. A ranking question compares the order against a key, a scale question reports the position rather than a pass or a fail, and an open answer is read by the model and then by you. The full list is on the pricing page, per plan, because three of the types are gated.

Building the assessment

Included from Starter

Drag a question into place, set what it is worth, and reorder as you go. You can edit an assessment after it has answers: the answers already submitted stay as they were given.

Or describe the role and let the model draft it. It produces a full assessment with questions in the types that suit the work, which you then edit: the draft is a starting point, not a decision. Drafting uses AI credits, and the monthly allowance is on the pricing page.

Video and audio answers

Included from Starter

A candidate records when they are free, which is the whole reason this exists. There is nothing to schedule, no timezone to negotiate, and a person in another country is not filtered out by a calendar before anyone has read their work.

The answer arrives with a transcript beside it, so you can read first and watch the parts that matter. Recording minutes are metered, and the rate is printed on the pricing page rather than hidden in a footnote.

Behavioral assessment

On every plan, including the free one

A Big Five inventory, using forced ranking rather than agreement scales, which is what makes it harder to answer the way you think the employer wants. It reports twelve traits separately: the five Big Five dimensions and seven future-of-work competencies.

It does not produce a hire or no-hire. A trait is a description, not a threshold, and a report that reduced a person to one number would be easier to read and worse to act on.

URL parameters

On every plan, including the free one

Carry a source, a campaign or your own candidate id into the assessment through the link, and get it back attached to the result. That is how an answer gets matched to the row it belongs to in whatever system you already run.

Nothing about the parameters is shown to the candidate, and they are not required. A link without them behaves exactly as it did before, so adding them later breaks nothing.

Questions about question types

  • Can I edit a template after I copy it?

    Yes. A copied template is yours. Change the wording, remove a question, add your own in any type, and set what each one is worth.

  • Can the AI write the assessment for me?

    Yes. It drafts a full assessment from the job description, in question types that suit the role, and you edit it before sending. Drafting uses AI credits from a paid plan.

  • Which question types are on the free plan?

    All the written and structured types: text, choice, ranking, scales, file upload and more. Video and audio start on Starter, and code on Pro.

  • Can I change an assessment after candidates have answered?

    Yes. Answers already submitted stay as they were given, and your change applies to the people who answer next.

  • Do candidates see the scoring criteria?

    No. They see the questions, your company name, and your logo and colours on plans with branding. Scoring criteria and answer keys stay on your side.

The rest of the product

Build your first assessment from a template

Pick a template for the role, change what you want, and send the link. Candidates answer in the browser without an account.

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2 assessments and 20 answers a month, free. No card.