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Assessments that validate capability - not proxy signals.
Role-specific skills assessments, powered by explainable AI, built on real job tasks. The core of Vervoe’s skills intelligence layer.
What a Vervoe assessment actually is
Most assessment tools test knowledge. Vervoe tests capability.
Every assessment is built on the tasks a person would actually do in the role - not a personality proxy, not a psychometric ratio, not a trivia round dressed up as an evaluation. The candidate does the work. Vervoe grades the work. Your team sees the evidence.
That’s the difference between a score and a signal.
Real candidates, qualified on demonstrated skills
Your team only sees candidates who’ve actually proven they can do the role - not those who look good on paper.
Merit, not background
Skills-based evaluation removes the advantage of a polished CV or a prestigious university. The work is the proof.
Explainable, every time
Every score links back to the evidence that produced it - defensible to candidates, hiring managers, and legal.
Built for scale
Works for companies processing thousands of applications and for roles where there’s only one candidate in the pool.
How assessments power the platform
The evidence that flows through everything
The assessment is where the skills intelligence layer gets its evidence. What gets captured here flows into every subsequent stage - making each one smarter.
- Skills Assessment
Validated skills profile built
Role-specific evidence captured. Every response graded. Candidate ranked by demonstrated ability.
- Interview Scheduling
Candidate-specific questions generated
Assessment data generates interview questions. Interviewers walk in informed. No cold starts.
- Reference Checks
References targeted to what surfaced
References confirm the hire with evidence, not instinct. Targeted to skills gaps the assessment found.
Three ways to build one
Start in minutes. Build anything.
Generate from a JD
The Assessment Builder turns a job description into a role-specific assessment - three skill groups of three questions each, mixing validated content with AI-generated items. Your JD. Our AI.
Try the builderBuild from scratch
Design custom assessments for roles that don’t fit a template. Your scoring criteria, validated against the model. Full control over question types, skill groups, and weighting.
See all featuresImmersive question types
Test skills in context
Our skills assessments use immersive question types that bring your role to life - helping you engage and test the true ability of your candidates across every medium the role requires.
Written response
Long or short-form text answers evaluated by AI against millions of benchmarks.
Video response
Candidates record video answers to structured questions. Authentic, engaging, scalable.
Code challenges
Live coding environments with automated test runners. Real output. Real evaluation.
Spreadsheet tasks
Candidates work in real spreadsheet environments. Upload, analyse, build.
Audio response
Record spoken answers. Great for communication and language proficiency assessment.
File upload
Submit portfolios, designs, documents or any file type. Evaluate real deliverables.
Multiple choice
Randomised options with answer-level randomisation. Eliminates answer-sharing between candidates.
Presentation mode
Watch candidates present live from a deck they’ve just created. See them pitch in real time.
Fair by design
Built for integrity at every stage
Independently bias-audited
Third-party validated by Holistic AI. Fairer hiring. Results openly published. Skills-based evaluation removes the advantage of background, name, or alma mater.
Anti-cheating without friction
Authenticity signals that don’t turn the experience hostile. Candidate experience stays human. Integrity stays intact. Randomisation, plagiarism detection, geolocation checks - all under the hood.
Quality of hire, measured
~120 days after hire, the platform checks performance and feeds the data back into the AI. Pre-hire evaluation improves because it learns from real-world outcomes - not just assessment completions.
Common questions
A skills assessment is a structured test that asks candidates to complete tasks relevant to the role they're applying for - before they're hired. Unlike resume screening or interview questions, skills assessments show what candidates can actually do. Vervoe assessments use real job tasks, auto-graded by AI, to produce a validated skills profile for each candidate.
Personality tests and IQ tests measure traits and general cognitive ability. Skills assessments measure what a candidate can actually do on the job. Vervoe assessments use role-specific tasks - code challenges, spreadsheets, written responses, video answers - that mirror the real work, so results are directly relevant to job performance.
Vervoe supports 10 question types: multiple choice (including media-based), video responses, audio responses, code challenges (8 languages), embedded spreadsheets, embedded presentations, document uploads, text responses, and more. Each type mirrors a real work tool or task, so candidates are evaluated in context.
Vervoe uses AI to automatically score every response against a structured rubric tied to the skills being evaluated. Every score is explainable - recruiters can see which questions drove which scores. For complex responses (like video or written answers), AI provides a structured evaluation that human reviewers can validate and override.
Most assessments can be launched in under 30 minutes. Vervoe offers three paths: use a pre-built template from the library of 300+ role-specific assessments, start from a template and customise, or build from scratch using the assessment builder. All three options produce assessments that are ready to send immediately.
Yes. Vervoe assessments are designed with legal defensibility in mind. Every score is tied to demonstrated performance on job-relevant tasks - not to demographic signals. The platform is bias-audited, ISO 27001 compliant, and GDPR compliant. Assessment content is developed with I/O psychology principles to ensure validity and fairness.