HR Test: Scientifically-Designed Assessments to Identify Top HR Talent and Reduce Hiring Bias by 75%

Evaluate HR professionals with data-driven assessments that reveal actual capabilities beyond resumes. Make informed hiring decisions with comprehensive skills validation that streamlines your recruitment process.

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What is the HR test?

  • Evaluate both technical HR knowledge and critical soft skills through scenario-based questions that mirror real workplace challenges
  • Leverage advanced analytics to identify top performers and predict job success with 85% accuracy
  • Standardized assessment approach ensures fair candidate comparison and reduces unconscious bias in hiring decisions
  • Filter qualified candidates in 30-45 minutes before investing time in lengthy interview processes
  • Candidates can complete assessments on any device with seamless user experience and real-time progress tracking

Why Use HR test

Skills & Competencies Assessed for the HR test

Who is The HR test For?

Customize the HR test

Role-Specific Customization

Customize the assessment to reflect the specific skills and competencies most important for the role. For example, for recruitment-focused roles, you can emphasize talent acquisition and interviewing skills, while for employee relations positions, you can prioritize conflict resolution and communication.

Competency Weighting

Adjust the weighting of each competency based on your organizational priorities. For instance, if performance management is critical for your HR team, you can place greater emphasis on goal-setting and feedback delivery.

Branding and Styling

Create a seamless candidate experience by applying your company’s branding, logo, and messaging. This ensures consistency across the hiring process, reinforcing your employer brand and improving candidate engagement.

Pair The HR test With…

Advanced Hiring Features

Why choose HackerEarth’s assessment platform?

HackerEarth’s online coding platform simplifies developer skill assessment with customizable tests, a vast question library, and
automated evaluations, ensuring efficient and objective hiring.

25,000+ questions across 1000+ skills at your disposal

Thanks to a rich library of questions, including emerging AI skills, HackerEarth Assessments enable you to create highly accurate coding assessments for all roles. You can also create custom questions, or we can create it for you, to handle any kind of assessment that you may need.

Project type questions to simulate on- the-job problems

When hiring developers for your projects, you need more than just conceptual knowledge—you need problem solvers. Can they tackle real-world challenges? With HackerEarth, you can create project-based questions with custom datasets and test cases to assess their true capabilities.

Industry's best proctoring solution with automated invigilation

HackerEarth Assessments offer the industry's best proctoring capabilities with SmartBrowser technology, eliminating impersonation with advanced image processing. Our coding assessments detect tab switching, prevent copy-pasting, and let you customize proctoring stringency—ensuring a fair, secure, and cheat-proof evaluation process.

An experience that hiring managers like and developers love

With the ability to code in 40+ programming languages, a real-time code editor and integration with Jupyter Notebooks, HackerEarth Assessments is highly dev-friendly.

Detailed reports on each candidate’s performance

With insight-rich reports on a developer’s performance and the code replay feature, HackerEarth lets you get a deeper insight into a candidate’s capabilities.

Data-driven insights to help finetune the hiring funnel

The HackerEarth Assessments dashboard gives you a deeper analysis of your hiring funnel, enabling you to constantly improve your coding tests and create an industry-leading hiring process.
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A coding assessment platform that is built for enterprises and loved by everyone

HackerEarth offers industry-leading compliance, security and scalability, so you can build a tech team with no
worries, regardless of the size of your organization.
Testimonials

What our clients are saying

Hundreds of reviews showcase why companies worldwide trust HackerEarth to transform their tech hiring and build exceptional teams.
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Ananya U.
Ananya U Review
Helped us in better screening at the start of the hiring process;thus helping our internal team to interview the best of best folks and fastracking the closure rates of tech hirings.Also the support team has been one of our actual backbone while setting things up.
Neithan C.
Neithan C Review
I have used HackerEarth starting 2013. This was during a time that codeforces, kattis, codechef, l33tcode and similar online judges were the rave of all programmers who would want to develop their programming portfolio.
Ritheesh G.
Ritheesh G Review
I think one of the best part about HackerEarth is the versatility of the type of questions and the user interface. There are coding execution questions, Descriptive questions, MCQs, etc.
Neeraj K.
Neeraj K Review on developer assessment platform
I was given the hackerearth assesments by various companies as the first round of shortlisting and it has questions related to different proogramming languages like SQL and Python and also had few MCQ.
Lava Kumar G.
Lava kumar Review on developer assessment platform
In hacker earth assessments there are many featuers like light and dark mode which is comfortable during the assessments and also there is the autocomplete feature which is really helpful when completing code as it helps in avoiding errors and saving time helping the user to focus more on the logic as it is to be.
Juned T.
Juned T Review on developer assessment platform
HackerEarth Assessments is the glitch-free interface and access mode, with the IDLE being a lifesaver. The portal is easily accessible, supported by an efficient guide. Unlike other platforms, there are no lagging issues, and the smooth user experience stands out.
Srivishnu M.
Srivishnu M Review on developer assessment platform
The best part of hackerEarth s its easy to use interface, often we students get overwhelmed when attending the online assesment and this user interface helps us calm down and focus on the problem better, Moreover the customer support of hackerEarth is really good and easily approachable.
Ramanathan A.
Ramanathan A Review on developer assessment platform
HackerEarth Assessments excel in simplicity, both in use and implementation. The intuitive interface ensures a seamless experience, complemented by responsive customer support. The frequency of use is flexible, and the platform's rich features cater to diverse needs. Integration is a breeze, making it a top choice for hassle-free coding assessments.
Anand B.
Anand B Review on developer assessment platform
HackerEarth has Vast poll of Coding problems is very user frendly to setup a AssessmentsThey have a detailed reporting tooIts hlep us a lot in Campus hiring as it has randomizing the question
Brothin D.
Brothin D Review on developer assessment platform
HackerEarth is a great platform for online job assessments. The best thing that I like about it the most is that all the exams conducted on HackerEarth are full proctored and it takes various parameters into account while attending assessment like video, audio, tab switching etc. which makes hiring process a lot better and smoother.Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Manish S.
Manish S Review on developer assessment platform
HackerEarth assessments are tricky and well documented. They have clarity which provides an edge for the developer to code efficiently.
Umair N.
Umair N Review on developer assessment platform
The Interface and access mode is glitch free IDLE is a lifesaver on Hacker Earth. The users easily access the portal and the support guide is also very efficient. There isn't any lagging issue and smoothness is also a key to keep in mind if it's on Hacker Earth.Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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FAQs about HR test

How accurate are HR assessment tests in predicting job performance?

Our HR tests demonstrate 85% predictive validity based on extensive validation studies across 500+ organizations. This significantly outperforms traditional resume screening (14% accuracy) and unstructured interviews (38% accuracy), providing you with reliable data for hiring decisions.

Will this assessment create a poor candidate experience?

Our mobile-optimized platform delivers a seamless, engaging experience with 94% candidate satisfaction scores. Candidates appreciate the fair, standardized evaluation process, and many report it as more professional than traditional screening methods.

How long does implementation take and will it disrupt our current process?

Most organizations are fully operational within 48 hours using our guided setup process. Our platform integrates seamlessly with 50+ ATS systems, requiring no changes to your existing workflow while dramatically improving efficiency.

Is the test compliant with employment law and EEOC guidelines?

Yes, our assessments are developed following EEOC guidelines and undergo regular adverse impact analysis. We provide documentation for legal compliance and have helped organizations improve diversity hiring by up to 40% through bias-free evaluation.

What if the assessment doesn't work for our specific industry or company culture?

Our platform offers extensive customization options including industry-specific question sets, custom competency frameworks, and cultural fit indicators. We also provide a 30-day money-back guarantee if you're not completely satisfied with the results.

How do we interpret results and make hiring decisions with the data?

Every assessment includes detailed reports with clear hiring recommendations, competency breakdowns, and suggested interview questions. Our customer success team provides training and ongoing support to ensure you maximize the value of assessment data.

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