Interpersonal Skills Test: Build Stronger Tech Teams Through Data-Driven Soft Skills Assessment

Identify developers with exceptional collaboration abilities and communication skills essential for high-performing technical teams. Make informed hiring decisions that go beyond coding expertise.

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What is the Interpersonal Skills Test?

  • Comprehensive 20-minute assessment evaluating communication, collaboration, and relationship-building abilities crucial for technical team success.
  • Video-based scenarios and situational judgment tests that mirror real workplace interactions in development environments.
  • Objective measurement of soft skills that traditional technical interviews often miss but are essential for team productivity.
  • Standardized scoring system that reduces hiring bias while identifying candidates who excel in cross-functional collaboration.
  • Integration-ready platform that seamlessly fits into your existing technical recruitment workflow.

Why Use Interpersonal Skills Test

Skills & Competencies Assessed for the Interpersonal Skills Test

Who is The Interpersonal Skills Test For?

Customize the Interpersonal Skills Test

Role-Specific Scenarios

Tailor the assessment to reflect the interpersonal challenges of specific roles. For example, simulate code review discussions for developers, conflict resolution scenarios for team leads, or cross-functional collaboration exercises for project managers.

Competency Weighting

Adjust scoring to emphasize the skills most critical for each role. For example, prioritize active listening and collaboration for junior developers, or focus on conflict resolution and emotional intelligence for team leads and senior engineers.

Custom Branding & White-Label Experience

Apply your company’s logo, colors, and messaging to create a seamless candidate experience. A branded, white-labeled assessment ensures consistency with your employer brand and enhances candidate engagement throughout the hiring process.

Pair The Interpersonal Skills 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 Interpersonal Skills Test

How long does the numerical ability test take to complete?

Our adaptive numerical ability test ranges from 15-45 minutes depending on the role complexity. Most technical positions use our 30-minute standard format with 40-50 questions, while senior roles may require the comprehensive 60-minute assessment.

Will this test accurately predict performance for our specific technical roles?

Yes, our numerical ability test shows 95% correlation with job performance in quantitative and technical roles. We offer industry-specific customization for software development, data science, and fintech positions to ensure maximum relevance.

How does this integrate with our existing technical hiring process?

Our API-first platform integrates seamlessly with 50+ ATS and HRIS systems including Greenhouse, Workday, and Lever. Results sync automatically, and you can embed assessments directly into your candidate workflow.

Can candidates take the test remotely without compromising security?

Absolutely. Our platform offers multiple proctoring options including AI monitoring, live supervision, and secure browser technology. 99.9% uptime ensures reliable remote testing for distributed technical teams.

What if the test is too difficult or easy for our candidates?

Our adaptive testing technology automatically adjusts question difficulty based on candidate responses. You can also customize difficulty levels and set role-specific parameters to match your exact hiring requirements.

How quickly can we see ROI from implementing this assessment?

Most tech companies see immediate time savings in screening, with full ROI typically achieved within 3 months. Our calculator shows average savings of $15,000+ per technical hire through improved accuracy and reduced turnover.

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