Using pre-employment testing to screen candidates makes it easy to hire the best people for your business. You can quickly identify the top candidates to interview and understand what skills they bring to the table. Candidate testing also plays a key role in reducing human bias in your hiring process.
In order to get the most out of pre-employment screening tools, you need to have the right testing software that suits your organization’s needs. This guide compares the features of TestGorilla and Recruiter.hr, so you can decide which platform to use to find your next hire.
TestGorilla is a pre-employment screening platform that makes it simple to test candidates for hundreds of skills and qualities.
Our data-backed tests eliminate bias in the hiring process and enable you to quickly build a shortlist of the best candidates for any open position.
TestGorilla offers more than 300 tests, which you can mix and match to create custom assessments. Our library includes programming tests, cognitive ability tests, communication tests, personality tests, and much more.
Even better, you can add custom questions to tailor your assessments to your company’s specific hiring needs.
All of our tests are quality-controlled both before they go live and continuously in response to company and candidate feedback.
In addition, TestGorilla has a wide range of anti-cheating features to ensure that you’re confident in the results of your candidate assessments.
Recruiter.hr is a human resources platform that includes pre-employment screening, onboarding tools, and employee surveys.
Pre-employment screening tests primarily focus on evaluating a candidate’s psychology, personality, and cognitive ability. You can combine an unlimited number of tests, but the platform doesn’t offer custom questions.
Recruiter.hr includes several anti-cheating features, such as candidate recording and supervised test proctoring. It also offers a built-in applicant tracking system (ATS) that enables you to post your job across multiple sites and manage active candidates.
You can also set up one-on-one and group video interviews.
The more tests in a platform’s library, the greater the range of candidate skills you can assess.
TestGorilla’s test library includes more than 300 tests across different categories including:
Cognitive ability
Personality and culture
Programming skills
Software skills
Language skills
Job-specific skills
Situational judgment
You can combine multiple tests to create custom assessments for each open role. TestGorilla recommends which tests to use based on the job you’re hiring for, but you’re free to mix and match any of the tests in the library.
In addition, you can add custom questions to any test. TestGorilla offers custom question types in multiple-choice, open-ended, video, and file upload formats.
TestGorilla offers localized websites in 11 languages, making it easy to hire top talent from around the world.
Recruiter.hr offers 17 personality tests and 11 cognitive ability tests. There are no tests for programming skills, communication skills, software skills, or job-specific skills. You can combine multiple tests, but you can’t add custom questions.
Recruiter.hr is available in 11 languages, although these are primarily European languages.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | ||
Cognitive ability tests | Yes | Yes | |
Situational judgment tests | Yes | No | |
Job-specific tests | Yes | No | |
Software tests | Yes | No | |
Programming tests (including coding challenges) | Yes | No | |
Language tests | Yes | No | |
Personality tests | Yes | Yes | |
Culture-add test | Yes | No | |
Motivation test | Yes | Yes | |
Your own custom tests | Yes | No | |
Custom questions per assessment | Yes | No | |
Test recommendations for each job role | Yes | No | |
Multiple tests per assessment | Yes | Yes |
If your company is hiring developers, it’s important to know what coding skills a candidate will bring to your company. Programming skills tests let you evaluate whether a candidate can code proficiently in each of the languages they list on their resume.
TestGorilla offers skills tests for 16 popular programming languages, including C++, PHP, Python, Node.js, CSS, and more. You can also test candidates’ experience with frameworks like React Native and with Android development using Java.
TestGorilla also supports custom coding problems and debugging challenges.
Coding tests are automatically graded to save you time and ensure there’s no bias in your evaluations. You can also record candidates’ screens while they take the test to better understand their process when approaching a programming problem.
Recruiter.hr doesn’t offer any specific skills tests for programmers.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
Coding languages | JavaScript, Java, Python, PHP, C, C#, C++, SQL, Kotlin, Ruby, TypeScript, Go, R, Scala, React, and Swift | None |
Web-development frameworks | Yes | No |
Mobile-development frameworks | Yes | No |
Algorithmic-thinking challenges | Yes | No |
Debugging challenges | Yes | No |
Language-specific concept challenges | Yes | No |
Your own custom coding challenges | Yes | No |
Code-playback function | Yes | No |
Automated scoring | Yes | No |
Live peer coding | No | No |
Video interviews can help you get a better sense of a candidate’s approach to tests. They also give your hiring team a chance to interact with candidates before you spend time and money bringing them to your office for an in-person interview.
TestGorilla lets you add custom asynchronous video questions to any of your assessments. These questions require candidates to record a video response.
Hiring managers and recruiters have a lot of control over how candidates can respond to video questions. For example, you can limit the response length or the number of times a candidate can re-record their answer.
TestGorilla enables you to play back video responses on any device. You can also leave ratings and comments, making it easy to collaborate with the rest of your hiring team.
Recruiter.hr offers two-way and group interviews. You can either have multiple representatives from your company interviewing a single candidate or one hiring manager interviewing multiple candidates simultaneously.
You can modify some tests to require candidates to record a video answer. However, you can’t limit the response length or the number of recording attempts, and there’s no way to leave comments.
Recruiter.hr also enables you to proctor tests. This means that a member of your hiring team can hold a two-way video call with a candidate as they take a test.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
One-way video interview | Yes | Yes |
Custom video questions | Yes | No |
Record the number of candidates’ attempts | Yes | No |
Restrict maximum answer length | Yes | No |
Record and playback on any device | Yes | Yes |
Rate and comment video answers | Yes | No |
In order to get the best candidates for your open positions, it’s essential to provide a good hiring experience. Otherwise, qualified candidates could prematurely drop out of your hiring process.
In addition, branding your assessments is important for making them stand out to test-takers. Good branding strengthens your company’s image and is something that many candidates remember.
TestGorilla makes it simple for job applicants to take an assessment. They can start whenever it’s convenient for them and on any device. Candidates don’t need to create an account, and they have unlimited access to our support team if they need help.
Each TestGorilla test takes less than 15 minutes to complete. Full assessments typically take 30-60 minutes. This is enough time to give your company an in-depth look at applicants, but not so long that assessments feel like a burden for candidates.
TestGorilla also streamlines communication with applicants throughout the hiring process. You can send updates about candidates’ progress, including automated rejection notifications.
TestGorilla enables you to add your logo and brand colors to every assessment. You can also add custom welcome videos and redirect candidates to your company’s website at the end of each assessment.
Recruiter.hr enables candidates to take tests on any device without creating an account, and applicants have access to Recruiter.hr’s support team if they need assistance. The company doesn’t provide details about how long each test takes.
Recruiter.hr enables you to send emails to candidates and offers templates for providing hiring updates. You can customize messages with your company’s logo, but there’s no way to add branding to tests. You also can’t add a welcome video or redirect candidates to your website at the end of a test.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
Your company’s intro and/or outro video | Yes | No |
Assessments branded with your company logo and colors | Yes | No |
Customizable invitation and rejection emails | Yes | Yes |
No login required for candidates | Yes | Yes |
Mobile friendly | Yes | Yes |
Help and support for your candidates | Yes | Yes |
Typical assessment length | 30-60 minutes | No data |
Qualifying questions prior to assessment | Yes | No |
Redirect candidates to a URL of your choice after finishing an assessment | Yes | No |
Pre-employment screening platforms should cater to businesses of all sizes, including small startups and global enterprises.
TestGorilla offers multiple plans for every size of business, including a Free plan for businesses that only need to fill a few open roles. A Pay as you go plan and tiered subscriptions offer customizable options for larger companies.
TestGorilla integrates with several popular ATS platforms, enabling you to track candidate data for multiple open positions in one place. Enterprise-scale businesses can also use TestGorilla’s API to build custom integrations with their hiring systems.
Role-based permissions within TestGorilla enable multiple users to collaborate on hiring. For example, user permissions may enable operations managers to have a say in how skills test results are interpreted and used in the hiring process.
TestGorilla offers localized websites in 11 languages, including Spanish and Chinese. This makes it straightforward for global businesses to hire candidates from anywhere in the world.
Recruiter.hr doesn’t have a free plan, but it offers four pricing tiers for companies of different sizes. An Unlimited plan offers tests for an unlimited number of candidates each month.
Recruiter.hr has a built-in ATS, which enables you to create and post job ads across multiple sites. However, it doesn’t integrate with other popular ATS platforms, and there’s no API access. You can set up user permissions to control who in your company has access to applicant data.
Recruiter.hr has localized websites in 11 languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, and several eastern European languages.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
ATS integration | Yes | Built-in |
Multiple users and role-based rights management | Yes | Yes |
GDPR compliant | Yes | Yes |
Multiple candidate invitation options | Yes | Yes |
Public links to invite candidates | Yes | Yes |
Public links for each candidate source | Yes | Yes |
Bulk invite candidates (CSV/XLSX upload) | Yes | No |
Track candidate stages from invited to hired | Yes | Yes |
API access | Yes | No |
Bulk actions to manage candidates | Yes | Yes |
Quality-control mechanisms ensure that your tests are precisely targeting the skills and traits they’re meant to evaluate.
All of TestGorilla’s tests are data-backed and go through a rigorous quality-control process. Our tests are reviewed by subject-matter experts, peer reviewers, and sample testers before they’re released for use in live assessments.
In addition, TestGorilla has proprietary algorithms that continuously improve each test based on feedback from companies and candidates. Our team also conducts regular reviews to ensure each test is up-to-date and the questions are unambiguous.
Once questions have been used a number of times, TestGorilla automatically replaces them to avoid overexposure.
Recruiter.hr constructs tests based on established psychometric methods and expertise from psychometry professors at two universities in Croatia. The platform also refines tests based on responses to test questions.
Recruiter.hr uses only manual quality-control processes, and it doesn’t have any algorithmic evaluations. It’s unclear whether Recruiter.hr collects additional feedback from companies after tests go live, but it doesn’t replace questions based on exposure.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
Proprietary algorithms that continuously improve the quality of each test | Yes | No |
Extensive quality checks before tests go live | Yes | Yes |
Questions replaced after reaching exposure limit | Yes | No |
Customer feedback used to improve tests | Yes | No data |
Test-taker feedback used to improve tests | Yes | Yes |
When prescreening candidates, it’s crucial that you’re able to trust the results.
Anti-cheating measures ensure that no candidate can get an unfair leg up during your hiring process.
TestGorilla takes cheating seriously and offers numerous features to prevent it. These include:
Automatically replacing questions after using them a set number of times
Cycling questions so that candidates don’t see the same questions during re-takes
Disabling copy and paste to prevent candidates from leaking questions
Logging candidates’ IP addresses to prevent them from taking a test multiple times
Putting time limits on tests to prevent candidates from researching answers
Receiving alerts if a candidate switches to another window during the test
In addition, with an applicant’s permission, you can record a candidate’s screen or take snapshots with their webcam while they’re taking a test.
Recruiter.hr automatically changes the place of the correct answer on multiple-choice questions and reorders questions within tests.
It also blocks candidates from taking screenshots to make it more difficult for them to leak questions, and if a candidate switches to another page, you’ll receive an alert.
With a candidate’s permission, you can use their webcam to record them while they take a test. You can also turn on two-way video so that a member of your hiring team can virtually proctor a test.
Recruiter.hr doesn’t replace questions over time, and you can’t put time limits on tests. It also doesn’t offer a way to log an applicant’s IP address or location to prevent them from re-taking a test.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
IP address logging (to avoid multiple attempts by the same candidate) | Yes | No |
Logging of a candidate’s location | Yes | No |
Webcam snapshots (with the option to turn on/off) | Yes | Yes |
Full-screen mode detection (to avoid research during the test) | Yes | Yes |
Randomized questions per test | Yes | Yes |
Large question pool for each test | Yes (100+) | No |
Questions and answers not visible to employers to protect test integrity | Yes | No |
Time limit on tests | Yes (typically 10 minutes) | No |
Copy-paste disabled | Yes | Screenshots disabled |
Hiring managers and recruiters need customizable reporting tools to compare candidates and make data-based hiring decisions.
TestGorilla offers in-depth reports for every candidate showing their responses and overall test scores. Hiring managers can rank applicants by score, making it simple to decide which candidates move through to the next round.
You can share TestGorilla’s reports through PDF, XLSX, and CSV files. Everyone on your hiring team can add notes to candidates, so it’s easy to collaborate. You can also export assessment results to your ATS.
Recruiter.hr offers standardized reports that show applicants’ responses to each question and overall test scores. Results are recorded in Recruiter.hr’s built-in ATS, but you can’t export them directly to an alternative ATS.
Reports can be exported as PDF, XLSX, or CSV files.
Recruiter.hr doesn’t provide scoring benchmarks for candidates. There’s also no way to add personal notes or comments to applicants’ responses.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
PDF reports of assessments and individual candidates | Yes | Yes |
Excel and CSV reports of assessments and individual candidates | Yes | Yes |
Comprehensive overview for all current and past candidates | Yes | No |
Scoring benchmarks for candidates (including percentile rank scoring) | Yes | No |
Add your ratings and personal notes for candidates | Yes | No |
When your hiring team has questions about your pre-employment screening software, it’s important they have quick access to answers from a helpful customer support team.
All TestGorilla plans include customer support by live chat and email, plus access to a detailed online help center where hiring teams can learn how to create assessments, rank candidates, and send automated updates to applicants.
All TestGorilla plans include an onboarding tour to help you get started with the platform quickly. Business plan users have access to phone support.
Recruiter.hr offers support by phone and email. There’s no online help center available, and new customers don’t receive an onboarding tour.
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | |
Live chat | Yes | No |
Help center | Yes | No |
Email support | Yes | Yes |
Training and onboarding tour | Yes | No |
Phone assistance | No | Yes |
Many pre-employment screening providers offer a variety of pricing options to suit businesses of all sizes.
TestGorilla offers three pricing options (billed annually or monthly) with no hidden extra costs:
Free forever at $0: Full access to 10 free tests, including all personality tests.
Depending on the size of your company, paid plans begin with:
Starter from $75 USD per month ($900 per year paid upfront) - start with skills-based hiring for all roles. There is also the option to pay monthly, starting from $85 USD per month.
Pro from $115 USD per month ($1,380 per year paid upfront) - maximize your hiring with advanced features. There is also the option to pay monthly, starting from $130 USD per month.
Recruiter.hr offers four subscription tiers. You must contact Recruiter.hr to get custom pricing for your company. There’s no free plan available.
All tiers include access to all of Recruiter.hr’s library. They differ only in the number of candidates you can test.
Basic:
Includes up to 60 candidates per year
Medium:
Includes up to 144 candidates per year
Optimum:
Includes up to 360 candidates per year
Unlimited:
Includes unlimited candidates per year
TestGorilla | Recruiter.hr | ||
Plan | Price (billed annually) | Plan | Price |
Free | $0 | No free plan | |
Starter | From $75 USD per month ($900 per year paid upfront) The pay monthly plan starts from $85 USD per month | Basic | Contact Recruiter.hr |
Pro | From $115 USD per month ($1,380 per year paid upfront) The pay monthly plan starts from $130 USD per month | Medium | Contact Recruiter.hr |
Optimum | Contact Recruiter.hr | ||
Unlimited | Contact Recruiter.hr |
Having a pre-employment screening software that’s easy to use will save your hiring team time and reduce frustration for candidates.
TestGorilla offers a seamless user experience. Simply enter the role you’re hiring for, and TestGorilla will automatically suggest tests to include in your assessment. You can also add any additional tests from the library and add your own custom questions in just a few clicks.
Once your assessment is ready, you can share it with candidates using a public link or a private invitation. Candidates can take the assessment from any device at any time without having to log in.
As applicants move through your hiring process, you can use TestGorilla’s automated communication tools to keep them updated about their status.
Recruiter.hr has a limited test library and doesn’t support custom questions. So, it’s relatively simple to choose a test and activate it for candidates to take.
Recruiter.hr has a built-in ATS that enables you to keep track of applicant data and test results. You can also send messages to candidates and notify those who have been rejected from your hiring process.
TestGorilla and Recruiter.hr both offer pre-employment screening, but TestGorilla has far more functionality for hiring managers and recruiters. You can build assessments from a library of more than 300 tests, compared to only 28 with Recruiter.hr.
In addition, TestGorilla offers skills-based tests for jobs like programming, sales, and more.
TestGorilla also stands out for its customization options. You can add your brand’s logo and colors to assessments, integrate with more than 15 popular ATS platforms and add custom questions to any test. Recruiter.hr doesn’t offer any of these customization features.
So, for businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, TestGorilla is the recommended choice for pre-employment testing.
Pre-employment testing enables hiring teams to quickly find the best candidates for every open position and remove bias from the recruitment process.
Testing software is a major time-saver and ensures that you get the most qualified candidate for your organization every time.
TestGorilla offers the best service to streamline your hiring process and make better hiring decisions. Check out our plans today to find the perfect new hire.
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