Soft skills test
Catch the candidates who'd quit in week 3, before they reach your interview calendar.
Most candidates can sound good for 30 minutes. The scenario test asks them to handle real customer problems — and then pushes back. The ones who collapse under pressure get filtered out before you ever see their name.
- Premium tier feature
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- Auto-shortlist passers
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- Real-time pass alert
It's a Saturday morning rush. The espresso machine is acting up and a customer says you charged him for two drinks. What do you do?
He says he'll leave a one-star review. The line is six people deep. Now what?
The problem
Polished CV. Charming interview. Quits in week three.
The cost of a bad hire is 30% to 200% of their first-year salary. The worst part isn't the dollar figure — it's that your best person is now doing two jobs while you re-post the role. CVs and 30-minute interviews don't predict pressure performance. The scenario quiz does.
What you get
A test that runs only on the candidates who deserve it.
4 role-specific scenarios. Auto-generated.
Pulled from your job description, not a generic HR test bank. A barista gets espresso-machine drama. A receptionist gets an angry walk-in. The scenarios sound like the actual job.
A push-back round that breaks the 30-minute charm.
Two rounds per scenario: candidate gives an initial answer, the system pushes back, they respond again. Both rounds graded together for empathy and problem-solving. The push-back is where the cracks show.
Auto-shortlist. Real-time alert.
Threshold is empathy ≥ 6 AND problem-solving ≥ 5 out of 10. Passers move to your shortlist with no input from you. You get a real-time email: "X passed. Book an interview." One click and it's done.
of candidates who finish the scenario quiz pass it — the test self-selects for thoughtful candidates
completion rate, well above the 15-20% benchmark for soft-skills assessments
who started the test couldn't clear the bar — exactly the candidates who collapse under pressure
Questions
The hard ones.
What roles is the scenario quiz best for?+
Customer-facing or judgement-driven roles: customer service, sales, hospitality, retail, healthcare support, dental, property management. It adds less for highly procedural roles where a checklist is enough — you can turn it off per job.
Can I turn it off?+
Yes. Per-job toggle. Off by default on highly procedural roles where it doesn't help.
Do candidates know they're being scored?+
No. Candidates never see scores, criteria, or rankings. The application looks like a normal job application with a short scenario question.
What if a candidate gives a great answer but bombs the push-back?+
Both rounds are graded together. A great Round 1 with a flat Round 2 still loses points — and that's the design. Pressure response is what we're measuring.
Is this Premium-only?+
Active scoring is Premium ($99/job). On the Standard tier ($49/job) you can see the scenario quiz exists but it doesn't auto-shortlist. Free tier is one job, ever, with the basic shortlist.
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- No card required
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- 30-day post duration
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- 7-day refund if zero applicants