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Custom question types
Testlify offers a wide range of custom question types that recruiters can use to create custom assessments that match their specific needs.
The platform’s intuitive interface and flexible question types make it easy to create customized assessments that are tailored to the specific job requirements and competencies needed for the role.
Qualifier questions
Qualifier questions are designed to filter out unqualified candidates based on their responses to a series of questions. This question type is useful because it helps recruiters focus on the most promising candidates, saving them time and resources.
- Filter candidates efficiently
- Assess basic skills
- Streamline recruitment process
- Save time
Open-ended questions
Open-ended questions require candidates to provide detailed responses to prompts. This question type is useful because it allows recruiters to gain a deeper understanding of a candidate’s thought process, communication skills, and creativity.
- Evaluate communication skills
- Encourage thoughtful responses
- Gain insight into candidate’s thought process
- Assess creativity and critical thinking skills
Video interview questions
Video questions require candidates to record a video response to a prompt. This question type is useful because it allows recruiters to assess a candidate’s presentation skills, personality, and communication style.
Our AI-driven platform also auto-scores video answers based on the candidate’s response with an option of manual adjustment if needed.
- Assess communication skills
- Evaluate presentation skills
- Get a sense of the candidate’s personality
- AI-driven auto-scoring
Single-select questions
Single-select questions ask candidates to choose one option from a list of possible answers. This question type is useful because it allows recruiters to assess a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of a specific topic.
- Quick and easy to grade
- Standardized assessment
- Assess specific knowledge
- Reduce bias
Multiple-select questions
Multiple-select questions ask candidates to choose multiple options from a list of possible answers. This question type is useful because it allows recruiters to assess a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of a specific topic in more depth.
- Assess broader knowledge
- Identify strong candidates
- Create more challenging assessments
- Provide more nuanced insights
File upload questions
File upload questions ask candidates to upload a file that demonstrates their skills or expertise. This question type is useful because it allows recruiters to assess a candidate’s ability to create or work with specific types of files or data sets.
- Assess technical skills
- Evaluate creativity
- Assess attention to detail
- Provide insight into work style
Typing test questions
Typing test questions require candidates to type a response to a prompt within a certain time limit. This question type is useful for assessing a candidate’s typing speed and accuracy, as well as their ability to work under pressure.
- Assess typing speed and accuracy
- Evaluate attention to detail
Document, spreadsheet, and slides questions
Document, spreadsheet, and slides questions ask candidates to create or edit specific types of documents, spreadsheets, or slides. This question type is useful for assessing a candidate’s ability to work with specific types of software or tools, as well as their attention to detail and creativity.
Coding questions
Coding questions ask candidates to write or analyze code to solve a specific problem. This question type is useful for assessing a candidate’s technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail.
- Assess coding skills
- Evaluate problem-solving skills
Audio questions
Audio questions provide a unique way for recruiters to assess candidates by allowing them to record their answers in audio format. Audio answers are auto-scored with an option of manual scoring if needed.
This question type is valuable because it offers a more personal and expressive means for candidates to showcase their communication skills, voice clarity, and presentation abilities.
- Evaluate communication and speaking skills
- Assess voice and presentation skills
- Capture nuanced responses
- Enhance diversity and inclusion
Fill in the blank questions
Fill in the blank questions provide a versatile way for recruiters to assess candidates’ specific knowledge and understanding.
This question type is valuable for evaluating candidates on precise details relevant to the job requirements.
Dropdown questions
Dropdown questions provide a structured way for recruiters to assess candidates by presenting a predefined set of options. This question type is beneficial for roles where specific choices or knowledge are essential.
Number questions
Number questions allow recruiters to assess candidates on numerical or quantitative aspects relevant to the job. This question type is essential for roles where numerical proficiency is a key requirement.
Date questions
Date questions help assess candidates based on their understanding and handling of time-sensitive information. This question type is particularly useful for roles that require strong organizational and time management skills.
Chat AI questions
Simulate real-time conversations. Assess how candidates think, write, and respond on the go. With Chat AI, you provide a prompt or scenario and candidates engage in a live chat with AI. Perfect for evaluating written communication, empathy, and decision-making under pressure.
- Test response quality, tone, and logic
- Replicate workplace chat environments
- Real-time interaction with AI
- AI and manual scoring options
Practical questions
Perfect for project-based roles, this type lets you upload files (briefs, templates, etc.) and ask candidates to complete and return a task-based response, in any format you need.
- Assess real-world problem-solving
- Review deliverables in your preferred format
- Tailor tasks to the exact role
- Evaluate accuracy, execution, and creativity
Voice AI questions
Testlify’s Voice AI isn’t just a recording tool it’s a smart AI interviewer that asks questions, listens, and evaluates responses in real time. Candidates speak their answers, and the AI analyzes tone, clarity, pace, and content all with optional manual review.
- Simulated voice interview with AI
- Evaluate speaking skills and verbal reasoning
- Auto-score tone, fluency, and clarity
- Identify top communicators without live scheduling
- Reduce bias and speed up screening
Video AI questions
With Video AI, candidates face a fully automated AI video interviewer that asks your custom questions. Responses are recorded and analyzed for tone, expression, confidence, and content giving you structured, bias-aware insights without conducting a live interview.
- Interactive AI conducts the video interview
- Score communication, presence, and poise
- AI evaluates facial cues, engagement, and clarity
- Save time and standardize evaluations
- Combine automation with optional human review
Microsoft excel, word & powerpoint upload questions
You provide the scenario candidates respond with actual Excel sheets, Word docs, or PowerPoint decks. Great for evaluating attention to detail, technical proficiency, and business communication.
- Test Excel formulas, formatting, and modeling
- Assess document structure, grammar, or tone
- Evaluate slide design and messaging
- No third-party tools required
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What our customers are saying about Testlify
Discover how Testlify has transformed recruitment and assessment processes for our clients. Read testimonials and success stories from businesses that have streamlined their hiring with our innovative solutions.
Thanks to Testlify, we experienced an incredible 75% improvement in our initial screening process, allowing us to optimize our recruitment effort significantly. This not only saved us a substantial amount of time but also resulted in substantial cost saving.
Testlify’s holistic approach, encompassing coding tests, technical assessments, and white label feature, empowered us to recruit talented individuals across multiple disciplines.
Testlify is an excellent tool for assessing candidates’ soft and hard skills. The founder and customer success team were helpful during onboarding and demonstrated a commitment to continuously improving the platform.
As a staffing agency, we frequently hire for different roles and Testlify’s extensive test library across various domains was invaluable in finding the right candidates for our diverse range of client requirements.
The combination of non-technical tests and white label experience made our recruitment process comprehensive and tailored to our specific needs and helped us maintain our brand image.
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