What is skills validation in hiring?

Skills validation verifies a candidate can perform the skills a role requires through objective assessments and job-realistic tasks, rather than trusting resume claims or interview impressions. Every candidate takes the same test, scored on a fixed rubric.

How is it different from a normal interview?

Interviews measure how someone talks about their skills. Validation measures the skill itself, consistently and with proctoring, so the result is evidence rather than opinion.

Can you validate soft skills as well as technical ones?

Yes. Testlify covers technical, cognitive, personality, language, and role-specific skills, so you can validate the full profile a role needs, from coding to communication.

Does Testlify integrate with our ATS?

Yes. Testlify connects to your ATS and hiring workflow with 100+ integrations, including BambooHR, Ashby, Breezy HR, Comeet, and Cornerstone, adding an objective validation layer to the process you already run.

How do I customize tests?

Assessments can be customized by adding any additional skill test from our library of tests. These can be a combination of aptitude, language, programming, software, or role-specific skills.

What is the duration of a test?

Each test will evaluate one skill, and you may use several. Each is about 10 minutes in duration, and can be customized to test for more skills which will affect the total time of an assessment.

How do I schedule a demo?

You can schedule a demo by filling out the request for a demo and we will contact you to make arrangements.

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From technical ability to language fluency, validate what a role actually requires with thousands of job-relevant tests and conversational AI interviews.

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Set the difficulty, add custom questions, and weight the skills that matter most, so the validation itself holds up to scrutiny.

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Skills validation.

A complete platform for skills validation

Validated skill tests

Validate technical, cognitive, personality, language, and role-specific skills, combined into one comparable, defensible score per candidate.

Real-world tasks

Set real-world tasks that mirror the job so candidates demonstrate the skill, not just answer trivia about it.

Powerful proctoring features

Anti-cheating proctoring keeps every result trustworthy: candidate snapshots detect impersonation, tab-switch monitoring, mouse tracking, and plagiarism detection.

Integrations.

Connects with 100+ tools your team already uses

Plug Testlify into your ATS and HRIS. Candidate data syncs automatically, workflows stay in one place, and your hiring process moves from assessment to offer without manual handoffs.

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Built to keep your organization secure

Testlify meets the legal standards. Independently audited controls, region-aware data storage, role-based admin access, and hiring assessments that hold up to compliance review.

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