Behavioral Assessments
Skills only tell half the story
Evaluate work styles and skills in the same platform to see how candidates work, not just what they know.
Get a complete picture of how candidates work
Assess behavioral fit with the same rigor used to evaluate skills.
Hire with confidence in fit
Take the uncertainty out of hiring with a fuller view of how candidates work.
Complete hiring signal
Assess behavioral insight together with technical and business skills in one platform for a complete view of fit.
Measurable fit
Replace subjective impressions with data-backed insights into how candidates are likely to work within a role or team.
Fewer mis-hires
Identify potential fit risks earlier to reduce early attrition and the cost of poor hiring matches
Better experience
Use one platform for all pre-hire assessments, making the process simpler for candidates and hiring teams alike.
Better fit drives better performance
Behavioral assessments from CodeSignal help teams evaluate fit early and reduce costly hiring mistakes.
of hiring failures stem from poor fit
of first-year earnings is the estimated cost of a bad hire
better job performance comes from strong team fit
higher job satisfaction among employees who are good fits
Assess behavioral fit across multiple dimensions
Understand how candidates work with others, approach tasks, and handle challenging situations.
Domains
Styles
- Supporting
- Enterprising
- Self-reliant
- Collaborative
- Anchoring
- Pioneering
- Flexible
- Structured
- Expressive
- Steadfast
Real teams getting real results
Discover how Instacart, Nextdoor, and other innovators use CodeSignal to hire smarter, learn faster, and grow stronger.
By incorporating CodeSignal into our process and having a large number of folks opt into it, either passive candidates or applicants, we’re able to free up roughly 40 to 60% of our engineers’ time.
Michael Leggett
Tech Recruiter at Outreach
Partnering with CodeSignal has helped us to manage a very high volume of interest from candidates in our process and quickly assess their technical acumen, without using a ton of engineering hours.
Nadia Abouzaid
Head of Diversity Talent Programs at Asana
CodeSignal’s experiential learning platform fast-tracks skill mastery beyond what’s possible with traditional methods. It’s next-gen AI learning done right.
Josh Bersin
Josh Bersin Company
Works with what you use
Talk to sales
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Technical Assessments
Assess technical skills using realistic simulations aligned to job requirements, from coding to system design.
Frequently asked
questions
What are behavioral assessments?
Behavioral assessments evaluate how candidates naturally work and collaborate, measuring work style indicators like problem-solving approach, teamwork preferences, and how they handle pressure. Unlike personality tests that label traits, our assessments show how candidates actually work day to day, helping you predict both job performance and team fit.
How do behavioral assessments differ from personality tests?
Behavioral assessments focus on observable workplace behaviors and predict job performance, while personality tests measure broad, unchanging traits. Our assessments are designed by I-O Psychologists to evaluate job-specific work styles like how candidates approach tasks, solve problems, and work with others, providing actionable insights rather than generic personality labels.
Why assess behavioral fit alongside skills assessments?
Because 89% of hiring failures stem from poor fit, not lack of skills. Skills assessments show what candidates can do, while behavioral assessments reveal how they’ll do it. Using both in one platform gives you a complete hiring signal without managing multiple vendors.
Can behavioral assessments reduce hiring bias?
When properly validated, behavioral assessments replace subjective impressions with objective, data-backed insights. CodeSignal’s assessments are validated by I-O Psychologists who ensure fairness across demographic groups, helping you make equitable hiring decisions while staying compliant with regulations.
What dimensions do behavioral assessments measure?
Our assessments evaluate five key domains: pursuing goals, working with others, creating solutions, approaching tasks, and reacting to pressure. Within these, we identify specific work styles like collaborative, enterprising, flexible, structured, and more, giving you clear insights into how candidates naturally work.
How do I interpret behavioral assessment results?
Results show configurable fit ranges with clear markers indicating alignment or mismatch with your role requirements. Rather than labeling candidates as “good” or “bad,” you see how their natural work style aligns with the success criteria you’ve defined for each role.
Does CodeSignal integrate with our ATS?
Yes, we integrate with all major applicant tracking systems including Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, JazzHR, and others. Behavioral assessments are part of our unified skills platform, so you can send assessments directly from your ATS and automatically sync results to candidate profiles.
Are behavioral assessments legally compliant?
CodeSignal’s behavioral assessments are validated by I-O Psychologists to comply with regulations and undergo adverse impact analysis to ensure fairness. Use them as one component of a comprehensive hiring process to make informed, defensible hiring decisions.