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Read a candidate report

What each part of the report is telling you, including the answer-by-answer view, and how to read it without over-reading it.

Last updated 21 September 2026

Open a candidate from Candidates, from the assessment, or from View report on a result row.

The top of the report

The top of a candidate report, showing the overall score, the candidate's rank in the cohort, the difference from the average and the total time taken.

Overall score, averaged across the scored tests. Personality and drives are not scored and are not in this number.

Rank, as a position among the candidates on this assessment who have a score. It moves as more people finish.

Versus average, in points, against the other candidates on this assessment.

Time taken, in total.

If the assessment contains only personality or drives, there is no overall score and the report says so rather than inventing one.

The section for each test

Below that, one section per test, with the score and a short interpretation. Use the result history control where a test has been taken more than once.

One test's section of the report, showing the score and the interpretation for that test.

Every answer, in order

The most useful part of the report and the most often missed.

The every answer in order chart, with bars for each question coloured correct, incorrect or unanswered, and their height showing time on screen.

Each question is a bar: correct, incorrect or unanswered, with the height showing how long the question was on screen relative to that candidate's own average. There is a table view underneath if you prefer numbers.

What it is good for:

  • Ran out of time looks like a run of unanswered questions at the end.
  • Guessed the last few looks like a run of fast answers at the end.
  • Got stuck looks like one very tall bar with the rest of the test rushed.
  • Steady throughout looks like even bars, which is usually what you want.

Two candidates with the same score can have completely different charts, and the difference often matters more than the score.

Time on screen counts only while the question was visible. Time with the tab hidden is not included, so the numbers are not a measure of total elapsed time.

Reviewing reports blind

Hide name replaces the candidate's name with "Candidate" throughout the report. Use it when you want to read the evidence before you read the person.

Moving between candidate reports

Arrows at the top move to the previous and next candidate in the same cohort, which is the quickest way to read a shortlist end to end.

What the report does not establish

The product says this on every test guide and it is worth carrying into your notes: a score does not by itself establish technical competence, creativity, communication skills or likely job performance, and it does not explain why a candidate found a question hard. Read it next to everything else you know.