SharpAssessment

Skills testing that small teams can actually afford to run

SharpAssessment is a candidate assessment platform in development. Nothing to buy yet. What works today: free tests you can take in the browser, and the full test design published in the open.

What we are building

Practical, job-related skills tests for teams that hire in bursts rather than continuously, priced by volume instead of by annual contract, with a personality and cognitive profile alongside the skills result.

That is the plan. None of it is open yet, and this site will not pretend otherwise. There is no trial, no plan and no price.

What works today

  • Free typing speed test

    Runs in your browser, no signup. Reports net words per minute and character accuracy, scored the standard way.

  • The test library

    Every test we intend to ship: what it measures, what the candidate does, how it is scored, and where it stops being useful.

  • TestGorilla alternatives

    A comparison written before we had a product to push, so it says plainly when an existing tool is the better answer.

Practical tests first, psychometrics after

The order is deliberate. A practical test can be defended almost immediately, because it is a sample of the actual work: if the job is entering invoices, a test that has someone enter invoices is job-related by construction.

Personality and cognitive tests carry a heavier burden. They need norms, and if they produce adverse impact they need a validity argument to survive it. Both are in scope here and neither is shipping first, because putting them in front would place a compliance problem ahead of the product instead of behind it.

Who this is for

Teams hiring for roles where the work is checkable: data entry, bookkeeping, customer support, warehouse leads, administrative roles. Someone doing five to fifty hires a year, where the person picking the test is the same person running the interview.

If you have a talent assessment function and a validation budget, the established vendors are built for you and this will not be an upgrade.

Where the site is going

Content first, product second. The reasoning is that a test platform with no traffic has no distribution, and distribution in this category comes from candidate-facing tools and from buying guides, not from a launch announcement.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use SharpAssessment to test candidates today?
No. The platform is in development and there is nothing to sign up for. The free tests on this site run in your browser and show the result only to you, so they are useful for practice, not for screening a shortlist.
What will it cost?
Not decided, and we would rather say that than invent a number. The intent is to charge by volume rather than by annual contract, because the teams this is built for hire in bursts and cannot commit to a seat count twelve months ahead.
Will there be personality and cognitive tests?
Yes, but after the practical tests, not alongside them. A personality or cognitive test needs its own norms and a validity argument before it should influence a hiring decision, and building that takes longer than building the test itself.
How is this different from TestGorilla or Criteria?
Mostly in who it is for. The established platforms are built and priced for companies with a dedicated talent function. This is aimed at a team where the person choosing the test is also the person doing the interview. See the TestGorilla alternatives page for a comparison that names cases where the existing tools are the better answer.