HiPeople's Unique Approach to Assessments
Grounded in science
Built on validated I/O psychology frameworks that ensure rigor, fairness, and compliance.
Hyper-tailored
Custom assessments and validation studies built on your data, designed for real-world predictive power. Find more on our Test Development Framework here.
Living validity
Continuous, AI-driven validity analytics that refine assessments at scale. Not once a year, but constantly.
Why We Do This
The assessment industry still behaves like it is 1960. Tests are static and lengthy, candidates dislike them, and outcomes often lack proof of real predictive value for the jobs where they are used.
What Used to Be True
Developing assessments was extremely hard and expensive, which pushed vendors toward a build once and reuse forever mindset.
Creating job specific assessments required consultants observing roles onsite. This made customization accessible only to large enterprises, mainly for executive hiring or one time assessment centers.
Tests often ran on paper or outdated software that provided no real time insight into assessment, test, or item performance.
What Is True Now
Cognitive ability and personality are deeply researched areas. High quality open source science exists and can be adapted to deliver better candidate experiences at lower cost.
Job specific assessment creation is now far more efficient thanks to modern technology and process innovation. (See Our Test Development Framework.)
Skill half life is shrinking quickly. Test libraries must evolve weekly to remain relevant. No one should evaluate computer literacy with a test from 2022.
Strong academic research often remains unused due to limited sample sizes. HiPeople helps unlock and operationalize it. (See Our Collaborations.)
Modern assessment platforms allow real time monitoring of tests and items. Vendors can react immediately when new signals appear.
The old approach once made sense. It no longer does.
The Future of Assessments
The future is a new model: a modern stack built for accuracy, scale, and candidate delight:
Large, dynamic test libraries that unlock hyperspecific assessments.
Grounded in science: Validated I/O frameworks as the foundation.
Powered by technology and AI: Faster, cheaper, more relevant test development.
Hyper-tailored experiences: Custom assessments, job-context validity studies, and unmatched face validity and CX.
Living validity: Continuous, AI-driven refinement based on real performance outcomes.