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An assessment is a collection of tests that candidates attempt one by one. The Create Assessment builder walks you through three tabs in order: Tests, Test Order, and Settings. This page covers what to do in each tab, plus how Equip can suggest tests based on the role you are hiring for.
You can edit everything later. Open the assessment from your dashboard at any time to change tests, weightage, or settings, and use Preview to try the assessment yourself for free before inviting anyone.

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Starting a New Assessment

Every assessment starts from your dashboard, with Equip suggesting a first draft based on the role you are hiring for.
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Click Add Assessment

From the Assessments Dashboard, click Add Assessment in the sidebar.
2

Enter the role and experience

Type the role you are hiring for, for example “Python Developer,” and select the Years of Experience. Both fields are required.
3

Click Continue

Equip suggests tests and skills at a difficulty level matched to the experience you selected, then takes you to the three-tab builder: Tests, Test Order, and Settings, covered below. Adjust, add, or remove tests before saving.
Experience maps to question difficulty like this:
If you cannot find the role or skill you need, Equip can build the test for you, or you can create a custom test. See Can’t Find a Role or Skill for both options.

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Step 1: Add Tests

The Tests tab is where you choose what skills candidates will be tested on. Pick a test type on the left, then add one or more tests of that type. Available test types include Quiz, Programming, English Communication (CEFR), Psychometric, Video Response, Typing Test, SQL, Excel, and CSS. See Test Types for what each one measures. For every test type you can choose between two content sources: You can mix both freely in one assessment. For quizzes, use Add Skill to test up to 6 skills inside a single quiz, or Add Quiz to add another quiz as a separate test. See Testing Multiple Skills for when to use which.
The builder enforces a few rules before you can proceed: every assessment needs at least 1 test, every Equip-content quiz needs at least 1 skill with question counts set, an Equip quiz holds at most 25 questions in total, an Excel test needs at least 1 question, and a programming test needs at least 1 language enabled.

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Step 2: Order Tests and Set Weightage

The Test Order tab controls the sequence in which candidates see the tests and how much each test counts toward the Overall Score.
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Arrange the tests

Drag tests into the order you want candidates to attempt them. Candidates take tests one by one, in this sequence.
2

Set weightage per test

Assign each test a weightage. The weightages must add up to exactly 100; the Overall Score is the weighted average of test percentages. Weightage is split equally by default. See Test Scores and Overall Score for a worked example.
3

Review the estimated duration

Equip computes the Estimated Assessment Duration automatically from the timers on every question and test.
If any weighted test is left at weightage 0, Equip warns you that the test will not contribute to the Overall Score. Psychometric and Typing tests are always weightless by design and are excluded from the Overall Score.
Two more things live on this tab:
  • Proctoring settings are configured per test here, not in the Settings tab. See Proctoring Settings.
  • The Randomize icon on coding tests lets you attach a pool of Programming or SQL questions so each candidate receives one at random. See Randomize Coding Questions.

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Step 3: Configure Settings

The Settings tab holds assessment-wide options. The Assessment Title is required, is shown to candidates, and can be up to 100 characters. Once you save, the assessment’s Settings page shows View Candidates and Preview buttons at the top, and you can start inviting candidates.