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Most tests on Equip are graded automatically the moment a candidate submits. A few test and question types need human judgment, and this article shows you how to grade them from the assessment results page.

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Which Tests Need Manual Grading

Equip auto-grades everything it can evaluate objectively. Manual grading applies only where judgment is required, such as watching a video answer or comparing a design. Within custom quizzes, the split works the same way at the question level. MCQ, MCA, Categorize, Transcription, and Autograded Text questions are scored automatically, while Short Text, Single-line Input, and Voice Input answers wait for you to award points.
Until every test in a submission is graded, the test shows an ungraded label and the candidate’s Overall Score also stays ungraded. Use the Show Ungraded filter on the results dashboard to find submissions that still need your attention.
Answers to AI-graded questions (text, audio, or video) are evaluated by Equip’s AI using your evaluation prompts, so they do not pile up in a grading queue. You can still override any AI-awarded score manually.

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Grading a Submission

All grading happens inside the assessment results. Open the assessment from your Assessments Dashboard, then click a candidate’s score for the test you want to grade.

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Video Response

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Open the assessment results

Click the assessment title on your Assessments Dashboard.
2

Open the test

Click the score corresponding to the Video Interview test. Ungraded questions are highlighted with a yellow outline and marked Not Yet Graded.
3

Watch and score

Play the candidate’s video, then click the pencil icon in the top right corner to award points.
4

Repeat for every question

Continue until no questions remain ungraded. The test score updates as you go.
Use the Filters dropdown to jump straight to what matters: Not Yet Graded, Correctly Answered, Wrongly Answered, or Unattempted.

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CSS Challenge

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Open the assessment results

Click the assessment title on your Assessments Dashboard.
2

Open the test

Click the score corresponding to the CSS test.
3

Compare the designs

Match the Target Design on the right against the candidate’s Code Preview on the left. Use the mobile, tablet, and desktop icons to check that the design is responsive at each breakpoint.
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Inspect the code

Click Submitted Code to read the CSS the candidate wrote.
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Award points

Click the pencil icon in the top right corner to award points.

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Open-Ended Quiz Questions

Short Text, Single-line Input, and Voice Input answers in custom quizzes follow the same flow.
1

Open the ungraded test

From the assessment results, click the score of the test marked ungraded.
2

Find the pending questions

Ungraded questions are highlighted with a yellow outline and marked Not Yet Graded.
3

Score each answer

Read or listen to the response, click the pencil icon, and award points. Repeat until all questions are graded.

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Overriding Scores

Grading is never final on Equip. The pencil icon stays available on every question, so you can revise points at any time, even after a test has been fully graded. When you change a question’s points, the test score and the candidate’s Overall Score recompute automatically. This also applies to AI-graded responses: if you disagree with the AI’s evaluation, edit the score and your value wins.
Score changes affect how candidates rank against each other. If you regrade one candidate’s answer, review whether the same standard should apply to other submissions so comparisons stay fair.