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# How to Manually Grade Tests

> Review and score video responses, CSS challenges, and open-ended quiz answers.

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.

## 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.

| Grading             | Test types                                                                          |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Auto-graded**     | Quizzes, Programming, SQL, English Communication (CEFR), Excel, Attention to Detail |
| **Manually graded** | Video Response (Video Interview), CSS Challenge                                     |
| **Unscored**        | Psychometric tests carry no points, so there is nothing to grade                    |

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.

<Note>
  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.
</Note>

<Tip>
  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.
</Tip>

## 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.

### Video Response

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the assessment results">
    Click the assessment title on your Assessments Dashboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Watch and score">
    Play the candidate's video, then click the **pencil icon** in the top right corner to award points.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Repeat for every question">
    Continue until no questions remain ungraded. The test score updates as you go.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Use the **Filters** dropdown to jump straight to what matters: **Not Yet Graded**, **Correctly Answered**, **Wrongly Answered**, or **Unattempted**.
</Tip>

### CSS Challenge

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the assessment results">
    Click the assessment title on your Assessments Dashboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the test">
    Click the score corresponding to the CSS test.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Inspect the code">
    Click **Submitted Code** to read the CSS the candidate wrote.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Award points">
    Click the **pencil icon** in the top right corner to award points.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Open-Ended Quiz Questions

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

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the ungraded test">
    From the assessment results, click the score of the test marked ungraded.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the pending questions">
    Ungraded questions are highlighted with a yellow outline and marked **Not Yet Graded**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Score each answer">
    Read or listen to the response, click the **pencil icon**, and award points. Repeat until all questions are graded.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 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.

<Warning>
  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.
</Warning>

## Related Resources

* [How Tests Are Graded](/grading-tests) - Which test types are auto-graded and how
* [Test Scores and Overall Score](/test-scores-and-overall-score) - How weightages turn test scores into an overall score
* [Video Response Questions](/video-response-questions) - Create the questions you will grade here
* [AI-Graded Questions](/ai-graded-questions) - Let AI evaluate text, audio, and video answers