Pre-employment Assessments
Best Pre-employment Assessments Software for Small Business
Small employers need a defensible test they can set up without an industrial psychologist and pay for only when they hire.
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Top 2 by LeadChange Score, then 1 not scored yetof 3 that fit · 1 not scored yet · scored for small business (reweighted)
Codility8.7 out of 10, High confidence
HackerRank8.7 out of 10, Medium confidence
TestGorillaNot scored yet
See the full rankingHighMedium confidence
Our top picks
- Best overall
Highest LeadChange Score here (8.7/10), with 8 of 10 core pre-employment testing capabilities verified.
- Best value
Lowest paid list cost at 25 employees ($79/mo) among top-ranked pre-employment testing products at or above the median score.
From $79/mo (billed annually)1
LeadChange Score: editorial assessment based on public information.
Pre-employment assessments for small business, ranked
Ranked by LeadChange Score from verified facts; products with too few verified facts are not scored yet and come last. Scores are for pre-employment assessments, so a product's score or «not scored yet» here can differ from its own page, which scores its main category. Prices are list prices as published by each vendor.
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Codility
Codility, founded in 2009 and headquartered in London, assesses engineers with work simulations, coding and AI-skill tasks across Screen, Interview and Skills Intelligence, with leakage protection, plagiarism detection and EEOC four-fifths adverse impact checks.
HackerRank
HackerRank tests and interviews software developers: Screen for coding assessments, Interview for live collaborative coding and Chakra as an AI interviewer, backed by plagiarism detection, session replay and identity match.
- Pricing model
- Tiered plans1
TestGorilla
TestGorilla, founded in 2019, sells Gorilla Assessments (350+ skills tests, AI interviews, video questions, job simulations and coding tests) and Gorilla Sourcing (900M+ candidate profiles), separately or together.
LeadChange Score: editorial assessment based on public information.
What matters for small business
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Low hiring volume makes annual minimums poor value.
Role-specific skills tests
Direct skills measures are easier to defend as job-related than broad personality profiles.
Documented accommodation process
Small employers still owe reasonable accommodations and rarely have a procedure.
Simple ATS or email delivery
Tests must reach candidates without technical setup.
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Frequently asked questions
Pre-employment assessment tools for small business: are they worth it?
They are worth it when you hire repeatedly for the same role and skills can be tested directly. For a few hires a year, a structured interview and a short work sample often give similar benefit at lower cost. Whatever you use, apply it to every candidate for the role.
What is the best pre-employment assessments software for small business?
On the LeadChange Score weighted for small business, the highest-scoring of the 2 products with a published score are Codility (8.7/10) and HackerRank (8.7).
Which pre-employment assessments platforms for small business offer a free trial?
Codility and HackerRank list a free trial, according to their vendors: 2 of the 3 products for small business.
Which pre-employment assessments platforms for small business integrate with Ashby?
3 of the 3 pre-employment assessments platforms for small business document an integration with Ashby: Codility, HackerRank, and TestGorilla.
How we research
This ranking of pre-employment assessments for small business reweights the LeadChange Score: capability coverage 25%, pricing transparency & value 30%, integrations & API 10%, security & compliance 10%, fit & support 15%, and data confidence 10%. Only products with a verified fact showing they serve this segment are listed.
How this page was made
What it is built from
14 verified facts, each checked against the vendor's own pages or another primary source, most recently on Oct 24, 2026.
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Scored and compared with the LeadChange methodology, version 1.5. Read the methodology
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Sources
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Quotes from the sources
- HackerRank hackerrank.com/pricing“$948 billed annually” “Unlimited users”
- Codility codility.com/pricing“Choose the plan that fits how your team works.”
- Codility codility.com/ai-info“Codility is SOC 2 Type II audited, and the report is available under a nondisclosure agreement.” “Codility connects with 21 major platforms, including Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, SAP and SmartRecruiters.”
- TestGorilla testgorilla.com/pricing“Core from $77 /mo per account billed annually” “SOC 2 Type II compliant”
- Codility trust.codility.com“Codility's information security program is ISO 27001 certified and covered by a SOC 2 Type II report.”
- HackerRank hackerrank.com/integrations“Integration categories” “Implement SSO by leveraging any IdP using SAML 2.0.”