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The best soft skills assessment for high-volume and early-career hiring.

Predict potential, scale hiring, and hire smarter with our easy-to-use and scientifically validated durable skills assessment, no certifications needed.

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Simple meets sophisticated

Hiring at scale is tough. Plum simplifies it by matching applicants to your roles in just three easy steps:

Applicants complete a fast, science-backed behavioral assessment, measuring cognitive ability, situational judgment, and behavioral tendencies — surfacing potential far beyond the resume.

Preview of Plum's soft skills assessment result

Plum's Role Model will pinpoint the durable soft skills required for your roles. Just share your job description and instantly identify the innate behavioral capabilities that drive success in any role, ensuring your hiring criteria are grounded in behavioral science.

Preview of Plum's soft skills assessment talent criteria dashboard

Surface best-fit early-career candidates instantly using a candidate assessment platform that aligns soft skills to your hiring needs. No guesswork, just data-driven clarity.

Preview of Plum's soft skills assessment candidate matching dashboard

Where hard skills fail, soft skills scale.

Technical know-how might get early career candidates started, but it’s durable soft skills like communication, adaptability, and innovation that keep them performing, engaged, and effective. In fact, these skills are 4X more predictive of success than a resume alone.

Unlock scalable, high-quality early career talent acquisition by measuring the soft skills that drive long-term success.

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Quickly turn your long list into a short list.

Reduce guesswork and make smarter decisions with unlimited candidate assessments. Plum’s science-backed insights cut through the noise so you can identify high-potential candidates early in the hiring process.

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Overturn your turnover.

Improve employee retention by 77% by hiring people who align with your role, culture, and company mission. Purpose-driven hiring starts here.

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Your shortcut to standout early talent.

Skip the sift-and-sort struggle. Accelerate your employee selection strategy with high-quality candidates so qualified, 93% of managers would hire them again.

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Integrate easily, scale effortlessly.

Plum integrates seamlessly with your ATS or HRIS, making it easy to implement and scale across high-growth high-volume recruitment teams.

Case studies and more

See how Scotiabank achieved 182% ROI in just 7 months! Case Study

Scotiabank ROI Case Study

See how Scotiabank achieved 182% ROI in just 7 months!

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Scotiabank Transforms Campus Recruiting Replacing Resumes with Behavioral Assessment Case Study

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A candidate experience they’ll thank you for

Plum isn’t just another pre-employment test. Our assessment empowers candidates with personalized insights they can use, whether they’re hired or not creating a meaningful, human-first experience.

92%

Assessment
completion rate

93%

Assessment
satisfaction rate

97%

Applicants agree
Plum helped them understand their strengths and career opportunities

Don't take our word for it

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Fast, frictionless support

Plum's customer service is always ready to serve your needs.

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customer tickets are resolved
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are solved within 24 hours

Trusted, transparent, and verified.

Plum is a science-backed, anti-bias assessment that uncovers the real behaviors and problem-solving potential of every applicant.

Plum meets or exceeds:

  • Assessment anti-bias audit (incl. NYC LL144)
  • Test-retest reliability
  • Scientific validation
  • WCAG accessibility audits
  • 90%+ assessment completion rate
  • Translated to 21 Languages

Infrastructure & Security

  • Plum utilizes Amazon's AWS. Amazon’s physical infrastructure has been accredited under ISO 27001, SOC 1/SOC 2/SSAE 16/ISAE 3402, PCI Level 1, FISMA Moderate, and Sarbanes-Oxley.
  • Technical controls guided by NIST SP 800-53 and 800-63
  • Conducts third-party pen-tests annually
  • 99%+ Uptime

Explainable AI

  • Selection models (applicant matching) use rules-based automation, not AI.
  • Consistent, repeatable, and reliable.

Ready to your make early-career and high-volume hiring faster, fairer, and more effective?

Schedule a personalized demo to see how Plum helps speed up your hiring process, reduce turnover, and find the right people at the right time — all with the power of data-driven hiring analytics. 

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. Plum integrates directly with SAP SuccessFactors, Greenhouse, iCIMS, and Paylocity. For other platforms, Plum offers a public API that enables integration with virtually any ATS or CRM, including Workday and Phenom.

Plum’s assessment boasts a 92% completion rate, significantly higher than industry averages. This success is driven by its engaging, user-friendly design and the tangible value it offers candidates, including personalized insights they can use for their development.

Yes. Plum has successfully passed an independent, third-party bias audit in accordance with New York City’s Local Law 144 (NYC LL144), which governs the use of automated employment decision tools. This audit confirms that Plum’s assessment meets the required standards for fairness and transparency. You can view our results in our Help Center.

Yes, Plum’s assessment currently supports 21 languages including:

  • English
  • French (CA and EU)
  • Spanish (LA and EU)
  • German
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
  • Japanese
  • and more!

The Plum assessment typically takes 25 minutes to complete. It's designed to be both scientifically robust and time-efficient, so candidates can complete it in one sitting without fatigue, improving accuracy and completion rates.

No. Plum augments your existing process by adding validated soft skills data to inform decisions. It works best when integrated with resumes and structured interviews to create a comprehensive view of a candidate's potential. Plum provides structured interview questions to help further qualify candidates' soft skills.

Organizations using Plum have seen measurable improvements, including up to 77% higher retention rates and 50% reduction in TA costs. By improving candidate quality early in the funnel and reducing turnover, Plum helps TA leaders meet hiring goals while optimizing budget.

Plum prioritizes data privacy and security. Candidate data is stored in secure, compliant systems (AWS ISO 27001, SOC-2, PCI DSS). Identifiers are separated from assessment content to protect anonymity, and data access is role-based.

No. The Plum assessment is designed to be fair and resistant to manipulation. Since Match Criteria are unique to each role, it’s difficult for candidates to know what specific Talents an employer is looking for. Additionally, the assessment includes a mix of forced-choice questions, dynamic puzzles, and work scenarios, making it extremely challenging to target a specific outcome. To maintain the integrity of results, candidates can only retake the assessment once every 12 months.

No, Plum is built around the value of assessing every applicant you have so we provide unlimited assessments to all of our customers.
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