Soft Skills Assessment For High Volume Early-Career Hiring

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

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.

Animated illustration of a standout job candidate highlighted with a star, representing Plum’s ability to identify high-potential talent through its soft skills assessment

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

Report

Reducing Bias in HR using Artificial Intelligence

by Torin Ellis and Aptitude Research

Case Study

Scotiabank Case Study

Scotiabank Transforms Campus Recruiting Replacing Resumes with Behavioral Assessment

More Resources

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

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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.

See what people are saying about Plum

"Scotiabank’s deployment of Plum for its early-career hiring efforts underscores the quantifiable — and scalable — ROI that organizations can achieve by implementing Plum’s Talent Assessment and ditching antiquated means of assessment to expand applicant reach and improve sourcing strategy."

– Evelyn McMullen

Research Manager

"Plum is a practical and insightful tool designed for the workplace… its straightforward format makes it easy to understand and apply, empowering individuals to recognize their strengths, preferences, and growth areas in a meaningful way.”

– Rose Scaringella-Cappelli

Manager at Arup

"As a job seeker it rarely happens that you enjoy the job application process. I was pleased to take this test powered by Plum... Regardless of whether or not you make it through... it's good to understand your strengths and get such valuable feedback through a job application process."

– LinkedIn user

"I don’t usually share reviews like this, but I was genuinely impressed by Plum. The platform stands out not only for its process but also for the depth and accuracy of its profile insights. Unlike other tools that rely on a few data points and broad assumptions, Plum takes a much more precise and strategic approach. A game-changer for HR professionals — definitely worth exploring!"