Work Samples and Skills Assessments

Create proportionate job-relevant tasks, score the work consistently and avoid unpaid production assignments.

What you will build

A candidate task, preparation brief and scoring rubric.

Before you start: Talent Engineering Fundamentals, or equivalent recruitment experience.

74 min estimated, including practice. 4 written lessons.

What you will learn

• Choose a representative slice of work
• Write instructions that reduce irrelevant variation
• Score outputs using evidence and anchors
• Pilot fairness, burden and usefulness

Course lessons

1. Choose a representative slice of work
2. Write instructions that reduce irrelevant variation
3. Score outputs using evidence and anchors
4. Pilot fairness, burden and usefulness

Complete the lessons and pass the five-question knowledge assessment at 80% to earn a free course certificate. Exercises are self-directed, not independently graded.