How to review assessment results with AI
Results arrive scored, ranked, and summarized. Talent Approved layers AI on top of every assessment - a plain-language verdict, tailored interview questions, and a recommended candidate - so you spend review time on decisions, not data entry.
Every candidate, scored and ranked
The Candidates list is your review hub. Each candidate shows their status (not opened, opened, in progress, completed), their score, a cheat-event count that turns into a red badge when something was flagged, and when they finished.
Candidates are automatically ranked against everyone who took the same test, with medals for top performers. Filter by test, favorite standouts, and hide the noise.
A per-question score breakdown
Open any candidate for the full audit: which answer they selected on each question, whether it was correct, how long they spent, and how many times they reopened a question. It's the detail you need to defend a decision or spot a fluke.
An AI summary for every completed test
Every completed assessment gets a concise AI summary - the score, overall performance, and notable patterns like spending unusually long on a question or a clear weak area. It's the fastest way to triage a stack of candidates before you dive into the detail.
Let AI recommend who to interview next
Talent Approved compares everyone who took the test and surfaces the single strongest candidate to interview next, with a short rationale that weighs the top contenders against each other.
Crucially, it's allowed to recommend nobody when no candidate clearly stands out - so the recommendation stays trustworthy instead of always crowning a winner.
Tailored interview questions, generated from their answers
For each candidate, AI proposes tailored interview questions to ask in person - probing the areas they got wrong, answered inconsistently, or completed suspiciously fast, plus the things a test simply can't measure.
Paired with the candidate's rank in the cohort, you get both a shortlist and a ready-made interview plan.
Spot patterns across the whole cohort
Switch to the matrix view to see candidates down the side and questions across the top, with each cell marked correct or incorrect. It's the quickest way to notice a question everyone misses (maybe it's ambiguous) or a skill the whole pool is weak on. Hover any cell to see the correct answer.
Replay the session - screen and webcam, in sync
Every assessment is screen-recorded as a replayable session. Press play to watch exactly what the candidate saw and did, question by question. When webcam recording is enabled, the screen and webcam play back in sync.
Anti-cheat moments are marked on the timeline, so you can jump straight to a flagged tab-switch or paste instead of scrubbing through the whole session.
A full activity and anti-cheat log
Alongside the replay, every assessment keeps a chronological activity log: when the link was opened, each question opened and answered, and any integrity signals - tab switches, copy and paste attempts, focus loss, and more.
These are signals to review in context, not proof of wrongdoing - but they give you a clear, defensible record when you need one.
Validate the test itself with AI Review
Before trusting a test, run AI Review: a synthetic candidate answers every question without seeing which option is marked correct. A strong score means the questions are answerable from their text alone; a weak score is a flag for ambiguous wording or a wrong answer key.
AI Review runs are kept out of your human rankings and the AI recommendation - they're a quality check on your question set, not a candidate.
Frequently asked questions
Are candidates ranked automatically?
Yes. Every completed candidate is scored and ranked against everyone who took the same test, with medals for top performers and deterministic tie-breaking.
What does the AI summary include?
A short, plain-language verdict for each completed assessment: the score, overall performance, and notable patterns such as time spent or weak areas. It's generated from the candidate's answers.
Can AI choose not to recommend anyone?
Yes. The AI-recommended-candidate feature is allowed to recommend nobody when no candidate clearly stands out, which keeps the recommendation meaningful.
What gets recorded during an assessment?
Every session is screen-recorded as a replayable session and logged with integrity signals. If you enable it on the test, the candidate's webcam and microphone are also recorded continuously with their consent, and play back in sync with the screen.
What is AI Review?
AI Review creates a synthetic candidate that answers your test blind - without seeing the correct answers - to validate that the questions are clear and answerable. These runs are excluded from human rankings and recommendations.