The basics of what you need to know to get started — in less than 5 minutes.
You’re on the Core plan, TestGorilla’s essential toolkit for skills-based hiring. This quick guide helps you set up your account, build your first assessment, and invite your first candidates so you can start making better hiring decisions fast.
Approx. read time: 4 minutes
In this article
- 🎥 Watch: A 2-minute tour of TestGorilla
- Create your team
- Create an assessment
- Invite candidates
- Analyze results
🎥 Watch: A 2-minute tour of TestGorilla
New to TestGorilla? Start here! This quick video gives you an overview of the platform and shows you how to create your first assessment, invite candidates, and review results, all in one place.
Create your team
The best way to start is by creating your team. On the Core plan, you can add team members based on your plan’s seat limit.
You can invite team members as:
Admin – full access to assessments, results, and billing
Recruiter – create and manage assessments, invite candidates, and view results
Hiring manager – review candidate results and leave feedback
You can also invite teammates to test assessments internally before sending them to candidates — a great way to check flow, timing, and communication tone.
➡️ Learn more: Managing your team
Create an assessment
Assessments are the core of how you evaluate candidates in TestGorilla. Choose a role, add tests and custom questions, and preview the flow before sending it to candidates.
➡️ Follow our 15-minute checklist to create your first assessment
Invite candidates
You can invite your candidates to your assessment through three methods:
- Email — invite one at a time, or in bulk via file upload (if your plan permits).
- Public link — add a link to your job post so candidates can self-invite.
- ATS — connect your applicant tracking system for a seamless process (availability depends on your plan).
Analyze results
On the results page, candidates are ranked by percentile and raw scores so you can quickly focus on top performers. Click a candidate's name to view overall results and a breakdown of scores on individual tests to identify strengths and gaps.
On a candidate's results page, you'll see their answers and scores for your custom questions and AI resume scoring. By clicking each tool, you can view responses. You can rate each question and leave comments as needed.
After reviewing results, update the hiring stage of each candidate to keep track. Once you've made a hire, change the stage to Hired.
🚀 Next step: Build your first assessment
You’ve set up your account — now it’s time to put it into action. Follow our assessment checklist to go from setup to live assessment in just 15 minutes.