Criteria
Cognitive, personality, and skills pre-employment testing.
Quote-based pricing 14-day free trial
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Bottom line
Pre-employment testing and video interviewing sold as three packages: Assess, Interview, and Hire. Quote-based, with a 14-day free trial.
Stands out for: Cognitive, personality, emotional intelligence, risk, and skills tests on one platform, with video interviews in the same suite.
Watch out for: All three packages are sales-quoted. AI proctoring, the AI interview agent, and AI scoring are paid upgrades, and Develop is a separate add-on.
Overview
Criteria is a pre-employment assessment platform. The test catalog covers cognitive ability, personality, emotional intelligence, risk, and skills, with a test builder and template library. Criteria Interview adds async and real-time video interviews with transcripts and summaries. Criteria Hire bundles both. Every package includes branding, standard ATS integrations, SSO, and MFA. A post-hire product, Criteria Develop, adds check-ins and AI coaching for managers and teams.
Teams pick Criteria when they want a broad, science-backed test battery and optional video interviews from one vendor. Pricing is quote-based and depends on package and headcount, and a 14-day free trial is available. AI upgrades add AI proctoring, AI scoring and summaries, and a conversational AI interview agent. Integrations cover major ATS and HCM systems such as Greenhouse, iCIMS, Workday, and SmartRecruiters.
Who it's for
Best for
- HR teams adding validated pre-hire tests
- Companies that want cognitive plus personality tests
- Teams that want tests and video interviews together
- Buyers who want a free trial before a demo
Not ideal for
- Engineering teams that only need a live coding pad
- Buyers who need a published price
Key features
Cognitive tests. General mental ability and aptitude measures used early in screening.
Personality assessments. Work-style and behavioral inventories for role and culture fit signal.
Skills tests. Job-specific skill checks that sit alongside cognitive and personality data.
Pricing
Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Three packages (Assess, Interview, Hire) are priced by headcount, with AI upgrades and the Develop add-on on top, and a 14-day free trial is available. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Criteria expensive?
Criteria does not publish a price. It is one of 26 quote-based tools among the 43 assessments tools in our directory. 7 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $99 a month.
- 26 quote-based
- 7 free tier
- 18 public price
Worked out automatically from every assessments listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Broad test catalog in one platform
- Video interviewing in the same suite
- 14-day free trial
Cons
- No published price
- AI features cost extra
- Develop is a separate add-on
Integrations
Greenhouse iCIMS Workday SmartRecruiters Lever BambooHR UKG Pro Bullhorn
How Criteria compares
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| | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | |
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| | ✓ | $215/mo | – | – | Compare |
 Harver High-volume hiring assessments if frontline roles are the focus. | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | Enterprise | – | – | Compare |
Sales-quoted API
Enterprise psychometrics if Criteria is one of two assessment bids.
$215/mo Free tier
Broad test catalog with a more self-serve buying motion.
HarverSales-quoted API
High-volume hiring assessments if frontline roles are the focus.
Enterprise
Enterprise video interviews plus assessments in one platform.