Identify Top Talent Faster with FirstView Candidate Assessment

Hiring the wrong person is expensive. The right hire drives productivity, strengthens teams, and improves business performance. The FirstView Candidate Assessment from HireSmart helps organizations make smarter hiring decisions with fast, data-driven insights into candidate potential.  FirstView is a powerful pre-employment assessment designed to evaluate the key behavioral traits and cognitive abilities that predict on-the-job success. In just 15 minutes, employers gain deeper visibility into how candidates think, communicate, collaborate, and perform under pressure — before making a hiring decision. HireSmart offers FirstView as a reliable pre-hire assessment solution to help organizations streamline their hiring strategies with data-driven insights.

First View Candidate Assessment generates behavioral interview questions, which can then be used in follow-up interviews, strengthening your candidate screening assessment process. The tool measures the following key competencies that influence job performance:

  • Rules
  • Extroversion
  • Assertiveness
  • Teaming
  • Sensitivity
  • Organization
  • Cognitive Ability

Built for Multiple Industries and Job Types

First View Candidate Assessment generates separate reports for the following jobs: Management, Financial, Healthcare, Production, Telemarketing, Sales, Customer Service, Information, Technology, Food Service, Warehouse, Retail Sales, Administrative, Engineering, Hospitality, and Driver.

Reduce Hiring Costs and Improve Workforce Performance

  • Reduce turnover and costly hiring mistakes
  • Lower staffing and operations costs
  • Decrease time-to-fill for open positions
  • Improve employee productivity and performance
  • Build stronger, higher-performing teams
  • Increase profit per employee

Identify High Performers Before You Hire

Have you ever hired somebody who didn’t work out because you didn’t know enough about them? The FirstView pre-employment screening test is a popular, affordable, reliable, and convenient candidate aptitude assessment that also functions as a pre-screening assessment for hiring, helping you avoid costly hiring mistakes. HireSmart, LLC offers FirstView as a powerful solution designed to provide an accurate assessment of job applicants’ problem-solving ability and personality fit for your position. As a trusted pre-employment assessment tool, it enables recruiters to make informed decisions based on objective data rather than guesswork.

FirstView enables employers to create “high performer models,” based on the traits and abilities of successful employees already in the organization. By comparing applicants against proven success profiles, employers can more accurately predict future job performance and long-term fit. Instead of relying solely on resumes or interviews, recruiters gain objective hiring intelligence that supports faster, smarter, and more confident hiring decisions.

Whether you are hiring for one critical role or scaling an entire workforce, FirstView helps you identify top talent quickly, reduce hiring risk, and improve overall workforce quality. The First View Candidate Assessment can be completed by a job applicant in just 15 minutes, making it a fast and efficient pre-hire assessment solution available at a cost of $50 or less. To learn how we can support your hiring process, feel free to contact us for more information.