The Hire Talent

What The Hire Talent does

The Hire Talent, now operating as Discovered Assessments – powered by Discovered.ai, is a US-based pre-employment assessment platform founded in 1986 and headquartered in Brea, California. The company provides psychometric testing services to employers and hiring organizations through a suite of assessment types: personality and behavioral, aptitude, cognitive ability, skills, leadership, and sales assessments. The platform is delivered online via internet-enabled devices with immediate reporting, and includes integrated hiring workflow tools such as structured interview guides, candidate scorecards, automated reference checking (Reference Hunter), one-way video interviews, automated interview scheduling, and the RapidRecruit applicant tracking system. The underlying methodology rests on a proprietary 50+ trait library, a Behavioral Quadrants framework, and the FACT Based Hiring System, with anti-cheating controls such as embedded lie questions, multi-trait questions, and consistency checks.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market combining self-serve website access and free trials with an inside sales motion reachable via phone. Revenue is generated through three pricing tiers: per-test purchases, volume-based test packages of 10 to 1,000 tests with volume discounts, and annual unlimited-use subscriptions. The customer base is described as "hundreds of businesses" with no named enterprise anchors disclosed. The company claims tens of thousands of assessments completed since 1986 and hundreds of thousands over a 26+ year span with no legal or government challenges. The company is led by CEO Fletcher Wimbush, maintains a 1-10 person team, holds SHRM and HRCI continuing education provider status, and operates a Luxembourg office in addition to its US headquarters.

Name

The Hire Talent

Legal name

The Hire Talent

Website

https://preemploymentassessments.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Hire Talent (now Discovered Assessments) is a US-based pre-employment assessment platform, founded in 1986, that delivers psychometric tests, skills evaluations, and hiring workflow tools to SMB employers and HR professionals via a self-serve and inside-sales motion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pre-Employment Assessment Software

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Services (5613), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Pre-Employment Screening & Aptitude Testing (BPACAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD), Personality & Behavioral Assessments (BPACAMAC), Cognitive Ability & General Intelligence Testing (BPACAMAB), Skills & Job-Specific Competency Testing (Hard Skills) (BPACAMAD), Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Training (EDABAIAA)

Keywords

• Pre-employment assessments
• Candidate testing software
• Applicant tracking system
• Personality assessments
• Hiring accuracy platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Brea

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Per-Test Purchases: Pay per individual assessment/test taken. Pricing varies based on the type and depth of assessment.
2. Test Packages: Bundle pricing for test packages ranging from 10 to 1,000 tests with special pricing discounts for higher volume purchases.
3. Yearly Subscription (Unlimited Use): Annual subscription model with unlimited assessment usage, suitable for organizations with ongoing hiring needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Hire Talent (operating as Discovered Assessments, powered by Discovered.ai) sells an online pre-employment assessment platform that helps employers evaluate job candidates across personality, cognitive ability, aptitude, skills, leadership, and sales dimensions. The platform combines science-backed assessment tests with hiring workflow tools such as interview guides, scorecards, automated reference checking, one-way video interviews, interview scheduling, and an applicant tracking system (RapidRecruit) to improve hiring accuracy and reduce turnover. Customers can purchase individual tests, volume test packages, or unlimited annual subscriptions.

Product overview

The Hire Talent (now operating as Discovered Assessments powered by Discovered.ai) offers an all-inclusive pre-employment testing platform for hiring accuracy. The core offering consists of seven assessment types: Personality & Behavioral Assessments, Aptitude Assessments, Cognitive Ability Assessments, Skills Assessments, Leadership Assessments, Sales Assessments, and Custom Skill Assessments. These assessments are complemented by a suite of hiring tools including Interview Guides, Candidate Scorecards, Reference Hunter, One-Way Video Interview, Automated Interview Scheduling, and RapidRecruit (an Applicant Tracking System). The platform integrates assessment testing with hiring workflow tools to provide end-to-end candidate evaluation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Employment Testing Platform An all-in-one candidate assessment platform that combines multiple assessment types with hiring workflow tools to help employers enhance hiring accuracy and reduce turnover.
• Personality & Behavioral Assessments Evaluates candidate character traits, work style, and cultural fit to determine how well candidates will align with company values and team dynamics.
• Aptitude Assessments Measures cognitive speed, logic, and reasoning abilities to evaluate a candidate's intellectual capacity and learning potential.
• Cognitive Ability Assessments Tests mental agility and job problem-solving capabilities, assessing logical reasoning, numerical skills, and verbal comprehension.
• Skills Assessments Verifies candidates have practical knowledge and real-world job task abilities required for specific roles, ensuring day-one effectiveness.
• Leadership Assessments Evaluates team and people management skills, identifying strategic thinking and decision-making abilities for future leadership roles.
• Sales Assessments Predicts sales success by evaluating resilience, customer focus, and other skills needed to consistently meet or exceed sales targets.
• Custom Skill Assessments Allows creation of role-specific hiring assessments tailored to unique technical skills or competencies required for specialized positions.
• Reference Hunter
• RapidRecruit (Applicant Tracking System)

Quantifiable outcome

• No legal or government problems in 26+ years of operation with hundreds of thousands of assessments completed
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature14 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSHRM Recertification Provider - officially authorized to provide SHRM continuing education credits for HR professionals completing their hiring and talent management training programs.
• HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCertified Continuing Education provider for HRCI professional development credits, enabling HR professionals to maintain their certifications through company training programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Thomas International: Thomas International offers personality, behavioral, and aptitude assessments for hiring and leadership development, similar in product breadth and target buyer (HR leaders and hiring managers).
• HireVue: HireVue is a direct competitor offering video-based interviewing combined with pre-hire assessments and AI-driven candidate evaluation. It competes for the same employer buyers seeking structured, data-driven candidate screening.
• Pymetrics: Pymetrics offers neuroscience-based behavioral assessments for candidate screening and talent redeployment, overlapping directly with The Hire Talent's personality and aptitude offerings for the same employer segment.
• SHL: SHL provides psychometric, cognitive, and skills assessments for pre-employment and talent management at scale. Comparable to The Hire Talent on aptitude/cognitive testing depth and enterprise validation methodology.
• Predictive Index: Predictive Index sells behavioral and cognitive assessments for hiring and leadership development with comparable psychometrics-based positioning. Both firms target HR buyers with science-backed assessments and validation research.
• Harver: Harver provides volume hiring assessments, video interviewing, and ATS-like workflow tools, mirroring The Hire Talent's combined assessment + RapidRecruit ATS offering for high-volume employers.

Broad incumbents

• Eightfold AI: Eightfold AI is a talent intelligence platform with skills assessment, behavioral matching, and hiring analytics. It competes with The Hire Talent in the pre-employment assessment and candidate matching category, particularly for enterprise buyers.
• iCIMS: iCIMS is a broad talent acquisition platform with built-in assessment integrations. It competes indirectly by offering assessment add-ons within an enterprise ATS suite, raising switching costs against standalone vendors like The Hire Talent.

Emerging players

• Plum: Plum delivers AI-powered behavioral and cognitive assessments for hiring, with a modern SaaS UX that overlaps The Hire Talent's personality and aptitude products for the same mid-market employer segment.
• HackerRank: HackerRank is a skills and technical assessment platform used heavily in software hiring, comparable to The Hire Talent's skills and custom assessment offerings for technical and job-specific competency testing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@discoveredhiring
• Xx.com/thehiretalent
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheHiretalent

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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