RightSeat™ pre-hire assessment

A great interview can still be the wrong hire. RightSeat scores each candidate's behavior, experience, and skills against the seat you're filling, so you get a second look that a first impression can't sway.

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The seatApprentice Electrician
Dee R.
applied today
  • Behavior9A close match for the seat
  • Experience5Second-year apprentice
  • Skills7Needs a journeyman on the truck

Check before you hire: references and the apprentice hours she reports.

What RightSeat scores

Behavior

How they tend to work: their behavior patterns, what drives them, and what they value. A résumé can't show you this part.

The seat

Your benchmark for the role, set with your HireBus team. A dispatcher and a roofer need different things, so each seat sets its own target.

Outer ring to inner ringBehavior, experience, skills. The center shows the overall score.

Experience

Have they done work close enough to get up to speed in your shop? How relevant it is counts for more than how many years.

Skills

The skills they describe, scored against the job you're hiring for.

Tonya DavisCardinal Concrete Coatings

“The quality of candidates we hire with HireBus is a game changer. Setting a minimum score for interviews saves valuable time to focus on growing the business. Love this program!”

Shane FastRenew Carolinas · Home services

“These assessments give us so much insight that is very practical. It's very contextualized to the trades.”

Luke HeffernanHusky Coatings · Concrete coatings

“…we reviewed their scores, strengths, and weaknesses. They laughed and agreed with most of it. Awesome software!”

How to use the scores

The score helps you choose who to talk to first.

  1. Start with the top scores.

    The Needs Review list puts the people who score highest for the seat at the top.

  2. Read the answers.

    The interview transcript shows the details behind each score.

  3. Ask about the gaps.

    A low score in one area tells you what to ask about when you meet.

The HireBus desktop app, Candidates screen, with a Needs Review list ordered by RightSeat score
Close-up of the Needs Review list: three applicants with their RightSeat scores and a one-line reason from Iris
The HireBus app.

Questions about RightSeat

More answers on the FAQ page

Does the score decide who I hire?

No. It's one input, next to the interview answers and your own interview. A score doesn't predict whether a hire will work out. You make the hiring decision.

Does RightSeat check licenses?

No. It doesn't verify licenses, certifications, or references. Check those yourself before you make an offer.

Is RightSeat a personality test?

Not the kind that sorts people into types. Part of RightSeat is a behavioral assessment: how someone tends to work, what drives them, and what they value. RightSeat puts that next to their experience and skills and compares all three to one job, the seat you set up.

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