TestGorilla offers a library-based assessment platform of tests covering hard skills (e.g., coding, accounting) and soft skills (e.g., communication, attention to detail, culture add) to automate initial candidate screening. In two years of operations it has built a library of some 220 assessments and amassed 5,300 customers, including H&M, Sony, PepsiCo and Oracle. The company crowdsources subject-matter experts to build tests and pays them a cut each time their tests are used. TestGorilla argues its approach reduces bias versus resume screening and improves hiring efficiency, particularly for distributed teams. Planned uses of the new funding include expanding the test library by roughly one third (about 100 more tests) by the end of 2022, hiring 100 more employees, and building deeper integrations with applicant tracking systems, recruitment platforms and job boards. The founders previously ran a handmade rug business, which they plan to wind down as TestGorilla scales. TestGorilla is an HR tech startup from the Netherlands that offers short, skills-based tests to assess candidates remotely. Its platform evaluates cognitive abilities, soft skills, specific job skills, culture fit, motivation and language proficiency as an alternative to CV screening. The company frames its approach as data-driven hiring that reduces unconscious bias and helps employers sort candidates by predicted job success. Launched by Wouter Durville and former Bain partner Otto Verhage, TestGorilla says it gained over 1,500 corporate clients within nine months, including the NHS, Sony, PepsiCo and Bain & Company. The startup positions itself to open new talent pools and help employers find candidates based on demonstrated skills rather than resume brand signals. Investors and company spokespersons in the article describe the product as a more democratic and better predictor of job success. TestGorilla offers a suite of remote preselection tests designed to help companies filter early-stage applicants without holding in-person interviews. The company was founded this summer in Barcelona and is led by Otto Verhage and Wouter Durville (an ex‑partner at Bain & Company). Its core product targets increased efficiency at the start of the hiring process for employers who receive more resumes than they can review. TestGorilla announced a $1.2 million funding round on November 25, 2020. The round was led by Amsterdam-based venture firm CapitalT and included participation from an international group of business angels. The article quotes CapitalT’s Eva de Mol highlighting the need to improve early-stage hiring efficiency.

Total raised

$81M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2022