# What Are Assessment Insights? Reading Candidate Results Assessment Insights is SmoothHiring's comprehensive analytics dashboard for monitoring and analyzing the performance of your pre-employment assessments. It provides real-time metrics, interactive charts, and detailed breakdowns to help you understand how assessments are performing and identify areas for improvement. --- ## Accessing Assessment Insights ![Assessments](/files/flow-my-assessmentsfee51e.png) 1. Navigate to **Settings** → **Tools & Automation** → **Assessments**. 2. Click the **Insights** tab (or navigate to the Assessment Insights section from the assessment header). --- ## Dashboard Overview The dashboard organizes analytics into four tabs, each focused on a different aspect of assessment performance: | Tab | Icon | Focus | |---|---|---| | **Overview** | Dashboard | High-level KPIs, activity trends, conversion funnel, and timing | | **Candidate Performance** | People | Score distributions, trait breakdowns, and top performers | | **Assessment Performance** | Assessment | Per-assessment metrics in a detailed table | | **Integrity** | Shield | Cheating detection, flag analysis, and flagged candidates | --- ## Filtering & Time Ranges ### Time Range Selection Click **Filters** to open the filter drawer. The **Time range** section offers: | Option | Description | |---|---| | **7D** | Last 7 days | | **30D** | Last 30 days (default) | | **90D** | Last 90 days | | **1Y** | Last year | | **All** | All time | | **Custom** | Specify a custom start and end date using date pickers | ### Assessment & Job Filters - **Assessments** — multi-select typeahead to filter by specific assessments (grouped by type) - **Jobs** — multi-select typeahead to filter by specific job postings (grouped by status: Active, Internal, Expired) Applied filters appear as chips above the dashboard. Remove individual filters by clicking the **×** on each chip. --- ## Overview Tab ### KPI Cards Five key performance indicators are displayed at the top: | KPI | Description | |---|---| | **Invited** | Total candidates invited to take assessments, with period-over-period change percentage | | **Completed** | Total assessments completed, with change indicator | | **Completion Rate** | Percentage of invited candidates who completed their assessment | | **Average Score** | Mean score across all completed assessments | | **Integrity Flagged** | Number of candidates flagged for integrity concerns | ### Activity Trend A full-width line chart showing daily **Invited** and **Completed** counts over the selected time period, with the average score overlaid. ### Conversion Sankey A Sankey flow diagram visualizing the candidate journey from invitation through completion: - **Invited** → **Accessed** → **Started** → **Completed** - Drop-off rates between each stage are displayed ### Conversion Funnel A traditional funnel chart showing the same stages with counts and drop-off percentages between each level. ### Completion Time A histogram showing the distribution of how long candidates take to complete assessments, with average and median time statistics. ### Time to Start A histogram showing how long candidates wait between receiving the invitation and beginning the assessment. ### Completion by Day A bar chart showing which days of the week see the most assessment completions. --- ## Candidate Performance Tab ### Score Stream A full-width stacked area chart showing the distribution of score bands (High, Medium, Low) over time. ### Score Distribution A grouped bar chart showing the number of candidates in each score range, with flagged candidates highlighted. ### By Type Breakdown of assessment performance by type (Multi-Format, Video, Simulation), showing invited, completed, completion rate, and average score. ### By Category Performance breakdown grouped by assessment category. ### By Difficulty Performance breakdown grouped by difficulty level (Easy, Medium, Hard). ### Recruiter Recommendations Distribution of AI-generated recruiter recommendations (e.g., Strong Hire, Hire, Hold, No Hire). ### Recruiter Risk Level Distribution of AI-assessed risk levels for candidates. ### AI Match Type Distribution of AI-determined match types. ### Top Performers A list of the highest-scoring candidates across all assessments, showing candidate name, assessment title, job name, and score. --- ## Assessment Performance Tab A detailed paginated table showing per-assessment metrics: | Column | Description | |---|---| | **Assessment** | Assessment title | | **Type** | Assessment type | | **Category** | Assessment category | | **Difficulty** | Difficulty level | | **Invited** | Number of candidates invited | | **Completed** | Number who completed | | **Completion Rate** | Percentage completed | | **Avg Score** | Average score | | **Integrity Flagged** | Number flagged for integrity issues | The table supports server-side pagination for large datasets. --- ## Integrity Tab ### Integrity Analysis A full-width pie/donut chart breaking down integrity events: - **Clean** — no integrity issues detected - **Tab Switches** — candidates who switched browser tabs - **Fullscreen Exits** — candidates who exited fullscreen mode - **Copy/Paste** — candidates who attempted copy or paste operations ### Integrity Events A detailed breakdown of integrity event types and their frequencies. ### Integrity Concerns A list of flagged candidates showing: - Candidate name - Assessment title - Score - Specific integrity flags (tab switches, fullscreen exits, copy/paste events, total flags) --- ## Dashboard Customization ### Drag-and-Drop Reordering All chart cards within each tab can be reordered by dragging the **grip handle** (six-dot icon) on each card header. Your custom layout is automatically saved and persists across sessions. ### Card Sizing Each card can be toggled between half-width and full-width using the **expand/collapse** icon button in the card header. Full-width cards span the entire dashboard width; half-width cards share a row with another card. ### Reset Layout Click the **Reset layout** icon (clock/restore icon) in the dashboard header to restore the default card arrangement and sizes. ### Refresh Data Click the **Refresh** icon to reload all dashboard data with the current filters. --- ## Layout Persistence Your dashboard layout (card order and sizes) is saved automatically to the server. The layout uses a version system — when SmoothHiring updates the default layout with new cards or reorganizations, your saved layout is merged with the new defaults to preserve your preferences while adding new features. --- ## Related Pages - [My Assessments](/help/assessments-predictive/my-assessments) - [Scoring Profiles](/help/assessments-predictive/scoring-profiles) - [Predictive Analytics](/help/assessments-predictive/predictive-analytics) - [Job Fit & Assessments](/help/assessments-predictive/job-fit-assessments)