Leverage objective assessments for future-fit hiring

Finding the right talent at scale requires precision, efficiency and insight. Mercer’s graduate, high-volume and lateral hiring assessments help organizations identify top candidates quickly while ensuring a fair, data-driven selection process.

Hiring best-fit talent is about more than filling roles

Mercer’s pre-hire assessments help our clients streamline their selection processes to build a high-performing workforce from the start.

Using validated psychometric tools, situational judgment questionnaires and skills assessments, we help companies assess job fit and culture fit — reducing hiring bias and improving retention and performance outcomes. Whether you’re hiring graduates, early-career talent or experienced professionals, our assessments provide a brand-enhancing, candidate-friendly experience while delivering the talent intelligence you need to make confident hiring decisions.

79% of executives say their businesses need more agile talent processes to pivot their workforce toward changing business priorities.
Mercer’s 2025 Executive Outlook Study

To keep pace with rapid change, new work demands and technological advancements, aligning the right talent with the right work is critical. Strategic alignment requires more than just a hiring manager’s intuition. Our clients rely on objective data to fuel their selection decisions — to ensure they’re hiring candidates with the day-one skills to meet today’s business needs and the potential to pivot toward the needs of tomorrow.

Mercer’s talent acquisition assessments are tailored to organizational needs across functions, roles and skills frameworks. We partner with companies from a wide range of sectors, including: 

  • BPO
  • Financial services
  • Healthcare
  • High-tech
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Professional services
  • Retail
  • Telecom

A comprehensive hiring strategy for all roles and levels

74% of HR leaders that use psychometric assessments say they’ve led to higher-quality hiring decisions.
Mercer 2025 Global Talent Trends Study

Hiring made easy

Conducting more than 30 million assessments per year, we are trusted advisors to clients around the world. Why do they choose us?
  • Comprehensive assessment portfolio
    Access a suite of modern assessment tools for technical and behavioral skills — from coding simulators to personality inventories certified by the British Psychological Society.
  • Scalable online assessment platform
    Conduct standard and customized assessments at scale, with an engaging and brand-enhancing candidate experience.
  • Data-driven insights
    Explore real-time dashboards and talent insights to support objective hiring decisions.
  • Seamless automation
    Integrate assessment results with existing talent processes and technologies, including ATS and CMS platforms.
  • Remote proctoring
    Add best-in-class proctoring technology to ensure a secure testing environment, including AI-based proctoring, human proctoring and browser lockdown.
  • Unrivaled expertise in talent strategy
    Leverage Mercer’s global and local expertise to reshape the world of work. We don’t treat assessments as standalone events. Instead, we integrate them into business and workforce strategies to ensure alignment with our clients’ goals. By doing so, we deliver clear and actionable talent insights directly relevant to your business context and outcomes.
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