Small business▲+5Since September 2026: 71% → 76%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
76%from 71% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 8 pointsRank 1 of 80, unchanged
4 categories · RankedTestGorilla
265Judge labels
81First choices
50Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
4Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
76% in Candidate assessment for small business buyers
Rank 1 of 118 in the mid-market standingendorsed leader
4 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 11% of its 53 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of TestGorilla →By buyer segmentStrongest at small business.
Small business1 of 80
76%70 labels
endorsed leader
Mid-market1 of 118
52%53 labels
endorsed leader
Enterprise5 of 75
9%32 labels
criticized challenger
In candidate assessment · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named TestGorilla for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate assessment | Talent acquisition | 52% | 1 of 118 | 11% | 53 | endorsed leader | ▼−18Since September 2026: 68% → 50%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Technical hiring assessments | Talent acquisition | 10% | 5 of 71 | 32% | 28 | criticized challenger | ▲+5Since September 2026: 5% → 10%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Skills intelligence | Performance and talent management | 0% | 33 of 127 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Skills Base at 18% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| AI recruiting assistants | Talent acquisition | 0% | 51 of 90 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Manatal at 31% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, TestGorilla moved past the floor in one of four categories: Candidate assessment, −18 points to 50%. It held within the floor in the other three.
Best category · Candidate assessment · by segment
Mid-market▼−18Since September 2026: 68% → 50%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.
50%from 68% in September 2026
Cleared the floor by 5 pointsRank 1 of 115, unchanged
Enterprise▲+5Since September 2026: 5% → 10%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
10%from 5% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 8 pointsRank 7 → 5 of 67
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate assessment | 68% | 50% | ▼−18Since September 2026: 68% → 50%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked. | Moved past the floor | Rank 1 of 118, unchanged |
| Technical hiring assessm | 5% | 10% | ▲+5Since September 2026: 5% → 10%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 6 → 5 of 71 |
| Skills intelligence | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 25 → 33 of 127 |
| AI recruiting assistants | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 29 → 51 of 90 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated TestGorilla across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated TestGorilla across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct43 labels18
Paraphrase36 labels28
Comparative64 labels23not counted in share
Budget-constrained56 labels28
Scale-constrained23 labels7
Negative43 labels3not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative265 labels in all, every segment counted; 81 of the 107 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“HackerEarth and TestGorilla stand out for their balance of features, pricing accessibility, and ATS integration compatibility without requiring full enterprise implementations.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Technical hiring assessm · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: TestGorilla ... arguably the best on the market for offering a mix of cognitive ability, culture add, and role-specific skills” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Candidate assessment · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, TestGorilla offers the best balance of test breadth, pricing flexibility, and ease of deployment.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Candidate assessment · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you need zero upfront cost: start with TestGorilla’s free plan or LeetCode’s free problem bank for initial screening” Muse Glimmer 30B · Technical hiring assessm · budget prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Why Avoid: If you have a limited budget or require responsive technical support, this platform may lead to frustration.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Candidate assessment · negative prompt · hard negative
“TestGorilla-style general testing platforms when your need is deep technical screening, because they are broader assessment suites rather than specialized developer tools.” Perplexity Sonar · Technical hiring assessm · negative prompt · soft negative
“While widely used and effective for skills testing, some candidates complain about the quality of "Soft Skills" or "Culture Add" multiple-choice questions.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Candidate assessment · negative prompt · soft negative
“Some candidate feedback highlights poor question quality (broken English, unclear phrasing), unexpected subscription charges post-use” Grok 4.1 Fast · Candidate assessment · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as TestGorilla, over the 265 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and TestGorilla was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as TestGorilla, over the 265 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and TestGorilla was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named TestGorilla. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 253 of the 265 answers that named TestGorilla and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
testgorilla.comYour site149
g2.com84
firsthr.app79
bryq.com78
testtrick.com76
hackerrank.com72
selectsoftwarereviews.com65
hirevire.com58
testlify.com58
hiretruffle.com56
626 of the 775 domain citations in answers naming TestGorilla came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where TestGorilla stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where TestGorilla stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “assessment platforms”
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not in the top ten
Position for “pre-employment assessment platform”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 4,400 a month (“testgorilla”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 170 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 58,548 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 20,332 · 241 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 6,647
- Paid Google search
- 2 searches its ads show for, about 23 clicks and $462 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
52%
rank 1 of 118 in candidate assessment
First choices
81
across its categories
- Named in
- 265 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 253 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Follow TestGorilla
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
The company
TestGorilla is its own company.ShowHide
The company
TestGorilla is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- AI-Powered Talent Sourcing & Skills Assessments
- For
- talent professionals
- Free plan or trial
- Try for free testgorilla.com
- Certifications
- SOC 2
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, integrations, hosting, customers
What TestGorilla's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: testgorilla.com, trust.testgorilla.com. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Is this your product?
Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when TestGorilla's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as TestGorilla, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for TestGorilla by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where TestGorilla is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name TestGorilla, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where TestGorilla is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.ShowHide
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where TestGorilla is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.
ShowHideAI models recommend TestGorilla first in Candidate assessment this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.