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Sales Hiring Assessment

Most assessments describe your candidates.
GPI predicts who will sell.

Built on performance data from thousands of real salespeople - not recycled workforce psychology. GPI tells you who has the drive to hit quota before you make the hire.

No credit card required · Results in under 30 minutes

9
Sales-specific traits, all weighted by predictive power
15-30
Minutes per candidate, no assessment fatigue
5+
More sales-specific traits than traditional assessments
CLAS
Cognitive learning assessment included at no extra cost
The Problem

You're being sold the wrong tools

Every assessment claims to help you find better hires. Most are built for the entire workforce and bolted onto sales use cases as an afterthought. The result: expensive tests that take too long and measure the wrong things.

Traditional Assessments

20+ generic traits. 60-120 minutes. $200-$300+ per candidate.

The kitchen-sink approach: measures traits for every function in the workforce - sales is just one of many job families they support. Long, expensive, and full of traits you don't need.

Quick Behavioral Tools

4 behavioral dimensions. Quick - but not predictive enough.

Measures assertiveness, communication, pace, and structure - a broad behavioral snapshot. Quick and affordable, but they don't tell you if your hire has drive, recognition hunger, or the interpersonal trust that closes deals.

The problem with 20+ generic traits is the same as the problem with 4 broad dimensions: neither approach was built to predict whether someone will actually sell.
Head to Head

Why GPI wins the comparison

8 criteria that matter when you're picking a sales assessment. Side by side, no spin.

Traditional Assessments Quick Behavioral Tools GPI
Built For All roles - general workforce All roles - general behavioral Sales performance, specifically
Intensity / Drive No specific scale Not measured #1 weighted predictor
Trait Model 20+ general personality traits 4 behavioral dimensions 9 traits weighted by sales data
Scoring Generic competency model Broad behavioral benchmarks Algorithm updated on thousands of top performers
Candidate Time 60-120 minutes ~10 minutes 15-30 minutes
Cost / Candidate $200-$300+ $50-$150 $150
Coaching Output General development suggestions N/A Personalized coaching plan + recommended hrs/month
Learning Aptitude Separate add-on, extra cost Separate add-on, extra cost ✓ CLAS included - accuracy, speed & style
The Science

9 traits. All sales-specific.

Traditional assessments give you 20+ general traits with no sales weighting. Quick behavioral tools give you 4. GPI gives you the 9 dimensions that actually move the needle - each scored by its proven correlation to sales output.

💪

Assertiveness

Ability to lead conversations, ask for commitments, and push back without becoming abrasive.

🎯

Independence

Self-direction and self-management. Can they run their own pipeline without constant oversight?

🏆

Drive for Recognition

Do they care if the leaderboard has their name on it? This determines how hard they push when no one's watching.

⬆️

Optimism

Resilience after rejection. The trait that determines whether a bad week breaks them or drives them harder.

🤝

Interpersonal Trust

The ability to make prospects feel genuinely understood - not just pitched. Trust is the mechanism behind relationship-based selling.

🔍

Need to Analyze

Appetite for data. Too little and they wing it. Too much and they never pick up the phone.

🙌

Need to Serve

Genuine service orientation - the trait that keeps accounts on the books after the first renewal.

🛡️

Self-Protection

Emotional boundaries under pressure. Separates resilient producers from those who take rejection personally and disengage.

Included at No Extra Cost

CLAS: Know how your hire learns - before day one

Hiring the right person is only half the battle. The other half is getting them productive fast. GPI includes the CLAS (Cognitive Learning Aptitude Scale) - the only assessment that measures both accuracy and speed of learning simultaneously.

What CLAS Measures

Learning Accuracy
How well they absorb and retain processes and information. Predicts whether training will stick or need repeating.
Learning Speed
How quickly they translate abstract concepts and processes into on-the-job performance. Predicts ramp time to full productivity.
Learning Style
Their blend of accuracy and speed reveals exactly how to train this person - not just that they need training.

The 4 Learning Styles

Analytical
High accuracy, moderate speed. Give them the manual. They'll master it.
Impatient
High speed, lower accuracy. Fast to activity - needs guardrails to avoid mistakes.
Deliberate
Careful and methodical. Slower ramp but fewer errors. Strong for complex products.
Adaptive
High accuracy and high speed. The fastest path to full productivity.

GPI + CLAS = Hire fast. Ramp faster. GPI tells you who has the drive to sell. CLAS tells you how to get them producing.

GPI + CLAS Included
As add-on elsewhere $50-$150+
The Numbers

Numbers that matter to your hiring team

GPI was built to be deployed at the top of your funnel - not reserved for your final candidates.

1,000s
Real salespeople behind the data
GPI's scoring algorithm is derived from actual sales performance data - top performers and top predictors.
15-30
Candidate completion time
Long enough to capture meaningful data. Short enough to keep candidates from dropping at the top of your funnel.
5+
More candidates assessed at the same budget
At $150 per candidate, you can assess your whole pipeline - not just your final two.
<2 hrs
Coaching guidance, per month
Each report includes a personalized coaching plan with a specific, recommended hours-per-month target.
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