The Grit and Resilience Test for Employment gives hiring managers a clear, score-based read on how an applicant handles pressure, setbacks, and long stretches without quick wins. This assessment is built around five traits:
Which shows you who sticks with a task through to the end. Use it to screen for staying power that resumes and interviews rarely reveal, so your next hire is someone who follows through.
EmployTest is perfect for small to medium-sized organizations, with flexible pay-per-test block pricing and no annual licensing costs.
A resume shows what someone has done. It rarely shows how they respond when a project stalls or a shift turns chaotic. Replacing a bad hire can cost well into 6 figures once recruiting, training, and lost productivity are added up.
Interviews alone often miss this gap. Companies without a standardized screening process face far higher odds of a mismatched hire.
A grit and resilience test gives you objective, score-based data on persistence and follow-through before hiring, so tough calls rest on evidence instead of a hunch.
The Elite Grit Profile scores applicants across five traits that line up with the key personality traits for success research points to for long-term follow-through:
Achievement Drive: how competitive and driven someone is to reach goals
Can-Do Attitude: how steady a person stays under stress
Goal Focus: the ability to stay on task despite distractions
Self-Confidence: how sure someone is in their own decisions
Work Ethic: how reliable, punctual, and hardworking a candidate tends to be
Together, these traits show how a candidate holds up once the job gets difficult, beyond the polish of a good interview.
Every completed test generates an instant Elite Grit Profile report. Applicants land in one of three bands: Caution, Moderate, or High. Each of the five traits gets its own percentile score, plus plain-language notes on what that score means in practice.
The report also includes Management Strategies for coaching and onboarding each trait, along with an Interview Guide with Scored Follow-Up Questions you can use to dig deeper in the interview and rate responses on a 1 to 7 scale.
Sign in to your dashboard, and the report is waiting the moment testing wraps up.
This test works best when persistence directly affects results on the job. Strong fits include:
If the work depends on someone showing up day after day and pushing through the hard weeks, this test tells you who is built for it before hiring.
Grit is backed by more than opinion. Research links higher grit scores to stronger job performance and better retention, with gritty employees more likely to stay through a role’s first tough stretch.
Career readiness researchers also list personal accountability and follow-through among the behaviors employers expect most from work-ready candidates.
Pairing this data with behavioral assessments for hiring gives you two separate signals pointing at the same answer: this candidate finishes what they start, on paper and in the room.
Getting started takes minutes. Sign in to your dashboard, invite candidates by email, and they complete the test on their own time.
Reports land in your account the moment testing finishes, so you are not waiting on anyone else to score it.
Pair it with a Cognitive Ability Test or Attention to Detail Test for a fuller picture of how a candidate thinks and works before hiring.
What does the Grit and Resilience Test measure?
It scores five traits: achievement drive, can-do attitude, goal focus, self-confidence, and work ethic. Each trait gets a percentile score and a Caution, Moderate, or High rating, so you can see exactly where an applicant is strong and where they might need support.
Who should take the Grit and Resilience Test?
This test fits jobs where persistence and follow-through matter most, including sales, customer service, logistics, and healthcare support. It works well for any position where steady effort over the long run matters as much as day 1 skills.
How long does the test take to complete?
Most applicants finish in a few minutes. The test uses short, direct questions, so it fits easily into a screening process without slowing down your pipeline.
What is included in the score report?
The report shows an overall percentile score, a breakdown by trait, plain-language notes on expected behaviors, Management Strategies for coaching, and an Interview Guide with Scored Follow-Up Questions for your next interview.
Can I use this test alongside other assessments?
Yes. Many hiring teams pair it with a Cognitive Ability Test or Attention to Detail Test to see both how a candidate thinks and how they are likely to handle pressure on the job.
How much does this cost?
Pricing is simple and flexible as your needs change. Each test completed uses one test credit. (See pricing for credits)
Can I get a free sample before I purchase?
Yes, just visit Try for Free to provide your information and we’ll send a free sample of the test you request.
