SetBenchmark user guide
SetBenchmark helps your company test and interview job candidates, and check the skills of your own employees.
This guide shows every screen, one area at a time. Each part says what the screen is for, and how to use it, step by step.
The pictures come from a sample company called “Northwind”. Your company’s name, logo and colours appear in their place.
Try: how do I give a candidate more time? change our logo who marks written answers delete a candidate’s data make a test with timed sections
New here? Watch the 11:02 demo: a company set up, a test, a candidate, an interview and a decision, then what happens when a candidate cheats.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Company admin | Sets up the company: team members, sign-in, look and feel, privacy and billing. Can do everything. |
| Recruiter | Builds tests, adds and invites candidates, schedules interviews. |
| Hiring manager | Reviews results and makes the hiring decision. |
| Interviewer | Marks written answers and runs interviews. Doesn’t see test scores before deciding. |
| HR manager | Tests your own employees’ skills, gives certificates, sees the skill map. |
| Employee | Takes skill tests from HR and sees their own skills. |
| Candidate | Gets a link by email, takes the test or interview. Needs no account. |
You only see the parts of SetBenchmark your role allows, and the parts your company’s plan includes.
Chapters
1. Getting startedHow to sign in, join your team, and find your way around.2. TestsBuild a test, publish it, invite candidates, and follow the results.3. The question libraryQuestions, skills and role profiles used to build tests.4. Candidates and decisionsEveryone applying, their results, and the hiring decision.5. Marking, integrity and appealsAnswers that need a person, notes from monitoring, and candidates asking for a second look.6. InterviewsLive video interviews with a shared code editor, scorecards, and AI interviews.7. Analytics and reportsNumbers about your hiring, and reports you can download or schedule.8. Employee skillsTesting your own people. Kept fully apart from hiring.9. Settings (admins)Setting up your company. Click “Settings” in the left menu; each subject is in the Settings menu on the left of the page, grouped into Organisation, Account and Connect. Most of these are for company admins.10. What candidates seeThe candidate’s side, from the invitation email to the end of the test. Candidates need no account.11. Platform console (Kombee staff)For Kombee staff only: every company on SetBenchmark.12. The status pageIs SetBenchmark working right now?