Criteria is a leading provider of web-based, pre-employment testing services. Criteria's mission is to make high-quality pre-employment testing solutions accessible to companies of all sizes. The HireSelect testing system is a SaaS (software as a service) solution that enables organizations to better manage their most important asset — their human capital — by providing state-of-the-art assessment tools to increase the effectiveness of the employee selection and retention process. HireSelect features aptitude, personality, emotional intelligence, and skills tests.
Greenhouse Recruiting's integration with Criteria (HireSelect) allows users to send assessments and receive results in Greenhouse Recruiting via Harvest API. In this article, we will cover how to:
Request Assessment API Key from Criteria
To start, contact your Criteria Customer Success Manager to receive your API key. Once you have received your API key, fill out the form at www.greenhouse.io/asksupport or click here to open a ticket.
The Greenhouse Support Team will respond with a SendSafely link for you to enter your API key. A notification will be sent to the Greenhouse Support Team after you have entered your API key and they will email you to confirm that your API key has been set up in your account and your integration is enabled.
Configure User Setup Permissions and Retrieve User ID in Greenhouse Recruiting
In order to enable the Greenhouse Recruiting / Criteria HireSelect integration, you will need the developer permission Can manage ALL organization’s API Credentials.
Contact a Greenhouse user in your organization with Site Admin level permissions with the additional user-specific permission Can edit another user's advanced permissions to apply the API credential management permission to your account. Have the user with Site Admin level permissions edit your user account's permissions by navigating to the Configure icon > Users > Your Name.
The user with Site Admin level permissions should navigate to the Permissions panel on your user page and expand the Developer Permissions dropdown menu.
Select Can manage ALL organization’s API Credentials so that a check is in the checkbox. When finished, click Save.
Repeat as necessary for any other user who should have access to set up the integration.
You will need to provide Criteria with the user ID for the On-Behalf-Of header. The user should have access to the Developer Permission Can manage ALL organization's API Credentials as illustrated above. To retrieve the user ID, from the User page, navigate to the URL and copy the number provided there.
Save this user ID to provide to the Criteria team in a later step.
Create Harvest API Key for the Greenhouse Recruiting / Criteria HireSelect Integration
To create a Harvest API key for the integration, click on the Configure icon in the upper right-hand corner. Navigate to Dev Center on the left-hand panel.
From the Dev Center page, click API Credential Management.
From the API Credential Management page, click Create New API Key to generate the API key for Criteria.
In the Create New Credential dialog box, make the following selections:
- API Type: Harvest
- Partner: Criteria
- Description: Criteria Harvest API Key
When finished, click Manage Permissions to generate the Harvest API key and automatically assign it the appropriate permissions required by Criteria.
In the subsequent dialog box, click Copy to save your API key to your clipboard. Store the API key in a secure location to provide to Criteria in the next step. Click I have stored the API Key once you have copied and saved the key.
On the subsequent page, confirm the following permissions are assigned to your new API key:
Candidates
- Patch: Edit Candidate
Custom Field Options
- Get: Custom field options
If any of the permissions above are not checked, place a check in the box next to the appropriate permission. Click Save when finished.
Your Harvest API key for the Greenhouse Recruiting / Criteria integration is created and configured. You will provide the Harvest API key to provide to the Criteria team in a later step.
Create Custom Fields
To create Custom Fields for the integration, click the Configure icon in the upper right-hand corner. Navigate to Custom Options on the left-hand panel.
From the Custom Options page, click Candidates.
From the Manage Candidate Fields page, click Add Field.
Enter the following details:
- Field Name
- Field Type
Click Save when finished.
After you have saved the new field, the Immutable Field Key will populate. Copy and save the the Immutable Field Key to provide to the Criteria team in a later step.
Repeat this process for all fields that are needed.
Once all fields are created, provide the following details to your Criteria Customer Success Manager so the can set up the integration:
- Harvest API Key
- User ID for On-Behalf-Of header
- Immutable Field Keys for custom fields
Add Criteria Stage to Job's Interview Plan
Once the Greenhouse Recruiting / Criteria HireSelect integration is enabled for your organization, you will be able to add the Criteria assessment as an Interview stage.
To do this for an existing job, navigate to a job (All Jobs > Job Name) and click Job Setup from the Job navigation bar.
From the Job Setup page, navigate to Interview Plan on the left-hand panel. Scroll down the page and click + Add a Stage.
From the Add Stage dialog box, select the Criteria stage. When finished, click Add at the bottom of the dialog box to add the stage to the job's interview plan.
Configure the Criteria Stage
Once the stage has been added to the job's interview plan, click Edit.
Use the dropdown menu to select the appropriate test battery for the job.
Scroll down to the Graders and Notifications panel and select at least one Greenhouse Recruiting user to grade/review the assessments, then click Save.
Send and Review Criteria Test
When a candidate is moved into the Criteria interview stage, Greenhouse Recruiting will display a Send Test link on the candidate's profile. Click the Send Test link.
Use the subsequent dialog box to:
- Confirm the email address of the candidate
- Select which assessment / question set the candidate will participate in
- Assign a grader
Click Send Test when finished.
The test will send immediately and this message will display on the candidate's profile to confirm when testing was sent:
The candidate will receive an email from Criteria to take the assessments.
Once the assessments are completed the Grader(s), Recruiter, and/or Coordinator (depending on how you have configured notifications in Greenhouse Recruiting) will receive an email notification from Greenhouse Recruiting. Click the hyperlinked here to be directed to the Candidate’s Interview Kit.
Click View Report to see a PDF of the candidate’s score reports.
To view data in the custom fields, navigate to the candidate's profile and click the Details tab.
Send Criteria Corp Test in Bulk
Navigate to the All Candidates tab and click the Pipeline Tasks filter on the left-hand panel.
In the Pipeline Tasks menu, click the Test Status dropdown menu and select To Be Sent.
The list of candidates will be filtered to only those with tests to be sent. Navigate to the top right of the All Candidates page and click Bulk Actions.
Check the boxes next to the candidates to whom you would like to send the test (or click Select All). Click Edit Selected (#) when finished.
In the subsequent dialog box, click Send Tests.
In the subsequent dialog box, review the details and click Send Test.
Get Help
Please contact integrations@criteriacorp.com for troubleshooting assistance regarding the integration.