Diagnose ยท Predictive Sales Hiring

Hire the right sales talent
before the wrong hire
costs you.

Predictive Sales Hiring helps you evaluate candidates against the competencies that matter most for success in your sales environment so you can make more confident hiring decisions, reduce risk, and onboard with clearer direction from day one.

What is Predictive Hiring? See what you get
~91%
Success rate of recommended and hired sellers
~75%
Failure rate of non-recommended hires within 6โ€“12 months
73%
Of recommended hires place in top 50% within 12 months
Unlimited
Candidates assessed within the license period
Clear
Hire / no-hire recommendation for every candidate
36%
More likely to be satisfied with hires using pre-employment assessments
What it is

An objective way to evaluate candidates before you commit.

Predictive Sales Hiring is an objective, role-specific candidate assessment designed to identify the sales candidates most likely to succeed in your specific sales environment. It gives hiring teams a consistent, data-backed framework for evaluating fit, so decisions are grounded in something more reliable than gut feel and a polished interview.

Most hiring decisions rely too heavily on how a candidate presents rather than whether they have the underlying competencies to perform. Predictive Sales Hiring changes that equation by measuring what actually predicts sales success.

Built specifically for sales hiring. Not a generic hiring tool.

Most hiring assessments measure broad personality traits or behavioral tendencies. Predictive Sales Hiring evaluates candidates against the sales-specific competencies and mindset factors that actually predict performance in the field, including will, coachability, and selling DNA.

Confidence without guesswork.

Every candidate evaluation produces a clear hire or no-hire recommendation, a structured interview guide tied to the results, and individual insights that continue to add value long after the offer letter is signed.

What you get

Everything you need to hire with confidence and onboard with direction.

Objective candidate assessment

Every candidate is evaluated against a consistent, role-specific set of sales competencies, removing bias and guesswork from the process.

Clear hire / no-hire recommendation

You get a direct recommendation for every candidate so decisions are faster, more consistent, and easier to defend.

Structured interview guide

A tailored interview guide tied to each candidate's competency results, so every conversation probes what actually matters for the role.

AI interviewing role play simulations

Candidates engage in AI-driven sales scenarios that reveal how they actually behave in a selling situation, not just how they describe it.

Individual Seller Insights Report

A detailed report for each hired candidate that translates assessment results into onboarding and coaching priorities from day one.

Manager coaching dashboard

Managers get a structured view of their new hire's strengths, gaps, and development priorities to accelerate onboarding and early performance.

Re-assessment window

Candidates can be re-assessed within a 9โ€“12 month window, so you can track development and validate growth against the original baseline.

Unlimited candidates

Assess as many candidates as you need within the license period, so hiring volume never limits your ability to evaluate properly.

Questions it helps answer

The decisions hiring leaders actually need to make.

Predictive Sales Hiring is designed to answer the questions that matter most when evaluating a candidate, not just whether they seem capable, but whether they are actually likely to succeed.

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"Is this candidate actually a fit for our sales environment?"

Not just any sales environment, yours. The assessment is calibrated against what success looks like in your specific context.

"Are we hiring to what great looks like?"

See how each candidate stacks up against the competency profile of your top performers, not just a generic benchmark.

"What should we probe more deeply in the interview?"

The structured interview guide turns assessment results into targeted questions for every candidate conversation.

"Where are the likely risks with this hire?"

Surface the competency gaps and mindset factors that could limit performance before you make the offer.

"How do we reduce bad hires and wasted ramp time?"

Make selection decisions on data, not impressions, and stop investing ramp budget in hires that were unlikely to succeed.

"If we hire this person, how should we support onboarding?"

The Individual Seller Insights Report gives managers a coaching roadmap from day one so onboarding is targeted, not generic.

How it works

From candidate evaluation to confident hiring.

  • 01

    Define what success looks like

    We work with you to calibrate the assessment against the specific competencies, behaviors, and success factors that matter most in your sales environment and role requirements.

  • 02

    Assess candidates objectively

    Candidates complete the evaluation online, including AI-driven role play simulations that reveal how they actually behave in a selling situation, not just how they describe it.

  • 03

    Use the data to interview smarter

    Each candidate report includes a structured interview guide tied to their results, so every conversation focuses on what the data flags as important to explore.

  • 04

    Hire and onboard with better direction

    When you move forward with a hire, the Individual Seller Insights Report and manager coaching dashboard give your team a clear roadmap for onboarding from day one.

After the hiring decision

The value does not stop when you make the offer.

Predictive Sales Hiring is not just a screening tool. The insights it generates continue to support stronger onboarding, targeted early coaching, and smarter development investment long after the candidate accepts the role.

Individual Seller Insights Report

For the new hire's manager.
  • A detailed breakdown of the new hire's strengths, gaps, and development priorities
  • Specific coaching recommendations tied to competency results
  • A roadmap for the first 90 days built around the individual, not a generic template

Manager coaching dashboard

Structured early performance support.
  • A structured view of every new hire's competency profile in one place
  • Development priorities surfaced automatically so managers know where to focus
  • Ongoing visibility into progress against the original assessment baseline

Re-assessment window

Track development over time.
  • Candidates can be re-assessed within a 9โ€“12 month window
  • Track growth and development against the original baseline
  • Validate that coaching and onboarding investment is producing real change
Why it matters

A bad sales hire is expensive in ways that are easy to underestimate.

When you hire the wrong sales talent, the cost is not just the salary. It is the ramp time invested, the manager attention spent, the onboarding resources consumed, the coaching time redirected, and the revenue opportunity lost, all before you even recognize the hire is not working out.

Predictive Sales Hiring reduces the likelihood of that outcome. Not to zero, but enough to change the economics of building a sales team meaningfully.

01
Reduce hiring risk

Replace gut feel with a data-backed hire or no-hire recommendation so fewer bad decisions make it through.

02
Accelerate productivity

New hires who are well-matched to the role ramp faster and contribute sooner than those hired on instinct alone.

03
Optimize onboarding

The Seller Insights Report and manager dashboard turn assessment data into targeted early coaching rather than generic onboarding programs.

Where this fits

Predictive Sales Hiring is Diagnose for the team you are building.

The assessment gives you a clear baseline. What you do with it determines whether anything actually changes. We connect Predictive Sales Hiring directly to development and deployment so the insight becomes action.

Diagnose

Predictive Sales Hiring

Evaluate candidates against the competencies that predict performance in your specific sales environment. Reduce risk before you invest in onboarding.

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Develop

Targeted capability building

Use the assessment findings to select and sequence the right training programs for each role, so every dollar of development investment targets a verified gap.

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Deploy

Reinforcement in real work

Lock in the learning with AI practice, coaching support, and reinforcement journeys that keep new skills active after the workshop ends.

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Reduce hiring risk before you invest in development.

If you want stronger sales teams, better hiring decisions, and a clearer path to onboarding success, start by evaluating candidates against what actually predicts performance. Predictive Sales Hiring helps you hire with more confidence and less guesswork.

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