Plum Reviews & Product Details

The fact that the hiring team sets individual match criteria. Also that it gives candidates a detailed overview of their results so that they get something out of the assessment as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not easy to pull a report of the candidates results. While the SSO is convenient, some hiring managers at certain levels cannot/reuse to take the time to sign in and search per candidates name. I like for managers to be able to have a PDF of the candidates resume and any assessment the candidate has completed during their interview so that the hiring manager can reference these items with ease. I attach these PDF's in the email invitation for their convenience and would like to be able to have a downloadable PDF of the candidates Plum results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Match Criteria we use (Innovation, Persuasion, Adaptation, Decision making, Conflict Resolution) and the detailed analysis of each competency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing that comes to mind. It's really a good tool for assessments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really liked the part when you had a bunch of words displayed and had to choose 3 that desbriced you best and 3 that described you the least. This was challenging for me, cause I felt like sometimes, no words were fitting my personnality.

There was another one, practically the same, but with sentences. I really liked that one too.

In the final step, where we see which type of person we are, I liked that it was pretty accurate. Great job for this! If I were an employer, I would use it to work on my way of treating everyone differently.

I also really liked the fact that the interface is quite nice, pretty and fun to use. It's a good idea to have separated Top Talents, Work Style and Work Preferences. It helps us.

I also like the fact that once you have done the test, you can go back to your profile and still see your results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The first types of questions, with the puzzles and the logical sequences were really hard for me to do. I think I stayed on these question for almost half of the time I spent on the test. I felt like I was wrong each time I sent my answer. I hope there was no good or right answer!

Even though I didn't like that part, I would not take it out of the test.

You just have to be careful on how you use the results of the test. You can't use the results blindly, you have to make sure that they are accurate with everyone.

I don't know if I can say this is a dislike, but I don't see a place were we can to the test again, like after a year. I would like that option to see if my personnality as changed over a year for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plum does offer a great accurate insight in terms of the candidate's real motivation and attitudes for a specific role. It allows me as a hiring manager to set quantitative benchmarks for comparing several applicants as opposed to the typical gut feeling from choosing one or another Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would prefer to have more visibility about how the success criteria are built after inviting other collaborators to a specific role. I found that people within the organization with different roles have a completely different criteria for a role than the hiring manager and this could potentially skew the results that I'm looking for as the main responsible for the new hire Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really love The experience and insights; I enjoyed reading my “profile”: I find some points be 100% about me. Overall the test was engaging and rewarding. I find the IQ part as my favorite. My issue was with finding a way to implement the insight part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not sure how to use it for the career development. The insights were too broad to be actionable. While reading I was thinking about horoscope: like wow it is like me but it also looks like mumbo-jumbo. I would love to see guidance or case studies how to use insights Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It doesn't take too long to complete, so it doesn't discourage people from doing it. Some other companies I have worked at use an assessment tool that takes almost an hour and I find people give up before completing assessments that long. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't find it to be the best indicator of someone's suitability. I have seen people score around 65, but their resume shows that they have many years of valuable experience in our industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very focused and methodical platform. By targeting specific qualities, it is able to realize the exact firm requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the questions can be confusing and as a person providing feedback, I felt I was contradictory at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use. Valuable information. Gives you a great base to work from. Saves time sifting through resumes for qualified individuals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In our organization it takes away from the in person evaluations. Some candidates may get missed based on the roles we require. While we all want top end performers - some times we just need a career warehouse person. They will not test well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The simplicity of Plum makes it a valuable hiring tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The analysis of the profiles can be at times difficult to interprete, and will at times diverge from what we identify when we meet the hires. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The quick responses by the team. I always receive quick feedback when I reach out to the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Candidates not receiving multiple reminders to take plum. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use regardless of your computer knowledge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Who knows how accurate the metrics are. They look pretty, but are they a good indicator of thigns? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Insightful questions and AI driven platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Minimal downsides, sometimes difficult to get enough colleagues to participate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I filled out my Plum profile and it was super insightful - and accurate! I really got to know my strengths, my preferred working styles, and what type of roles/environments that I would thrive in. I think sharing these profiles with my team could be really insightful.

I have also used Plum with one of our clients in their recruitment process. You can compare your top performers to candidates applying to a job on the same team to find the right fit. Plum helps to find top talent! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing at all - I was really just amazed how accurate my profile was. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They are super efficient, the plateform is easy to use and when you need help you get a fast answer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can't switch matching criteria from a PLUM to another one. You always have to contact the support team. Also, the plateform as some issue. Sometimes some item does not work and you have to reboot your network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system is very easy to use and support from our rep has been exceptional. Anytime I need assistance our rep responds timely and thoroughly. We've found great success weeding out applicants who do not meet our performance needs. The performance reviews sent out to managers after the applicant is extremely helpful and we've seen a 97% successful hiring rate. The system has recently been upgraded to Ultraviolet and has helped managers navigate the site more easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wish I could search for applicants across all jobs, not just by searching through each job individually. In Ultraviolet, I'm unable to resend manager invitations to a role like I used to in the Classic site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is easy to use and understand. It helps in the recruitment process. Multiple users able to create assessment criteria. Easy for the candidate to use. Gives the candidate a small report for completing. Another tool to assess culture fit within our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be nice to have another section or custom sections for different stages of the interview process rather than just "shortlisted" and "hired"... Many candidates go through several stages of the interview and sometimes want to keep track of that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Results are genuinely helpful in assessing strengths and weaknesses of potential hires.

Based on the Big Five personality traits, I have a high degree of confidence in the validity of the results.

The additional hurdle of completing the survey effectively filters out unqualified applicants.

Customer support is excellent -- they are very open to sharing additional information and spending time with you to ensure you understand what you need to know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to see how employees rate on all 10 talents as opposed to just the top 5 that are used for scoring.

The methodology used for scoring should be a bit more transparent so that swings in results can be explained more easily. How is each of the top 5 criteria weighted? Do the bottom 5 influence the score at all? How do you aggregate each team member's match criteria to arrive at a single score? Is it done at the talent or sub-talent, or sub-sub-talent level?

I would like a deeper problem-solving/IQ section, and for that section to be timed.

It would be amazing if Plum implemented more ATS system functionality. As it stands, we still have to use a spreadsheet to manage and review candidates alongside their system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like how clearly the characteristics are framed. It's easy to understand the difference between options and they really round out the possible set of traits you're looking for as a hiring manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I sometimes found it difficult to name traits that are truly low priority, though it did make me think critically about what mattered most in the role! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how simple it is to use the plum interface to screen applicants. We're getting so many requests a day, it's easy to quickly screen them for fit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The old user interface was clunky, but they've released a new one that is much easier to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plum's survey helped my company identify candidates that best fit the need for the position i am looking to fill. It has allowed me to quickly rank candidates then easily review their resume and cover letter without taking up too much of mine time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The questionnaire that candidates fill out seem to be too complex and might make top candidates not apply to the job. I agree with the ranking of task/characteristics for that position but not identifying the next item in the pattern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I was able to send the survey out to my top performers from over the years and identify their personality traits that made them successful at their jobs. This also helped the mgmt team eliminate biases and really defined who our ideal candidate is. I have personally hired 7 staff members over the past year using Plum and their success in integrating into the team and ability to flatten the learning curve has been noteworthy. As a result of which, we have now upgraded to Plum Ultraviolet! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The results were static and inconvenient to breakdown, compare and play with. Eg. John scored x on industriousness - how does his industriousness compare to others? Sure one can go in and our of each profile to compare this from one candidate to another but an ability to filter and compare strengths would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Plum asses a variety of candidate qualities and provides a single metric for recruiters to use to make decisions. I also like that Plum assists with reducing bias in the hiring process by reducing the importance of a CV/resume review. It also saves us time for recruiters by providing an initial screening phase so we are having to review less CVs! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish that Plum provide more guidance for how individual sub-scores can be used to drive hiring decisions. I also wish there were more support on how scores can be analyzed for applicants outside of North America/Europe (to have a better understanding of how things like English fluency and cultural context play in to scores). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plum provides intelligent insights to candidates prior to the interview phase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the questions can be quite polarizing and we've heard from candidates it made them overthink the process of completing the assessment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plum is so easy to use that you can't get lost or confused, and the results are immediate and actionable - it's been so helpful to us as we aim to slim down from hundreds of applications per job to a manageable and high-quality quantity .

You can also plug Plum into multiple other hiring softwares (eg. Greenhouse) and use it to improve your insights on hires as well as test for critical role criteria right at the start of your hiring process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't experienced any real downsides to the Plum software yet - it's intuitive and works well as a standalone or a plug-in tool. No hesitations in recommending it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.