Step One Survey®
Hire Employees You Can Trust
Roles with high turnover and tight deadlines are hard to fill. They are costly and can sometimes lead to risky decisions. Protect your bottom line with the Step One Survey® pre-employment screening assessment.
This first line of protection will help you reduce turnover and allow you to filter through large numbers of applicants while identifying key tendencies to help you hire employees who are honest, reliable, and hardworking.
What Is the Step One Survey Assessment?
The Step One Survey is a brief pre-hire assessment and screening tool that measures an individual’s basic work-related values early in the candidate selection process.
This assessment provides valid insight into an applicant’s work ethic, reliability, integrity, propensity for substance abuse (when applicable and allowed by law), and attitudes towards theft—including the theft of property, data, and time.
In many organizations, the Step One Survey is the first step all applicants must pass before proceeding in the hiring process. By filtering candidates early in the process, this tool saves you time so you can focus on candidates that are aligned with your organization's work-related values.
Step One Survey Helps You:
Acquire valid insight early in a candidate's selection process- Measure an individual's basic work-related values
- Assess an applicant's work ethic, reliability, and integrity
- Reduce the risk when hiring new candidates in a quick and cost-effective way
- Decrease employee theft and fraud, the loss of confidential information, drug test costs, absenteeism, tardiness, and lost time due to unauthorized internet, email, and computer use
How Does It Work?
Schedule Your Candidates Assessment
While pen and paper options are available, hiring managers administer the survey by sharing an online link with each candidate. *Step One Survey should not be used with active employees. It is only recommended for new employees.
Candidates Take the Assessment
Candidates take the assessment online after receiving a link from the HR administrator or hiring manager. The assessment doesn’t require monitoring, and an individual can take it from any device with internet access.
Receive Actionable Data
The system instantly scores the assessment and sends the requested reports to the hiring manager and anyone else who would like to view them. The reports will show you a one-page summary of the scales measured and a detailed report to support the interview process. The hiring manager uses these results to screen the candidate or assist in the process of interviewing, selecting, and onboarding.
Download a Sample ReportMeasures
Step One Survey measures two key sections of a candidate, including past employment and attitudes regarding:
- Ms. Sample is currently employed.
- Ms. Sample is available to begin employment today
- Ms. Sample is available to work full-time.
- Her most recent monthly salary was $3,501-$5,000.
- She supervised others at work more than one time.
Past Employment
- Current employment status
- Possible start date for new role
- Availability to work (part-time, full-time, hourly)
- Salary expectations
- Experience with supervisory roles
Essential information regarding employment and termination history, with possible follow-up interview questions.
Attitudes
- Personal integrity
- Substance abuse*
- Reliability
- Work ethic
*The substance abuse portion of this assessment can be removed in compliance with state and county-specific laws.
Additional Features
- Multiple reports at no additional cost
- Suggested interview questions
Time to Take
Approximately 20 minutes