Pressure Test
$49 / job
5Results
1 active job“I’ve already got my shortlist.”
Start Pressure TestBehavioural pressure testing for Sales and Marketing hires.
Put them in the moment.
See how they handle it.
Build five voice challenges. Get one shareable candidate link. See how they actually respond under pressure.
GritChecker processes the responses and delivers a structured GritChecker Report to your dashboard.
Create your 5-challenge candidate test. 3 Core. 2 tailored to your job.
What the candidate experiences
10 secAbsorb the situation
45 secRespond by voice
One take. No re-recording. A short, controlled behavioural audition.
The 5-challenge test
5 voice challenges. 3 Core + 2 Yours.
Every candidate faces the same clear structure: three GritChecker behavioural challenges, then two challenges tailored to the actual role.
- Challenge 1Core
- Challenge 2Core
- Challenge 3Core
- Challenge 4Yours
- Challenge 5Yours
3 Core + 2 Yours = exactly 5.
What we test · GritChecker Core
Three behaviours that show up when the script runs out.
- 01
Street Smartness
Reading the situation, identifying what matters, and responding intelligently when the obvious script is insufficient.
- 02
Grit & Backbone
Responding when challenged, rejected, pressured, or required to hold ground.
- 03
Killer Instinct
Recognizing the moment to move, ask, challenge, close, or take ownership.
Make it yours · Niche Injector
You know the job.
You give us the question, topic or situation.
GritChecker turns it into the challenge.
Challenges four and five can focus on the market, buyer, objection, motivation or experience that matters to the role.
Examples
- 01Selling drill bits to EPC contractors in Saudi Arabia
- 02Selling enterprise solutions to North American mid-market companies
- 03Handling a highly specific customer objection
- 04Motivation for this particular role
- 05What are you passionate about outside of work?
- 06Anything else you want to ask?
How it works · Fits your hiring process
Build. Get your link. Share it. Review the evidence.
Use GritChecker wherever additional behavioural evidence helps—early screening, between interviews, after interviews or with a final shortlist.
- 01Build
3 GritChecker Core + 2 tailored to your job.
- 02Get your link
GritChecker creates one shareable candidate link for that job.
- 03You share it
Early screening, between interviews, after interviews or with finalists.
Your candidate link
gritchecker.com/g/••••••Copy linkOne link. You control where it goes.
- 04Candidates complete
Exactly five voice challenges in one short, controlled experience.
- 05GritChecker processes
Responses become structured behavioural evidence.
- 06Reports appear
Accessible Results arrive in the manager dashboard.
- 07You decide
The hiring manager reviews the evidence and makes the decision.
GritChecker does not send candidate invitations or manage distribution in V1. No native email, LinkedIn, ATS, job-board or CSV distribution is implied.
The engine · How the candidate test runs
A short, controlled behavioural audition. Exactly five challenges.
Ready sooner? Start the next challenge immediately. Otherwise the next challenge begins automatically when the recovery window ends. Recovery time is never scored. Approximately 5 minutes active and under 15 minutes total, including setup and recovery.
Repeats for each of the five challenges
- Step 1ChallengeOne of five, presented on its own.
- Step 210 sec absorbRead the situation. No answering yet.
- Step 345 sec voice responseSpeak. One take.
- Step 4Response lockedNo re-recording, no edits.
- Step 5Up to 30 sec recoveryNot scored. Not evidence.
After the fifth challenge
Evidence / analysisStructured behavioural evidence is assembled.
Manager decisionYou read the evidence and decide.
Test simulator · Sales + Marketing
Experience changes the situation. The behaviours still matter.
Choose a track. Choose a role level. See how the pressure changes.
Track
Role level
The behaviour being observed stays constant. The role context, complexity and expected sophistication of the response change.
Track: SalesRole level: JuniorTesting: Grit & Backbone
Role context
Entry-Level Sales
“A prospect shuts you down quickly and tells you they’re not interested.What do you do next?”
At this level, we’re looking at how the candidate reacts to an immediate setback and whether they can recover without losing composure or momentum.
Illustrative Homepage scenarios. Role level changes context, complexity and expected sophistication—not the behavioural dimension or score.
Be the candidate
Take a free GritChecker Demo.
Experience the same pressure-test format your candidates will.
Example challenge
Buyer from hell · Sales illustration
“We’ve already tried three vendors who promised exactly what you’re promising. All three wasted our time. You’ve got 45 seconds. Why should I keep listening?”
10 sec absorb45 sec voiceNo re-record
Start free Demo
Mid Level · Sales · Free to experience. No signup or payment.
The evidence
The evidence. The GritChecker Report.
What you get after the candidate finishes.
Five voice challenges become one structured view of what happened, how the response was delivered, and what the evidence may mean.
Illustrative GritChecker Report
Sample Candidate
Sales candidate test · 5 of 5 challenges complete
Overall GritChecker Score
78
out of 100 — illustrative only
- Street Smartness
- 79
- Grit & Backbone
- 84
- Killer Instinct
- 71
The Tape — how the response was delivered.
Observable performance and delivery evidence captured during the response.
- First-word latency
- 1.8
- sec
- Speaking duration
- 41
- of 45 sec
- Filler count
- 6
- instances
- Longest silence
- 2.4
- sec
- 00:38Window focus lost.
- 00:44Window focus restored — 6 seconds outside the active window.
The Receipt — what they actually said.
Transcript-grounded evidence supporting the behavioural assessment.
- 00:00Challenge presented — The buyer from hell.
- 00:12Response window opens.
- 00:14First word spoken. Opens by naming the three failed vendors directly.
- 00:21Concedes the risk instead of defending the category.
- 00:29Reframes to a measurable 30-day proof instead of a promise.
- 00:51Closes by asking what would make the buyer stop the conversation.
- 00:57Response locked.
Analysis — grounded in the evidence.
Opened by acknowledging the failed vendors rather than defending the category, then moved quickly to a concrete, time-boxed proof. The pivot from promise to measurable step is the strongest moment in the response.
Pacing tightened in the final ten seconds and the close arrived as a question rather than a statement. A six-second window focus gap is recorded as a factual event; its relevance, if any, is yours to weigh.
GritChecker provides the evidence.
The hiring manager makes the decision.
Pricing
Pick your pressure level.
One job. One candidate link. Choose how many Results you want access to.
The Cut
$99 / job
15Results
1 active job“I need to separate the real contenders.”
Make the CutHigh Volume
$149 / job
30Results
1 active job“I’ve got a bigger candidate pool or multiple headcounts for the same role.”
Go High VolumeHiring Mode
$249 / month
5active jobs
30Results / job
150Results total
“We’re continuously hiring for Sales and Marketing roles.”
Five candidate-test campaigns may run at the same time, each with its own test and link. Closing one frees that slot without affecting the other four.
Start Hiring ModeShare the link as widely as you choose.
Result allowance controls how many completed GritChecker Reports you can access—not link distribution or candidate completion.
Need more Results?
Upgrade instantly and pay only the difference: +$50 to the next package, or +$100 from Pressure Test to High Volume.
Additional completed Results remain assessment-locked until entitlement increases. Pricing and actions are presentation-only in Sprint 2.
Not ready to buy? Be the candidate.Ready to put your candidates in the moment?
3 Core. 2 Yours. One link.