Test the skill, not the CV.
Pick a ready-made test by skill and level, or have one drafted for your role. Every question is yours to edit.
Free to start. No card.
- Library
- 1056 ready-made tests
- Skills covered
- 264 skills
- Levels
- Junior to Staff
- Question types
- 8, plus work-style
- Scoring
- Automatic, with reasons
The problem
With Winkle
The problem
CVs claim, tests show
A listed skill tells you nothing about how well someone uses it.
A timed test shows how well they actually use the skill.
The problem
Writing tests takes days
Good questions at the right level are slow to write from scratch.
Start from a ready-made test, or have one drafted in about a minute.
The problem
Marking takes longer
Reading written answers for a whole shortlist doesn't scale.
Answers are scored as candidates finish, with the reasoning shown.
How it works in Winkle.
- 01
Pick or draft
Choose from the test library, or paste a job description and Winkle drafts one.
- 02
Review every question
Edit, swap or remove anything before it goes out.
- 03
Send one link
Candidates take it in the browser, against the clock.
- 04
Scored as they finish
Multiple choice marks itself; written answers get a score with reasons.
- 05
Compare and decide
See results side by side and move your shortlist on.
Start from the library, or from the job.
Either way you get a draft, not a sent test. Edit, swap or remove any question before a candidate sees it.
From the library
1056 ready-made tests. Pick by skill and level.
- Mid-level
Go backend
Go · SQL · APIs
- Senior
React front end
React · TypeScript · CSS
- Junior
Data analysis
SQL · Excel · Statistics
Examples of the library’s tests. Browse them all before you sign up.
From your job description
Paste it. A draft in about a minute.
“We’re hiring a backend engineer to build payment APIs in Go, own Postgres performance and keep our workers reliable…”
- Explain how you'd paginate a large Postgres table.
- Which HTTP status fits a failed validation?
- Fix the goroutine leak in this worker.
- What does this Go snippet print?
Illustrative. Every drafted question is yours to edit before it’s sent.
Eight ways to ask.
Mix them in one test. Work-style questions can sit alongside, and they’re never scored: there’s no wrong way to prefer working.
Multiple choice
One right answer from several.
Multiple select
Every answer that applies.
True or false
Quick checks of a fact.
Fill in the blank
The missing word, in its sentence.
Short answer
Written, scored against a model answer.
func solve() {
return ok
}
Coding
Write a solution, in 10 languages.
Code output
Read code, say what it prints.
Debugging
Find the bug and fix it.
Marked as they finish.
Choice questions mark themselves. Written answers are scored against a model answer, with partial credit and the reason beside the mark.
Coding tests open with a warm-up task that’s never scored, so the editor is familiar before anything counts.
Marked sheet · one candidate
Illustrative. Invented answers.
36/40
Why 6/10: Puts a cache in front of product reads, as the model answer does. It never says how the cache is kept fresh when a price changes, so partial credit.
What you get.
Ready-made library
Tests by skill and seniority, from reviewed questions.
Drafted for your role
From a job description, in about a minute.
Timed
Set to the test's length by default; switch it off if you prefer.
Reasoned scoring
Written answers scored against a model answer, partial credit included.
Anti-cheat built in
Copy-paste blocked and tab changes logged on new tests.
Code questions too
Code reading, debugging and coding in 10 languages.
Can I edit a ready-made test?
Yes. Using a test puts a draft in your account, and you can edit, remove or swap any question before it's sent.
How are written answers scored?
Against a model answer, with partial credit for answers that are partly right. Each score comes with the reasoning behind it.
Are work-style questions scored?
No. Questions about how someone likes to work have no right answer, so they're never marked or added to the score. You read them as they are.
Where can I see the tests?
The test library is public: browse every test by skill and level before you sign up.
Start with this, free.
Pick a ready-made test by skill and level, or have one drafted for your role. Every question is yours to edit.
Free to start. No card.