Avoid costly mis-hires
before you make the offer.
Traitwise gives hiring teams science-backed signal on ability, motivation, personality, role fit and hiring risk, so you can compare candidates with more confidence before the final decision.
THE COST OF A MIS-HIRE
A mis-hire costs more than one salary.
Part of it is calculable. The larger part comes from lost time, team friction, and missed progress.
directly attributable cost
hard to quantify — but real
Illustrative. Actual cost varies by role, salary, recruiting effort, and timing of separation.
THE SCIENCE OF PREDICTION
The usual hiring process rewards the wrong signals.
What is easy to see is not always predictive. Traitwise measures the signals that predict professional success significantly better.
Usual hiring process
mainly measures easily visible signals
Traitwise method
measures stronger predictors of job performance
Traitwise composite model
The advantage is not any single signal, but the combination of several predictive signals.
Validity coefficients from Sackett et al., 2022. Illustrative selection of relevant predictors and selection methods.
HOW TRAITWISE WORKS
One link. More signal. No new process.
Traitwise fits into your existing hiring workflow: send a link, let candidates complete the assessment, review results, and make a better decision.
30–40 min · Digital · EN / DE · no download · results available immediately
Invite
By email, link, or ATS.
Assessment
30–40 minutes. Digital. EN / DE.
Signal profile
Results available immediately.
Decide
Include role fit, team fit, and risks.
Output
Instant signal profile
AI PSYCHOLOGIST
Ask the questions behind the report.
The AI Psychologist turns psychometric profiles into grounded answers for hiring teams. Ask context-specific questions about role fit, team dynamics, risks and what to probe before the final interview.
Simon Mustermann
CEO · Assessment complete
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
100 years of research.
Distilled into 30 minutes.
Developed with experts in personality psychology and aptitude diagnostics.
See the methodology
Traitwise translates scientifically grounded diagnostics into a format that's actually usable in hiring.
Dr. phil. Olaf Ringelband
Scientific Advisory Board, Traitwise
PhD Psychologist · Owner & Managing Director, management diagnostik
What happens when the right people are in the right seats.
Consistently placing high-fit candidates changes the numbers that matter. These are some of the outcomes our clients see.
Fewer mis-hires. Your culture and capital stay protected from expensive talent failures.
Candidates pass probation when assessed. Predictability replaces guesswork.
Hours saved per hire. Less noise, more focus on the decisions that actually matter.
Faster hiring cycle. Scale at the speed of your strategy without sacrificing quality.
Figures reflect median outcomes across placements made using Traitwise assessments.
PROVEN IN PRACTICE
How teams make safer decisions with Traitwise.
Real customer feedback on mis-hires, screening, comparability, and team fit.
Traitwise gives us signals you normally only get after the probation period. We catch warning signs early and can avoid expensive mis-hires.
Sven Möllmeier
Managing Director
LIQID
Fit, motivation, and working style become visible. I wouldn't recommend a hire without a Traitwise profile.
Christian Steinlach
CEO & Founder
Steinlach
Traitwise has significantly improved comparability in our recruiting and enabled data-driven decisions with measurable long-term impact.
Robin Binder
CEO & Founder
NAO
The truly relevant differences became visible and turned into a concrete, productive conversation about how we work better together.
Stephano Boadi
Founder & MD
Cosmetic Vision
Traitwise delivers signals that are more relevant than much of what you infer from interviews or CVs. Especially in a team context, it creates conversations about the things that really matter.
Robin R. Kretzschmar
CEO
7 Assets
Traitwise saved us a lot of time. We needed hardly any setup, could invite candidates directly, and immediately had a better basis for making applicants comparable.
Nawwar Elnarsh
Managing Director
Supaapps
30-DAY HIRING SIGNAL SPRINT
Start with one real hiring process.
Use Traitwise for 30 days in an active hiring process. See who truly fits the role and team before the decision. Continue only if it leads to better decisions.
- Unlimited assessments for one active role
- AI Psychologist included
- Optional team benchmark
- Results review with Traitwise included
Cancelable after 30 days. No long-term contract.