Can't Find a Role or Skill to Assess For?

What to do when Equip’s library doesn’t cover the role or skill you want to test: request new content or build a custom test.

If Equip’s library doesn’t cover your role or skill, you have two options: ask Equip to build the test for you (free if it is broadly useful, about 5 business days for most skills), or create your own Custom Test right away.

Equip publishes its pre-built library on the Skills and Roles pages. If you searched there or in the assessment builder and could not find what you need, you are not stuck. Equip is more than a database of questions, and there are two ways forward.

Option	Who creates it	Cost	Turnaround
Request new content	Equip’s content team	Free if other customers would also benefit	About 5 business days for most skills
Custom Test	You	No extra charge to create	Immediate, as soon as you save it

Requesting New Content

Equip regularly adds new tests to its library. If the role or skill you need is one that other customers are likely to want too, Equip creates it for free.

1. Reach out on live chat

   Open the chat widget on the Equip dashboard or website and tell the team which role or skill you want to assess, along with the experience level of your candidates.

2. Wait for confirmation

   The team confirms whether the test qualifies for free creation and shares a timeline. The turnaround is about 5 business days for most skills.

3. Add the new test to your assessment

   Once the content is live, add it to a new or existing assessment from the builder like any other Equip test.

Missing a programming language rather than a whole skill? Additional languages can often be enabled on request. See Programming Languages for the currently supported list.

Using Custom Content Instead

If you need the test immediately, or the questions are specific to your company, create a Custom Test with your own questions. Custom tests sit alongside Equip’s library content, and a single assessment can mix both freely.

You can build several kinds of custom content:

Custom test type	Best for
Quiz	Your own questions across 15 question types, including MCQs and essays
Coding Challenge	Your own programming or SQL problems with your own test cases
Question Bank / Question Bank Quiz	Large question pools that serve each candidate a drawn set of questions
Video Response	Recorded video answers to your own prompts, up to 4 questions per test

1. Open Custom Tests

   On the Assessments Dashboard, click the Custom Tests link in the sidebar.

2. Create and save your test

   Choose a test type, add your questions, and save.

3. Add it to an assessment

   In the assessment builder, click the test type’s Add button and choose My Content to select your test.

Already have questions in a spreadsheet? You can import quiz questions from Excel instead of typing them in one by one.

Related Resources

• Custom Tests - How to create your own tests and add them to assessments
• Equip Content vs Custom Content - What each option lets you control
• Programming Languages - Supported languages and how to request more
• Contact Support - Reach the team to request new library content