The company's online recruitment platform allows companies to view short pre-interview videos and work sample assessments from applicants, providing a better first impression of their skills and ensuring that candidates have the necessary skills before they are invited for an interview. TalentGrade was founded in 2012 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company's competition-based hiring method helps employers to identify top talent more reliably than traditional resume screening methods, which are often unreliable due to keyword gaming and other tricks. By requiring candidates to create company and position-relevant work samples, TalentGrade turns phone screening and initial interviews into one-minute candidate evaluations, empowering employers with reliable knowledge that the candidates they interview are more likely to fit the company's culture and become star performers.