How to create a custom test plan for any assessment?

This is a step-by-step guideline that will help you develop a custom test plan of any job profile, for which you are recruiting.

1. Requirement Analysis:
   Initially, you must pick the important skills from the requirements of the job role.
   For example - In the image given below, the job role requirements of a Pega Developer are enlisted:
   
   
   So, the skills that you can pick from this are:
   • Technical communication skills
   • Soft skills
   • Experience with Pega
   • Knowledge of Pega PRPC 5.x/6.x/7.x
   • Basics of Java Programming
   • Web Development using Angular, Java, J2EE, JSP, EJB,etc
   • Knowledge of Scrum and Agile teams
   • Knowledge of Project Management
   • Skills in Pega Software
     
     
2. Segregation:
   Thereafter, you must segregate the skills into the following three categories:
   
   

   Knowledge	The skills that are knowledge/memory/understanding based, must be put into this category. Such skills don't have a direct input-output relationship.
   Hands-on	The skills that are based on input-output relationships, can be put under this category.
   Thinking/Communication/Approach	The skills that require human intervention or assessment by experienced techies, must be placed under this category.

   
   Hence, according to this rule, the previously picked skills were divided in the following manner:
   
   

   Knowledge	Knowledge of Pega PRPC 5.x/6.x/7.x Knowledge of Scrum and Agile teams Knowledge of Project Management
   Hands-on	Basics of Java Programming Web Development using Angular, Java, J2EE, JSP, EJB,etc Skills in Pega Software
   Thinking/Communication/Approach	Technical communication skills Soft skills Experience with Pega

3. Question Type:
   After the segregation, you must align these categories with the question types that are capable of testing them.
   You may go through the example given below to get a clearer idea:
   
   

   Knowledge	MCQ(Single correct) MCQ(checkboxes)
   Hands-on	Programming(language) Programming(Algorithm) CodeGaps
   Thinking/Communication/Approach	CodePair or Video Interview

4. Creating the test:
   Now, you have completed gathering and segregating all the important resources required for designing the test. Finally, you will have to create a new test and add these sections to it: Knowledge and Hands-on.
   The final task will be adding relevant questions to these sections and your assessment is hereby ready to vet the candidates for the required skills.