Send the EQ (Emotional Intelligence) from Greenhouse in 10 minutes
EQ inside Greenhouse is the test hiring managers send for customer-facing and people-management roles where the candidate's ability to read the room matters more than their cognitive horsepower. JobCannon's EQ assessment uses Goleman's four-domain framework (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management) on a 0-100 scale per domain. Recruiters use the relationship-management slice to triage candidates for customer-success and team-lead pipelines — high relationship-management consistently correlates with retention in roles where the daily work is conversation. EQ is the wrong test for engineering, finance, or quantitative-research pipelines; for those, run Big Five conscientiousness and IQ first, EQ only at the team-fit loop.
Validity
Emotional intelligence shows modest incremental predictive validity over cognitive ability and Big Five for jobs with high emotional-labour demands — corrected ρ ≈ .24 for customer-facing and people-management roles (Joseph & Newman, 2010; Journal of Applied Psychology, k=88). Less informative for back-office, technical, or independent-contributor roles.
Send the EQ (Emotional Intelligence) from Greenhouse
From Greenhouse admin to first scored candidate.
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Add the JobCannon Greenhouse integration
From Greenhouse admin settings, add JobCannon as an Assessment Partner. Paste your Basic Auth credentials (sandbox first, production after the first test cycle). One-time setup, takes 3 minutes.
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Create a Greenhouse scorecard mapped to EQ (Emotional Intelligence) dimensions
In your job template, create a scorecard section per EQ (Emotional Intelligence) dimension. Each dimension maps 1:1 to a numeric attribute on the Greenhouse scorecard — no provider-specific glue needed.
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Trigger the EQ (Emotional Intelligence) on the candidate's stage transition
Add "Send EQ (Emotional Intelligence)" as an automatic action when candidates enter the assessment stage. The candidate receives a co-branded Greenhouse email and completes the 10-minute form on mobile or desktop.
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View the score envelope in the candidate profile
The full EQ (Emotional Intelligence) score envelope (dimensions, bands, narrative summary) lands in the Greenhouse candidate profile within 30 seconds of submission. Recruiters review without leaving Greenhouse.
Sample score envelope
The exact JSON shape your Greenhouse scorecard receives back. Every JobCannon assessment uses the same dimensions[].score envelope so ranking logic stays consistent across tests.
{
"test": "eq",
"version": "v2.4",
"candidate_id": "gh_app_1234567",
"completed_at": "2026-05-16T10:42:18Z",
"duration_seconds": 587,
"overall_score": 76,
"overall_band": "high",
"dimensions": [
{
"code": "self-awareness",
"label": "Self-awareness",
"score": 72
},
{
"code": "self-management",
"label": "Self-management",
"score": 81
},
{
"code": "social-awareness",
"label": "Social awareness",
"score": 74
},
{
"code": "relationship-management",
"label": "Relationship management",
"score": 78
}
],
"narrative_summary": "Strong self-management and relationship-management profile. Fits customer-facing leadership and conflict-resolution-heavy roles."
}Other assessments for Greenhouse hiring
Run a different cut on the same candidate by sending one of these from the same Greenhouse pipeline.
Big Five (OCEAN)
personality test
Big Five conscientiousness has the strongest meta-analytic link to job performance of any single personality dimension — corrected ρ ≈ .31 across 117 studies (Barrick & Mount, 1991; Personnel Psychology). The NEO-PI-R is the gold-standard instrument and forms the basis of JobCannon's 50-item adaptation.
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DISC
behavioural style assessment
DISC measures observable behaviour patterns (dominance, influence, steadiness, conscientiousness) rather than performance predictors. Its meta-analytic correlation with job performance is modest (.10-.15, lower than Big Five). Use it for team-fit and communication-style mapping inside Greenhouse, not as a primary hiring filter.
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Cognitive Ability (IQ)
cognitive ability test
General cognitive ability (g) is the strongest single predictor of job performance across all roles — corrected ρ ≈ .51 in Schmidt & Hunter's 85-year meta-analysis (1998; Psychological Bulletin). Validity increases with job complexity. Cognitive tests also carry the highest EEOC adverse-impact risk; pair with a structured interview and document job-relatedness.
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Frequently asked
Is EQ EEOC-defensible for Greenhouse hiring?+
EQ is defensible for roles where emotional-labour is a documented job requirement (customer success, account management, people management, healthcare). Use job analysis to document why EQ predicts performance for the specific role before using it as a screening filter — without that documentation, EEOC scrutiny goes up.
How long does EQ take inside Greenhouse?+
Median candidate completion is 10 minutes on JobCannon's 40-item self-report form. Candidate sees a co-branded Greenhouse email, completes on mobile or desktop, scores land in the Greenhouse scorecard within 30 seconds.
Which Greenhouse roles benefit most from EQ?+
Customer success, sales, account management, people management, healthcare, education, recruiting itself. EQ × performance correlation is strongest in roles with daily-conversation work (Joseph & Newman 2010, ρ .24). Lower lift for engineering, accounting, ops, or research roles.
What's the score envelope for EQ?+
One overall 0-100 EQ score with band label, plus four domain sub-scores (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management) on the same scale. Returned via Greenhouse Assessment Partner API in the standard envelope.
Does EQ correlate with Big Five?+
Yes — EQ shows ≈.40 overlap with Big Five extraversion and agreeableness, ≈.30 inverse with neuroticism. Running both gives you incremental signal but with diminishing returns. For most pipelines, pick one based on role: Big Five for performance prediction, EQ for emotional-labour roles.
How is EQ priced for Greenhouse customers?+
Free for sandbox + first 5 invitations per month. From $99/mo on the Business tier — same flat pricing across all 22 hire-eligible tests.
Send the EQ (Emotional Intelligence) from Greenhouse this week
Email [email protected] with your Greenhouse tenant ID. Sandbox credentials provisioned within one business day.
Prefer to try the EQ (Emotional Intelligence) first? Take it on JobCannon to see exactly what your candidates will see — or read the assessment API docs for the full envelope spec (Eq).