PPC Executive Assessment

See how candidates analyse performance data, make optimisation decisions, and communicate clearly under pressure before you interview them.

20 to 30 minutes for candidates • Ranked shortlist • Interview ready insights

Shortlisted for Assessment Provider of the Year, recognising innovation in hiring assessment

The Problem With Hiring PPC Executives

Hiring PPC Executives usually starts with CV screening and short phone interviews. These steps are time-consuming, inconsistent, and weak predictors of real performance.

CVs rarely show how candidates:

  • Analyse performance data and identify optimisation opportunities

  • Make sound budget and bidding decisions under pressure

  • Communicate insights and results clearly to stakeholders

  • Prioritise actions when campaigns are underperforming

Phone interviews help, but they still reward confidence over capability. This is where many poor hires slip through.

Why hiring breaks down
CV
Phone
Neuroworx
Shows how candidates handle frustrated customers
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Tests communication under pressure
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Reveals judgement in real scenarios
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Distinguishes confidence from capability
Consistent across all candidates
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Predictive of on-the-job performance
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Live evidence flow
Signals build as candidates respond
Candidate completes
Customer scenarios
Realistic judgement calls and written replies
Neuroworx analyses
Signals extracted
Consistent scoring across every candidate
Hiring managers receive
Shortlist and interview prompts
Strengths, risks, and follow ups per candidate
Ranked shortlist
Risk flags
Interview questions

How Neuroworx adds evidence before interviews

Neuroworx adds a short, role-specific assessment before interviews, so hiring decisions are based on observed behaviour, not assumptions.

Candidates complete realistic scenarios and short written responses that reflect the day-to-day demands of a PPC Executive role.

This allows you to see how candidates:

  • Analyse campaign performance and identify optimisation opportunities

  • Make budget, bidding, and targeting decisions under pressure

  • Communicate insights and recommendations clearly

  • Apply structured processes and sound judgement in real-world scenarios

Instead of relying on CVs and early phone screens alone, interviews are informed by consistent, comparable evidence for every candidate.

How the Assessment Works

A simple, role specific flow from invite to shortlist.

1
Invite candidates
Send a role specific assessment link to shortlisted applicants.
Branded platform Sharable links Bulk invites Email templates ATS friendly Auto reminders
Invite in minutes and keep the experience consistent for every candidate.
2
Candidates complete
Realistic scenarios and short written responses that reflect the role.
Scenario judgement Written response Timed sections Randomised items Tab switching flags Anti cheating
Built in controls reduce gaming and highlight unusual test behaviour.
3
Review and shortlist
Compare candidates using consistent evidence before interviews.
Ranked shortlist Risk flags Confidence Strengths Development areas Interview prompts
Use the report to decide who to interview and what to probe.

See the Assessment in Action

Explore the scenarios candidates complete and how responses are captured.

What the Assessment Looks Like for Candidates

A short, role-specific experience designed to surface judgement, tone, and real-world decision-making.

Assessment Preview

PPC Executive

Interactive preview: select answers to see how the report signals are formed. Preview is untimed and does not score.

Role: PPC Executive Format: SJT + short response Hiring manager preview
Preview progress
0/2 answered ~10–12 min (full)
Response profile (sample)
EarlierLater
Scenario judgement
Signals: judgement • communication
What would you do first?
Preview selections update the live signals panel on the right.
Short response
Signals: tone • clarity • execution
Select a response style (preview)
Select a response style above to preview how signals change.
In the live assessment, candidates type a response. The report flags clarity, judgement, and commercial impact awareness.
Live preview
How this becomes the report
Risk: —
Overall suitability
/100
Select answers to populate Confidence: —
Signals
Judgement
Communication
Execution
Highlights
  • Choose options on the left to see example insights.
Risk matrix (sample)
Lower riskHigher impact
This is illustrative preview logic only. In production, scoring is derived from your validated model.

What you get and who this is for

Decision ready output for hiring with minimal work from your team.

What you get
A ranked shortlist with clear evidence
  • Ranked shortlist of candidates by overall suitability
  • Strengths and risk flags in plain English
  • Interview follow ups tailored to each candidate
  • Skill breakdown across judgement, tone, and execution
Example output
1     Strong match 84
2     Good option 81
Who this is for
Ideal when early screening is noisy
  • You hire PPC Executives at volume
  • You spend too much time on phone screening
  • You want consistent early stage decisions
  • You need evidence beyond gut feel
Typical impact
Reduce early stage interview time by 40 to 60 percent
More consistent shortlists across hiring managers
Fewer low quality interviews reaching later stages
Clearer interview focus using strengths, risks, and follow ups

What the Candidate Report Looks Like

A clear, decision-ready summary showing strengths, risks, and interview follow-ups for each candidate.

Sample Candidate Report

PPC Executive

Example output hiring managers receive after a candidate completes the assessment.

Overall suitability
Strong match
Confidence: High
Top 22%
Suitability78/100
Clear evidence of structured optimisation thinking and calm stakeholder updates under pressure.
Distribution (sample)
LowerHigher
Decision-ready highlights
Key strengths
  • Diagnoses performance issues using search terms and change history
  • Prioritises high-impact actions when CPA or spend moves quickly
  • Communicates insights and next steps clearly to stakeholders
Potential risk areas
  • May over-correct too fast without enough validation
  • Could add more structure to reporting (hypothesis, action, expected impact)
Skill breakdown
Candidate vs typical benchmark
Judgement
74%
Communication
82%
Prioritisation
79%
Execution
68%
Risk matrix (sample)
Candidate
Lower riskHigher impact
Main watch-out: reacting to short-term variance without confirming the root cause.
Response profile (sample)
Pace
Fast
Consistency
High
Care
High
Earlier questionsLater questions
Key signals (sample)
Optimisation thinking
Strong
Clear hypotheses
Budget judgement
Moderate
Fast changes
Search term control
Strong
Adds negatives
Client clarity
Strong
Clear updates
Suggested interview follow-ups
  • Ask for an example where they reduced CPA quickly without harming conversion volume.
  • Explore how they diagnose performance drops (search terms, auction insights, change history).
  • Probe how they explain underperformance to a stakeholder and set expectations on timing and impact.
Focus area
Judgement
Root cause thinking and trade-offs
Focus area
Communication
Clear updates and recommendations
Focus area
Prioritisation
Highest impact actions first
Focus area
Execution
Implement, measure, iterate
Note: this is a sample report preview. Full reports include role-specific weighting and benchmarking.

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