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{{Infobox company
| name = eLitmus
| logo = ELitmus Logo.png
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
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| industry = [[Recruitment firm|Recruitment]]
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| foundation = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] ({{Start date|2005|3|28|df=yes}}<ref name="business standard">{{cite news|title=eLitmus to ease hiring woes|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/Management/eLitmus-to-ease-hiring-woes-105033101074_1.html|accessdate=10 March 2018|newspaper=Business Standard|date=6 February 2013}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2018}})
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| location_city = [[HSR Layout]], [[Bengaluru]]
| locations =
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{
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Sandeep Sehgal ([[Director (business)|Chief Executive Officer]])|
Aseem Marwaha ([[Director (business)|Director, Solutioning & Strategic Initiatives]])|
Shireesh Jayashetty ([[Director (business)|Director, Technology]])|
Satish Prasad ([[Director (business)|Director, Finance & Administration]])|
Arijit Dutta ([[Director (business)|Director, Assessment Practice & Organization Development]])|
Vinay Mallya ([[Head (business)|Head, Assessment Delivery]])
}}
| products = pH Test
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| location_country = [[India]]
| homepage = {{URL|elitmus.com|eLitmus.com}}
}}

'''eLitmus Evaluation Private Limited''' is an [[List of companies of India|Indian]] company that helps companies in hiring employees for [[Entry-level job|entry-level]] jobs.<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.elitmus.com/about_us|publisher=eLitmus|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> It was founded in the year 2005 by former employees of [[Infosys]]. Some of the [[Fortune 500]] companies hire their employees through the pH test conducted by eLitmus.<ref name="ph test">{{cite web|title=Hiring Potential Test|url=http://www.elitmus.com/ph_test|publisher=eLitmus|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>

==History==
The company was founded on 28 March 2005 by the former employees of [[Infosys]].<ref name=management>{{cite web|title=Management Team|url=http://www.elitmus.com/about_us/management|publisher=eLitmus|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> and was promoted by IT recruitment firm Browse Consulting India Pvt Ltd.<ref name=browse>{{cite news | title=eLitmus setting up virtual job platform | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/04/15/stories/2005041500941200.htm | accessdate=7 September 2012 | newspaper=Business Line | date=15 April 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060224162950/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/04/15/stories/2005041500941200.htm | archive-date=24 February 2006}}</ref> In its first year of operation, 53 companies, including [[Fortune 500]] companies such as [[Dell]] and [[General Electric]] hired through pH Test.<ref name=browse/> In May 2012, eLitmus [[Mergers and acquisitions|acquired]] [[San Francisco]]<ref name="san francisco">{{cite news|title=Professional Aptitude Council emissary|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/22/stories/2006032206201900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526002912/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/22/stories/2006032206201900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2006|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 March 2006}}</ref> based Professional Aptitude Council that had launched GILD in May 2010.<ref name=gild>{{cite news|title=GILD - The Career Game for Serious Technologists|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/gildcareer-game-for-serious-technologists/443553/|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=Business Standard|date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=crunch>{{cite web | title=Professional Aptitude Council | url=http://www.crunchbase.com/company/professional-aptitude-council-2 | publisher=Crunch Base | accessdate=7 September 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704070228/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/professional-aptitude-council-2 | archive-date=4 July 2014}}</ref>

==pH Test==
pH Test or Hiring Potential Test is an assessment exam conducted by eLitmus.<ref name="ph test"/> Companies use pH Test as a criterion for hiring employees. The test consists of three parts- the Quantitative section, the Verbal section and the Reasoning section. Results are declared in two formats: [[Percentile rank|percentile score]] and total score.<ref name="ph test"/> Companies call test-takers for interviews on the basis of pH score and their own criteria.

The first pH Test was held on 24 April 2005 across 12 cities of India<ref name=browse /> and was taken by 930 candidates.<ref name="time for ph">{{cite news | title=Time for a pH test? | url=http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/04/25/stories/2005042504690200.htm | accessdate=7 September 2012 | date=25 April 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104152449/http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/04/25/stories/2005042504690200.htm | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | archive-date=4 November 2008 }}</ref> This value increased to more than 62,000 candidates taking the test in 2011 across more than 37 cities of India.<ref name="new Indian express">{{cite news|title=Take a test to get a job off campus|url=http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article430412.ece?service=print|accessdate=7 September 2012|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=6 June 2011}}</ref>

Many top IT companies such as [[Accenture]], [[Collabera]], [[McAfee]] and [[Novell]], IBM, CGI, among others have used the eLitmus pH score on numerous occasions to recruit candidates. <ref name=company>{{cite web|title=elitmus companies|url=https://www.teachmycourse.com|accessdate=18 June 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Employment]]
* [[Executive search]]
*

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.elitmus.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Business services companies established in 2005]]
[[Category:Companies based in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Employment agencies of India]]
[[Category:Privately held companies of India]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2005]]

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