Pre-Employment Integrity Test Provider
As the trusted pre-employment integrity test provider since 1979, IntegrityFirst is a science-backed behavioral screening tool designed to stop high-risk hires before they enter your workforce. Our overt integrity assessment gives hiring teams a simple, instant answer: Qualified or Unqualified — in under 10 minutes.
Backed by industrial and organizational psychologists, validated against 1.5M+ real-world data points, and fully EEOC-compliant, IntegrityFirst is part of the Discovered hiring ecosystem — a platform built to make every hiring decision smarter, faster, and safer.
You Can’t Out-Safety a Bad Hire
High turnover, rising workers' compensation claims, workplace theft, and workforce dishonesty are not random events. They are the predictable result of a hiring process that cannot see who a candidate really is.
IntegrityFirst is the pre-employment integrity test provider built to close that gap — giving employers a fast, science-backed screen before the first interview is scheduled.
Theft
U.S. businesses lose $50B annually to employee theft — contributing to 33% of business bankruptcies.
(Keevee / U.S. Chamber, 2025)
Substance Abuse
Substance abusers are 3.6× more likely to be in an accident and 5× more likely to file WC claims. Annual cost: $81B+.
(NSC / Addiction Group, 2025)
Dishonesty
64% of applicants have lied on their resume. WC fraud alone costs $35–44B/year.
(StandOut CV 2024 / Insurance Business America 2025)
Workplace Violence
2 million cases/year. Annual cost to U.S. businesses: $130B. Violence: 780 fatalities in 2021.
(OSHA / BLS 2024)
Proven Results Across 20+ Benchmarking Studies
Across more than 20 independent benchmarking studies covering 552,237 employees, IntegrityFirst-screened workers consistently outperform unscreened colleagues on every compensation and retention metric. The four headline outcomes below are weighted averages from real client data — not projections.
57%
Lower Total WC Costs
48%
Fewer Claims
30%
Lower Turnover
10–25x
Typical ROI
| Staffing (avg.) | 54% | 36% | 61% |
| Retail | 70% | 48% | 84% |
| Hospitality | 52% | 55% | 78% |
| Construction | 46% | 42% | 69% |
| Home Healthcare | 47% | 34% | 67% |
| Long-Term Care | 53% | 29% | 68% |
| Manufacturing | 71% | 36% | 82% |
| Insurance | 78% | 30% | 84% |
| Food Processing | 40% | 48% | 68% |
| Total / Weighted Avg. | 48% | 19% | 57% |
How IntegrityFirst Works
The assessment consists of 54 overt behavioral questions and takes the average candidate under 10 minutes to complete. Results are delivered instantly as a single, clear outcome: Qualified or Unqualified.
IntegrityFirst integrates with any ATS platform and is available in English, Spanish, and 27 additional languages, including a mobile-optimized and audio-assisted format.
The scientific mechanism is Cognitive Dissonance — candidates who have normalized high-risk behavior answer honestly because they perceive it as normal. This is why over 90% of applicants respond with genuine candor.
| Questions | 54 overt behavioral questions — 5th-grade reading level |
| Completion time | Under 10 minutes (avg. ~8 min 40 sec) |
| Result format | Qualified or Unqualified — instant, no scoring required |
| Languages | English, Spanish + 27 additional languages |
| Accessibility | Mobile-optimized · Audio-assisted version available |
| ATS integration | Compatible with any hiring platform (native: Discovered) |
| EEOC compliance | Non-discriminatory AND independently validated — both criteria |
| Scales assessed | Theft · Substance Abuse · Hostility · Faking/Dishonesty |
| Cost | Less than a standard drug testing program |
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Science-Backed Since 1979 — Built by the Industry’s Leading Researchers
IntegrityFirst was developed by prominent industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologists and has been continuously validated since 1979.
Formerly known as American Tescor and the Discovered Integrity Test, the assessment is built on 1.5 million data points published in the Journal of Business & Psychology. IntegrityFirst meets professional standards set by the APA, SIOP, and the Association of Test Publishers — and is both EEOC non-discriminatory AND independently validated (most tools satisfy only one).
*Recommended by some of the nation’s largest insurance carriers.
WANT MORE INFORMATION?
If your organization is ready to reduce workers’ compensation costs, lower turnover, and hire with confidence, IntegrityFirst is the pre-employment integrity test provider built for exactly that. Backed by science, trusted by insurers, and proven across 20+ benchmarking studies — schedule a demo today and see what a smarter hiring process looks like.