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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}} {{lowercase title}} {{Infobox company | name = eLitmus | logo = eLitmus logo.svg | type = Private | traded_as = | industry = Recruitment | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = 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}}) | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = HSR Layout, Bengaluru | num_locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{ unbulleted list |Aseem Marwaha (Director, Solutioning & Strategic Initiatives) |Shireesh Jayashetty (Director, Technology) |Satish Prasad (Director, Finance & Administration) }} | products = pH Test | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = <!-- Only used with financial services companies --> | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | footnotes = | hq_location_country = India | website = {{URL|elitmus.com|eLitmus.com}} }}
'''eLitmus Evaluation Private Limited''' is an Indian company that helps companies in hiring employees for 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 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>
==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 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|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129165123/http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article430412.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2013|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.
==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 Bengaluru Category:Employment agencies of India Category:Privately held companies of India Category:2005 establishments in Karnataka Category:Indian companies established in 2005