Find who can actually do the job — test them in Malayalam
Case studies, SJTs and MCQs in Malayalam script or Roman Malayalam. Your team authors in English and reads English scores — candidates think in the language they'll use with customers, from Kochi to the smallest branch town.
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Written assessments that work the way Kerala reads
Three test types, fully in Malayalam
Case Studies, Situational Judgement Tests and Multiple Choice Questions all run in Malayalam today — questions, options and instructions included.
Script is the candidate's call
At the start of the test, each candidate picks native Malayalam script or Roman Malayalam — the language typed in English letters, the way they already write on their phones.
A register you control
Choose a formal register for banking and insurance roles, or a conversational one for retail counters and hospitality floors.
English on your side of the table
0-100 competency scores, per-competency rationales and reports all come back in English. Nobody on your panel needs to read Malayalam.
The best person for a Malayalam-speaking job can fail an English test
An English-only assessment measures English. A Malayalam one measures whether they can sell jewellery in Thrissur, settle a claim in Kozhikode or calm a guest in Thiruvananthapuram.
The counter closes sales in Malayalam
A retail associate who sells gold jewellery in fluent Malayalam can stumble over an English SJT. Test the judgement, not the translation.
Where a dense case study earns its keep
A case study is where a strong candidate shows their thinking — context to absorb, numbers to weigh, a call to defend. Let them read it in the language they think in, and the answer shows you reasoning instead of reading effort.
Roman Malayalam is a first-class option
Plenty of younger applicants type Malayalam in English letters. They can read and answer the entire assessment that way — no native-script keyboard required.
Mixed answers are expected
Candidates may answer in Malayalam, in English, or switch between the two mid-sentence. The mix costs nothing.
The same rigour as the English version
Every Malayalam response gets 0-100 competency-based scoring with a written rationale per competency — identical to the English assessment it was translated from.
One platform for hiring and L&D
Use the same Malayalam assessments to hire branch and floor staff, then to evaluate and develop them once they've joined.
You write English. Candidates read Malayalam.
You never touch a translation and you never hire a bilingual reviewer. Author once — the platform handles the language.
Author in English
Write the case study, SJT or MCQ in English as you do today — a gold-counter case for a Thrissur showroom hire is authored like any other draft.
Enable Malayalam
Kaairo's AI translation produces the Malayalam version — native script and Roman — for each assessment you enable it on. Pick formal for BFSI, conversational for the showroom floor.
Candidates choose, you read English
Each candidate selects Malayalam and their preferred script when they start. Scores, per-competency rationales and reports land in English for your team.
Rigour that doesn't depend on the language
The same scoring engine evaluates every candidate, whichever language or script they answered in.
Competency-based 0-100 scoring
Every candidate receives a 0-100 score per competency with a written rationale, so shortlists rest on evidence rather than gut feel.
Substance over language
An answer that moves between Malayalam and English is read for its substance — the judgement in it — never for how much of it stayed in one language.
Proctored like any other Kaairo test
Keep remote Malayalam assessments honest with the same AI proctoring you would apply to any assessment on the platform.
The whole experience is in Malayalam
Instructions and navigation render in the language too, so the candidate-facing test never quietly reverts to English mid-way.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which of Kaairo's test types run in Malayalam?
All three written ones — Case Studies, SJTs and MCQs — complete with a Malayalam interface around them. Every organisation gets this; there is no language tier.
Can a candidate who types Malayalam in English letters still take the test?
Yes — that's the Roman Malayalam option, and it's a full rendition of the assessment, not a compromise. Candidates choose native script or Roman when they start; both are generated automatically from your English original.
Is an answer penalised for sliding into English?
Never. Malayalam, English or any blend of the two — the candidate loses nothing for the mix, however often they switch.
Can Kaairo interview in spoken Malayalam?
Not yet — the AI voice interview currently runs in English and Hindi, and Malayalam voice is on the roadmap alongside the other Indian languages. Written Malayalam is fully live today.
When should we pick the formal register over the conversational one?
Match the counter. Formal Malayalam reads right for BFSI, insurance and branch-banking assessments; conversational fits retail and hospitality — a Thrissur gold-counter case study usually reads best conversational, while the claims-desk SJT next to it goes formal. It's one setting per assessment.
What do we have to do to offer an assessment in Malayalam?
Author it in English, then enable Malayalam on it. The AI translation builds both scripts and the interface, and you pick the register. Your side never touches a translation or briefs a vendor.
Nobody here reads Malayalam — can we still run this?
Comfortably. The Malayalam is entirely candidate-side; everything you see — scores, per-competency rationales, reports — is English.
Does Kaairo cover languages besides Malayalam?
Eight Indian languages in all — Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali are the other seven. See the multilingual assessments page for the complete picture.
Walk through a live Malayalam test
Tell us the role — retail, BFSI field, support or hospitality — and we'll show you the candidate view in both scripts and the English report your team would receive.