Forage
by Forage · Free employer-designed job simulations for students and early-career candidates
26.7 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Forage offers free virtual job simulations designed by employers including Citi, BCG and Bloomberg. Users register, enroll in a simulation, complete tasks that replicate real work, compare their output with model answers and earn a certificate. Simulations run from 30 minutes to 5 hours across fields such as banking, consulting, law, data and engineering.
- Best for
- Students and early-career candidates wanting free, self-paced previews of employer job roles
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the page states job simulations are 100% free, with enterprise and educator access via sign-in or a demo request.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Job simulations are free, open access and self-paced
- Over 250 simulations from 90+ employers, per the site
- Tasks include model answers and a certificate on completion
- Covers law, consulting, banking, data, security and engineering
Trade-offs
- Simulations replicate work; they are not real placements or paid experience
- Each simulation costs 30 minutes to 5 hours of unpaid self-study time
- The 3.3x hiring and 9M+ sign-up figures are Forage's own unaudited claims
- Enterprise and educator features sit behind sign-in or a demo request
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 25 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 82 out of 100
- Changelog
- 40 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 50 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 25 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 60 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 85 out of 100
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