Using Psychometric Testing for Recruitment
Psychometric tests have become increasingly popular in recruitment as a mechanism for providing insight into a candidate's suitability for a role based on their personality characteristics and aptitude.
Psychometric Tests Used in Recruitment
Psychometric tests are a standard and scientific method used to measure an individual's mental capabilities and behavioural style.
They are conducted onsite, either at the recruitment agency's offices or online remotely, with the candidate completing the tests from home.
Psychometric tests usually consist of two key components:
Ability/Cognitive testing
Designed to measure intellectual capabilities and problem-solving skills these are often multiple-choice questions in a timed setting using both verbal reasoning (assessing the ability to solve problems using written materials) and numerical reasoning (assessing the ability to resolve problems using numbers).
Personality Testing
Personality testing is used in recruitment to inform decision-makers about a job applicant's behavioural style, interests, preferences and motivations.
Formats for personality testing can include multiple-choice, sliding scales, true or false etc.
Technically, there are no right or wrong answers; they just provide insight into how the job candidate would relate to others, how they prefer to be managed, their approach to solving issues, and how they can handle stress and conflict.
Using Psychometric Tests for Recruitment
Typically organisations use psychometric testing as one component of an overall recruitment process and they can provide beneficial insights for all job roles and levels, from frontline workers such as call centre workers through to executive positions.
Recruitment agencies can either offer this as a stand-alone service (e.g. you do all your own recruitment steps and engage them to just conduct the tests) or it can be incorporated into an end-to-end recruitment process.
Recruitment Agencies Offering Psychometric Testing
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