Psychometric Testing, what does it mean and why are employers using this as a recruitment technique?

Psychometric Testing is a tool designed to measure individual difference in a number of areas such as personality,  intelligence and ability, test are used for a number of purposes in various circumstances including:

  • Recruitment and selection
  • Personal,  team and leadership development
  • Career coaching and management

Testing is used by recruiting businesses to assess the personalities of potential employees. This helps employers to decide if the person and the job fit together. There is no right and wrong answer when taking the test it is a measure of how you approach situations and your personality .

The test are structured personality questionnaires which require you to respond to a series of questions , your response gives the employer indication of things such as your attitude towards work, towards others, attention to detail, motivation, working styles, determination and social skills.

Employers will look to for patterns of reply in your answers which are considered to suit the characteristics of the role.

Employers are using this method of recruitment as it is becoming more important for staff to fit into the company culture, to have personality fit and be able to portray company values. Raymond Whalley Managing Director Success Dynamics says “Organisations tend to recruit people for their technical skills but fire them for their personalities”.

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