When to use Psychometric Testing

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IN THIS ARTICLE, WE DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO HOW ONLINE PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING COULD HELP YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND EMPLOYEE EVALUATION

Most larger Corporations use some form of personality testing as part of their HR Toolkit. Could you improve your recruitment process with our FREE 10 minute Online Personality Questionnaire?

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THE

PERSONALITY

QUESTIONNAIRE

IN THIS ARTICLE, WE DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO HOW ONLINE PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING COULD HELP YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND EMPLOYEE EVALUATION

Most larger Corporations use some form of personality testing as part of their HR Toolkit. Could you improve your recruitment process with our FREE 10 minute Online Personality Questionnaire?

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There is significant scientific research which shows that key personality areas like trust, goal focus, emotional expression, complex thinking, connecting with people and leading are good predictors of a range of important workplace outcomes.

Using psychometric testing, alongside traditional recruitment practices, can build a more objective overview of a candidate’s character, strengths, weaknesses and working style and help the hiring manager determine whether the candidate will be a good fit for a particular team.

Let’s take a look at how Our Personality Questionnaire can be used as part of your HR Toolkit:

Removing unconcious bias

A psychometric test can help to eliminate any unconscious bias by the interviewer(s) which can otherwise play a role in the selection of a successful candidate.

An example could be, a candidate looks like a great fit on paper, but comes across as shy during the interview process and doesn’t get through to the second interview. Using the personality questionnaire, you have identified that although this candidate didn’t necessarily shine at the interview stage… their thinking; goal focus and leadership style is a good fit for the vacancy and the team.

Aids larger recruitment programmes

Some of our clients use our personality questionnaire to aid their larger recruitment programmes which they undertake quarterly to fill their customer service led roles.

They like the fact that the test is quick and can be done in conjunction with other aptitude assessments we provide. The combined results are then emailed to them for review.

This allows their HR team to assess candidates quickly and cheaply. It has also become a vital tool in screening candidates during the pandemic where our clients have had to apply a virtual recruitment process.

Highlighting a cultural fit

Here at Noble Recruiting we make it our business to know every candidate extremely well. Not just their career history, but also their personality traits, what they want from a job, their long term career path and, how they would fit in your workplace.

Using our personality questionnaire, it also allows us to dig a little deeper and provide an accurate insight into a candidate’s preference for behaviours, for example it might show that they tend to be quiet or they can be emotional and spontaneous. With this in mind, we can explore further how this might fit with your current team and culture.

Employee development programmes

These behavioural-based assessments are also perfect for evaluating your existing team prior to a restructure or to identify training gaps.

It allows you to compare individuals globally or across your whole Company quickly and easily with the inbuilt reporting and scoring mechanism.

That way you can drive AND monitor the impact of restructures within your business on a quarterly basis.

How it works

Individuals taking the test are presented with a series of statements and asked how strongly they agree or disagree with them on a 5-point scale. It’s a reflective self-assessment tool of how the individual perceives their own behaviour. The results presented will report whether the person is below, about or above average compared to a norm group of their peers.

What does our Online Personality Questionnaire cover:

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CONNECTING

Demonstrate how warm and friendly the individual is in social settings and whether they would enjoy networking events and working in a group or on a group tasks.

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EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION

Strong feelings of emotions like annoyance and frustration or the complete opposite where a candidate or employee appears unfazed or unconcerned when faced with challenges can be established.

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COMPLEX THINKING

How the individual will interpret tasks and prioritise workload. Measures the ability to analyse, conceptulise and reason effectively.

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LEADERSHIP

How keen is the individual to lead in different situations. Confidence and communication skills can be evaluated.

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ORDER

Preference for an orderly approach. Working in an organised manner and having a structured methodical approach to work. Rigidness and the inability to be flexible in their working environment.

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TRUST

A dispassionate approach to other people’s problems or have a degree of suspicion and be wary of others intentions can be identified. Or demonstrate trust implicitly in teamwork.

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GOAL FOCUS

Evaluates how effective the candidate or employee is in executing plans and whether they can achieve most goals they are set. Motivation and completion skills are also highlighted here.

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PROBLEM SOLVING

The individual’s confidence to solve various problems in a job or task. Overcoming obstacles and ability to remain objective.

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CHANGE

How an individual will react to changes in the workplace or within a specific role.

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INNER BELIEF

How confident is the individual in their ability and how likely they are to invest their energy in what might happen in the future and what others think of them.

Of course, we navigate our way through these psychometric tests with caution. Nothing can replace a face to face interview and the candidate’s career history. However, this 10 minute test can add value to your recruitment process and help evaluate your employees on a regular basis.

For the next 3 months, we are offering our existing clients the chance to trial over 250 skills assessments including our psychometric tests for free. You can find out more and register your interest here.