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What are Psychometric Tests?
A psychometric test assesses a candidate's cognitive ability and personality. One of the most common uses of psychometric tests is for recruitment. From a candidate's response, psychometric assessment tests can predict valuable insights such as job performance, competence, and motivations. There are two general types of psychometric testing: personality tests and aptitude tests.
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The first psychometric instruments were designed to measure the concept of intelligence, viewed as a combination of different abilities that mental tests could measure. Psychometrics is also dominated by personality testing, and the most used instruments are the Five-Factor Model (The Big 5), Personality and Preference Inventory, MBTI, etc.
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A hierarchical organization of personality traits in terms of basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience.
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Model for competencies that talks about the easy, limited information of education, experience, skills, and gut feel in combination with essence of person, motivations, thinking & cultural fit.
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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)
1. What are the different types of psychometric tests?
The different types of psychometric tests are:
Personality Tests, such as
- MBTI
- DISC
- 16 PF
- Enneagram
Aptitude Tests, such as
- Verbal Reasoning
- Numerical Reasoning
- Logical Reasoning
2. Why Use Psychometric Testing in Recruitment
Psychometric testing is used in recruitment to accurately, efficiently and objectively gauge cultural and personality fitment of candidates. Psychometric testing enables employers to predict performance and thereby select candidates who are best suited to a particular job role. Psychometric testing gives you holistic insights into a candidate's workplace competencies, that a traditional interview process doesn't.
3. How do you prepare for an interview for a psychometric test?
The key to clear a psychometric assessment test for hiring is preparation, practice, and a strategic approach. Regular practice using the free sample psychometric tests available online can help you improve your speed and accuracy. It will also help you understand the test format and get used to the pace required to complete it within a fixed time, as most tests are timed.
4. What does psychometric test measure?
Psychometric tests measure an individual's personality traits, aptitude, intelligence, abilities and behavioral style to make better people decisions. Psychometric tests also measure employee-company culture compatibility, job-personality compatibility, and other such relations relevant for employment. Primarily, psychometric tests measure the degree to which a candidate's disposition will be suitable to a particular role and organization.
5. What are top psychometric assessment tools used in Hiring?
The top psychometric assessment tools used in hiring are:
Cognitive or aptitude tests, namely
- Numerical reasoning
- Verbal reasoning
- Logical reasoning
Personality Tests, such as
- Trait based - MBTI, or
- Type based - Big Five
6. What is a psychometric personality test?
A psychometric assessment for personality test assesses aspects of human personality - traits, behavioral tendencies, motivations, values, etc. Psychometric personality tests are widely used in corporate settings to predict response and fitment. Popular psychometric personality tests are MBTI, DISC, Enneagram Test, Big Five Personality Test.
7. What is a dark personality?
A dark personality is one that threatens the safety of employees, customers and the work culture in an organization. Therefore, a dark personality test is undertaken to identify such traits to prevent damage and create a positive, productive, healthy workplace.
8. What is a career personality test?
Career personality tests reveal a prospect's unique characteristics that determine whether a candidate is a good fit for a specific career. It does so by assessing different traits, interests, strengths and weaknesses.
