After experiencing a particularly difficult candidate during a recent assessment process, I was prompted to share some of the things that are worth considering during an assessment. While your performance on the exercises is critical to your success, it’s still important take the following into account. Ask what the sessions entail – Companies don’t always [...] Read more »
Assessment Centres – Dispelling the Myths
A frequent question I’m asked by friends and contacts, particularly when they are job hunting and been invited to the next stage of a process, is “what exactly is an assessment centre?” While there is a clear and formal definition of what an assessment centre entails, the phrase is used to describe a wide range [...] Read more »
Rough Guide to Psychometrics – Understanding Your Psychometric Assessment Results
So you have prepared, completed the practice questions, had a good night’s sleep, arrived at the test centre early or done the assessment in the peace of your own home. Now what happens next? Many companies do not proactively offer feedback to candidates on their psychometric assessment results, so you will generally have to [...] Read more »
Rough Guide to Psychometrics – Ability Tests – Candidate Guide
Ability tests are typically timed exercises that come in a variety of formats which are designed to test the speed and accuracy of your decision making. The most commonly used exercises are: Read more »
Rough Guide to Psychometrics – Personality Profiles – Candidate Guide
Personality assessments/inventories assess preferred or typical ways of acting or thinking. Assessment questions of these traits do not have right or wrong answers. Rather, they attempt to measure how much or how little the test taker possess of a specified characteristic (e.g. outgoingness, flexibility, decisiveness). Most instruments designed to measure or identify and assess dispositions [...] Read more »