Information about assessment centers/ Recruitment and selection

1. Assessment Centers
Group 5:
Sarwat Jahan
Gohar Iqbal
Instructor:
Col. (R) Raza
Kamal
Course:
Recruitment &
Selection

2. Learning Objectives:
• What are assessment centers?
• A brief history
• General components of an Assessment center
• A case of ISSB (Inter Services Selection Board)

3. Assessment Centers
• ‘A method for assessing aptitude and performance;
applied to a group of participants by trained
assessors using various aptitude diagnostic processes
in order to obtain information about applicants'
abilities or development potential.’
http://www.psychometric-success.com/assessment-
centers/acfaq-what-is.htm#sthash.6BdFfzYR.dpuf

4. AC (cont.)
• An assessment centre is a process where
candidates are assessed to determine their
suitability for specific types of employment,
especially management or military command.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assessment_centre

5. History
• German Army introduced Assessment techniques in 1930.
• This was for selection of officers
• Appointed Psychologist Max Simoniet who introduced leadership
test.
• Assessment centres were created in World War II.
• British Army recognized Max’s work and created there own ACs
with improvements.
• And then US Army and Intelligences opted for the same with some
upgrades.

6. General components of ACs
• Interviews
• Examinations
• Psychometric tests
• Individual & Group exercises
• Presentations

7. ISSB (Inter Services Selection Board)
• Preliminary Test (my term “Initial knockouts”)
• Written/computer based test (on spot result announcement)
• Full medical
• Interviews
• ISSB Test (4 days at ISSB center)
• Written test (day 1)
• Individual task & Group task
(day 2 / leader less and leader based)
• Indoor Situation analysis and Group discussion
(day 3/ leader less)
• Interviews (day 4)

8. Thank you!