What are your views on the use of pre-employment screening tests? Are they a useful tool for streamlining the hiring process?

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Online Tests for
Pre-Employment
Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Overview
1. Pre-Employment Screening Tests
2. Advantage: Cost Efficiency
3. Advantage: Boost Morale and Enhance Performance
4. Challenge: Achieving Reliability
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Pre-Employment Screening Tests
• Businesses will often use online exam software to create
pre-employment screening tests.
– Testing is an efficient way for employers to screen
candidates during the job application process.
– Many test questions are designed to mimic interview
questions to determine which candidates are best suited to
the workplace.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Pre-Employment Screening Tests
• Screening tests often combine a variety of different test
types such as aptitude, integrity or personality tests, all
of which are available through exam creation software.
• There are a number of benefits to this type of screening,
as well as some challenges.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Advantage: Cost Efficiency
• Staff turnover can be a huge waste of money for a
company, especially when you put into perspective the cost
of bringing an employee on board.
• Time and money spent training new hires, who turn out to
be less than appropriate, also wastes resources. This can be
avoided by pre-screening candidates through the use of
exam creation software.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Advantage: Cost Efficiency
• With the use of a test generator software, the resume
pool can be narrowed down to only the most genuinely
qualified candidates.
• This will save costs normally spent on reviewing resumes
and conducting interviews.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Advantage: Boost Morale and
Enhance Performance
• Test creation software offers employers a comprehensive
tool for measuring candidates’ cognitive abilities,
knowledge, work skills, physical abilities, personality,
intelligence, integrity and emotional stability.
• The Rainmaker Group, a business consultant company,
has reported that the cost of one employee turnover
could be up to half of the annual wages of a low-skilled
worker.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Advantage: Boost Morale and
Enhance Performance
• A major cause of employee turnover is incompetency,
which is why you should create a test that assesses the
knowledge and abilities of potential candidates.
• This can help reduce these rates and boost the overall
morale and performance of employees.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Challenge: Achieving Reliability
• When it comes to employment screening through exam
creation software, administrators must ensure that the
assessment measures exactly what it is supposed to.
• Test results should indicate that those who perform well
on the test are suited for the job, and those who perform
poorly at not well suited.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Challenge: Achieving Reliability
• A test’s validity and reliability rests on well-researched
and soundly constructed test items, as well as
dependable test generator software.
• Items which are biased, overly personal in nature, or
could be considered offensive, could all disadvantage
certain qualified employees.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
Challenge: Achieving Reliability
• Poorly constructed tests can disadvantage qualified
employees by wrongly filtering them out of the recruitment
process.
• Unfair employee screening tests are a common source of
lawsuits.
• Companies should employ experienced test developers,
and use trustworthy test creation software to construct
assessments that are ethically and technically sound.
Source: Test Generator – Online Tests for Pre-Employment Screening

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Online Tests for Pre-
Employment Screening
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