Psychometric assessment is one of the oldest assessment tools used to make better, faster, and more accurate talent acquisition and management decisions. Psychometric assessments are tools used to objectively assess an individual’s personality traits, aptitude, intelligence, abilities, and behavioural style. ​ Psychometric assessments are widely used in career counselling and employment to match a person’s skills and personality to an appropriate career or role. This guide shows the components of psychometric assessment and how they are used in recruitment to ensure the right hiring decisions are made.

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Improving the Quality ofYourTalent with
Psychometric Assessments

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Introduction
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Psychometric assessment is one of the oldest assessment tools used to
make better, faster, and more accurate talent acquisition and management
decisions.
After being introduced in the late 1800s, psychometric tests were used as a
tool to assess recruits for any neuroses during the world wars.The tests used
back then were mostly personality tests, and the role of psychometric tests
has changed dramatically since then.

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Defining Psychometric Assessment
Psychometric assessments are tools used to objectively assess an
individual’s personality traits, aptitude, intelligence, abilities, and
behavioural style.
Psychometric assessments are widely used in career counselling and
employment to match a person’s skills and personality to an
appropriate career or role.

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Psychometric Assessments are used in:
Recruitment and
Selection
Employee Performance
Evaluation
Succession Planning
Employee
Engagement
Employee Learning
and Development
Interventions
High Potential
Identification

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Reasons why Hiring Managers use Psychometric
Assessment
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• Gives indication of how well a candidate will perform on the role
• Reduces cognitive hiring bias
• Revealing of Candidates' strengths and weaknesses
• Accuracy in hiring
• Helps in making hiring decisions faster
• Aids diversity hiring

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Two Factors that Make Psychometric Assessment
Effective
Validity
Reliability

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The validity of psychometric tests is
determined by how well they
measure what they claim to
measure.These tests promise
greater validity than traditional
interviews because they use valid
methodologies to measure
personality traits and aptitude.
Validity
Reliability
A psychometric test is only reliable
if it produces consistent results
under constant conditions. A
dependable test score is precise and
consistent across all tests. It can
also be repeated several times. As a
result, it is critical to select a
psychometric test that employs a
trait-based approach, such asThe
Big 5 Factor model.The following
chapter delves deeper into this
topic.

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Types of PsychometricAssessments
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Personality
Assessment
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Cognitive ability
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Behavioural
Assessment

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1. Personality Assessment
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It is also designed to assess the aspects of a person's personality that remain
relatively stable throughout an individual's lifetime, giving you great insights
into the permanent personality traits of a candidate rather than the
temporary traits which may be more obvious during interviews.

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Examples of Personality Assessment
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• Emotional IntelligenceAssessment
• Personality Inventory Assessment
• Personality Map Assessment
• Identity Personality Assessment
• Leadership Potential Assessment
• Managerial Potential Assessment
• Learning AgilityAssessment
• High Potential Assessment

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The Five Factor Model
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The test is based on the Five Factor Model that identifies five key areas as
the building blocks of a robust career personality profiler.The “Big Five”
personality traits listed, help predict important job-related outcomes such
as professional performance, potential, trainability and subsequent job
satisfaction,They are;
• Extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved),
• Openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious),
• Emotional stability (secure/confident vs. sensitive/nervous)
• Agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. cold/unkind)
• Conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. easy-going/careless).

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2. Cognitive AbilityTest
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Cognitive ability tests, also known as aptitude tests, assess people's mental
abilities.They aid in assessing a person's critical thinking, logical reasoning,
verbal ability, and problem-solving abilities.They also look at how people
apply previous experiences in new situations.

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Some cognitive psychometric assessments include:
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• Inductive Reasoning:This type of psychometric tool assesses a
candidate’s ability to think systematically, usually through visual
sequences.
• Logical Reasoning: these tests assess a person’s ability to think logically.
The tests are comparable to diagrammatic testing. However, they do not
require the usage of diagrams.
• Verbal Reasoning:Written excerpts, usually with a multiple-choice
answer style, will be used in verbal psychometric exams to assess a
candidate’s understanding and comprehension skills.
• Numerical Reasoning: Numerical psychometric assessment is used to
examine a candidate’s ability to work with numbers swiftly and
efficiently.

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3. Behavioural Assessment
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A behavioural assessment is a tool designed to measure a person’s
behavioural pattern and choices. It is used to observe, understand, explain
and predict a person’s behaviour. Candidates must demonstrate behavioral
competence in one or more tasks that are related to their job responsibilities
and simulate an actual workplace environment in order to pass behavioral
assessments.

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Example of exercises used to test behavioural
competencies include:
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• Case Study Analysis
• Role Plays
• Group Exercises
• Interviews
• Presentations
• Analytical Exercises
• Inbox/In-tray Exercises
• Situational JudgementTests

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When you deploy Psychometric Assessments:
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• You improve the quality of your recruitment
• You hire only the right people
• You reduce or eliminate costs of wrong hiring
• You hire faster and better
• You reduce the attrition rate among your candidates

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