1. Types of Selection Tests
• Application Blanks (Weighted Application Blanks,
Biographical Information Blanks)
• Honesty (Integrity) Tests, Drug Tests
• Interviews (e.g., Situational)
• Aptitude Tests (e.g., Mechanical, Clerical)
• Work Samples
• Assessment Centers (Situational Exercises)
2. Types of Selection Tests (cont).
•Personality Inventories
Self-reports -- Projective Techniques --
(e.g., Minnesota Multiphasic (e.g., Thematic
Personality Inventory (MMPI), Apperception Test
California Psychological Inventory (TAT), Rorschach
(CPI), Myers-Briggs Type Inkblot Test (RIT)
Indicator (MBTI), Personality
Inventory (HPI), NEO PI-R
NEO (assesses the 5-Factor
Model consisting of: Neuroticism,
Extraversion Openness,
Agreeableness Conscientiousness)
3. Honesty Testing
Types of Questions:
1) Frequency and extent of theft (e.g., What percentage of people take more than $1.00
per week from their employer?)
2) Punitiveness toward theft (e.g., should a person be fired if caught stealing $5.00?)
3) Thoughts about theft (e.g., Have you ever thought about taking company merchandise
without actually taking any?)
4) Perceived ease of theft (e.g., How easy would it be for a dishonest person to steal
from an employer?)
5) Likelihood of detection (e.g., What percent of employees thieves are ever caught?
Validity Issues:
a) Correlations with polygraph results
b) Future behavior (e.g., # days with cash shortage, discharges)
c) Admissions of past theft
d) Shrinkage reduction
e) Contrasted groups (e.g., scores by criminals vs. general population scores)
4. Situational Tests
1) Perform a Job Analysis Using the Critical Incident Technique
2) Place Critical Incidents into Relevant Job Dimensions (e.g., Safety, Responsibility,
Interpersonal Skills)
3) Reword Critical Incidents Into Question Format
Incident: The employee was married for a year and a half and used any excuse to
stay home. One day the employee’s children got colds and no one was around to care
for them. So, the employee didn’t show up for work and didn’t phone in.
Question: Your two teenage children are home in bed sick with colds. No friends or
relatives are available to watch them. Your shift starts in two hours. What would
you do in this situation?
4) Decide on the desirability of responses [Think of how good, average, and mediocre workers
would have answered such a question]
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 3 5
Stay home Phone in & Go in, they just
explain the problem have colds
5) Conduct interviews in groups of two or more. Each interviewer scores applicant
independently. A single score is given after group discussion
5. Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
Verbal Reasoning
..… is to water as eat is to ….. ..... is to night as breakfast is to …..
A. continue ----- drive A. supper ----- corner
B. foot ----- enemy B. gentle ----- morning
C. drink ----- food C. door ----- corner
D. girl ----- industry D. flow ----- enjoy
E. drink ----- enemy E. supper ----- morning
….. is to one as second is to …..
A. two ----- middle
B. first ----- fire
C. queen ----- hill
D. first ----- two
E. rain ----- fire
6. Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
Numerical Ability
Add
A. 8
30 B. 15
20 C. 16
D. 26
N. none of these
Add
A. 14
13 B. 16
12 C. 25
D. 59
N. none of these
11. Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
Spelling
A) man B) Gurl C) Catt D) dog
Language
Usage
1) I just / left / my friends / house.
A B C D
2) Ain’t we / going to / the office / next week?
A B C D
3) I went / to a ball / game with / Jane.
A B C D
12. Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
Clerical Speed and Accuracy
V. AB AC AD AE AF
W. aA aB BA Ba Bb
X. A7 7A B7 7B AB
Y. Aa Ba bA BA bB
Z. 3A 3B 33 B3 BB
13. Self-Report Inventories
Hogan Personality Inventory
Primary Scales ---
Adjustment (confidence, self-esteem, composure under stressful
situations)
Ambition (competitive, possessing initiative, potential for leadership)
Sociability (extraverted, friendly, enjoys social interactions)
Likeability (warm, charming, capable of maintaining relationships)
Prudence (responsible, possessing self-control, conscientious)
Intellectance (imaginative, curious, creative)
School Success (achievement orientation, keeps current of business
and technical developments)
14. Hogan Personality Inventory (cont.)
Occupational Scales ---
Service Orientation (attentive, pleasant, courteous to others
such as customers and clients)
Stress Tolerance (ability to handle stress)
Reliability (integrity, good organizational citizen)
Clerical Potential (able to follow directions, attentive to detail,
clear communicator)
Sales Potential (energetic, ability to interact socially, able to
deal with client issues/problems)
Managerial Potential (leadership ability, good at organizing,
capability to make decisions)
15. Self-Report Inventories (cont.)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Introversion Extraversion
(Internally motivated; enjoys spending time (Action-oriented; motivated enjoys alone;
prefers one-to-one communication) by outside world and social
interactions)
Sensing Intuitive
(Desires concrete information; practical; (Imaginative, creative factual and detailed
in orientation) improvises comfortable
with ambiguity; focuses
on contexts and connections
Thinking Feeling
Judging Perceiving
16. Rorschach Inkblot Test
Ten cards which bilateral and symmetrical inkblots
Scoring ---
Location: the part of the blot used (e.g., use of the
whole blot, common or unusual detail)
Determinants: form, color, shading, and movement)
Content (human figures, animal figures, anatomical
diagrams, inanimate objects
17. Thematic Apperception Test
TAT --- 31 pictures that depict a variety of social and interpersonal
situations. Participants are requested to write or tell a story about each
picture to the examiner (e.g., what happened, what Ten pictures are
gender-specific; the others can be used with either sex.
Use: To uncover internal conflicts, dominant drives, interests, and
motives. Specific motives include the need for achievement, need for
power, the need for intimacy, and problem-solving abilities.
18. Types of Selection Tests (cont).
Ability Tests
Sensory (e.g., Motor (e.g., Cognitive (e.g.,
hearing, vision) dexterity, Intelligence)
strength, agility)
