Employment Testing in
HRM
 Written or oral testing to determine whether
a job applicant is suitable for a position.
 Employers using employment testing believe
certain test scores indicate the level of job
performance an individual would provide as
an employee.
 Aptitude tests
 A test designed to determine a person's ability in
a particular skill or field of knowledge.
 Means of measuring a person’s capacity or ability
to learn and perform a job.
Verbal ability
Numerical
ability
Perceptual
speed
Reasoning
ability
 Spatial ability
 Measure ability to visualize objects in space and
determine their relationships
 Reasoning ability
 Measure ability to analyze oral or written facts
and make correct judgments concerning them on
the basis of logical implications
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 Psychomotor tests
 Tests that measure a person’s strength, dexterity,
and coordination
 Finger dexterity, manual dexterity, wrist-finger
speed, speed of arm movement
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 Job knowledge tests
 Tests used to measure the job-related knowledge of an
applicant.
 Proficiency tests
 Tests used to measure how well a job applicant can do a
sample of the work to be performed in the job.
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 Interest tests
 Tests designed to determine how a person’s
interests compare with the interests of successful
people in a specific job.
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 Personality tests
 A personality test is a questionnaire or other
standardized instrument designed to reveal
aspects of an individual's character or
psychological makeup.
 Tests that attempt to measure personality traits
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 Polygraph
 Device that records physical changes in a person’s
body as he or she answers questions
 Also known as a lie detector
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Employment Testing in HRM.

Employment Testing in HRM.

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  • 3.
     Written ororal testing to determine whether a job applicant is suitable for a position.  Employers using employment testing believe certain test scores indicate the level of job performance an individual would provide as an employee.
  • 4.
     Aptitude tests A test designed to determine a person's ability in a particular skill or field of knowledge.  Means of measuring a person’s capacity or ability to learn and perform a job.
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     Spatial ability Measure ability to visualize objects in space and determine their relationships  Reasoning ability  Measure ability to analyze oral or written facts and make correct judgments concerning them on the basis of logical implications 6
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     Psychomotor tests Tests that measure a person’s strength, dexterity, and coordination  Finger dexterity, manual dexterity, wrist-finger speed, speed of arm movement 7
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     Job knowledgetests  Tests used to measure the job-related knowledge of an applicant.  Proficiency tests  Tests used to measure how well a job applicant can do a sample of the work to be performed in the job. 8
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     Interest tests Tests designed to determine how a person’s interests compare with the interests of successful people in a specific job. 9
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     Personality tests A personality test is a questionnaire or other standardized instrument designed to reveal aspects of an individual's character or psychological makeup.  Tests that attempt to measure personality traits 10
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     Polygraph  Devicethat records physical changes in a person’s body as he or she answers questions  Also known as a lie detector 11