Recently I was required to provide a brief run down of psychometric tests and their applications. There's more than I thought. Hopefully someone else might find this powerpoint useful too.

1. Psychometric Tests

4. What types of test are there?

5. What are they used for? Psychometric tests Selection & Recruitment Career Progression

9. Five Factor Scoring: Openness to experience Neuroticism Conscientiousness Agreeableness Extraversion -ve +ve

15. The DISC Four Quadrant Model

18. The 16 factors with their word descriptors of each scale Tense Relaxed Tension Q4 Self-control Self-conflict Perfectionism Q3 Self-sufficient Group-dependent Self-Reliance Q2 Experimenting Conservative Openness to Change Q1 Apprehensive Self-Assured Apprehension O Shrewd Straightforward Privateness N Imaginative Practical Abstractedness M Suspicious Trusting Vigilance L Tender-minded Tough-minded Sensitivity I Venturesome Shy Social Boldness H Conscientious Expedient Rule Consciousness G Happy-go-lucky Sober Liveliness F Assertive Humble Dominance E Emotionally stable Affected by feelings Emotional Stability C More Intelligent Less Intelligent Reasoning B Outgoing Reserved Warmth A Descriptors Factor

21. Each adjective is placed in one of four quadrants Team members - and leaders - should strive to increase their open free areas, and to reduce their blind, hidden and unknown areas.

23. The 9 Belbin Team Roles Specialist Monitor/ Evaluator Plant Completer/ finisher Company Worker/ Implementer Shaper Team Worker Resource Investigator Co-coordinator

25. Dr. Meredith Belbin: "Nobody is perfect - but a team can be"

27. Types of aptitude and ability tests

28. For more information: BOOKS Anastasi Anne, Urbina Susana, Psychological Testing , Pearson Education, 2003. Mcshane S, Glinow A M, Sharma R, Introduction to Organization Behavior , Tata McGraw Hills, 2006. E-Books D.Constantine-Simms, Everything you need to know to pass psychometric tests. Magazines HRM Review February 2007 Websites http://www.teamfocus.co.uk/different_types_of_psychometric_tests.htm http://changingminds.org/disciplines/hr/selection/psychometric.htm http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html http://en.wikipedia.org www.humanmetrics.com http://www.opp.co.uk