The document outlines the selection process for hiring candidates, highlighting its importance and associated costs of poor decisions. It details the steps involved, from preliminary interviews and various selection tests to employment offers and contracts. Selection tests assess different abilities such as aptitude, intelligence, personality, and performance to ensure a suitable match for the organization's needs.

1. Selection
Created by Syed Shaz Gilani

2. Introduction
What is Selection?
Why is it important to get
right?

3. Selection
• The process of assessing candidates
and appointing a post holder
• Applicants short listed –
most suitable candidates selected
• Selection process –
varies according to organisation:

4. Importance of Selection to
be right
• Making a bad selection decision is costly in
terms of the cost of the recruitment and
selection process itself, salary, management time
and resources
• If you select someone unsuitable you might
need to spend time managing their
performance and it might affect other
employees.

5. Selection Process
1. Preliminary Interview
2. Selection Tests
3. Employment Interview
4. Reference and Background Analysis
5. Physical Examination
6. Job Offer
7. Employment Contract

6. Preliminary Interview
• In preliminary interview the applicant is
given the job details enabling him to decide
whether the job will suit him or not
• In preliminary interview, interviewer ask
general questions

7. Selection Test

8. Selection Test
Aptitude Test:
Aptitude tests are test which assess the potential and ability of a
candidate
• Mental Ability/Mental intelligence test:
This test is used to measure the over all intelligence and intellectual
ability of the candidate to deal with problems. It judges the decision
making abilities
• Mechanical aptitude test:
This test deals with the ability of the candidate to do mechanical work.
It is used to judge and measure the specialized knowledge and problem
solving ability.
• Psycho motor test :
This test judges the motor skills the hand and eye co-ordination and

9. Selection Test
Intelligence Test:
This test measures the numerical skills and
reasoning abilities of the candidates. Such abilities
become important in decision making. The test
consists of logical reasoning ability, data
interpretation, comprehension skills and basic
language skills

10. Selection Test
Personality Test:
In this test the emotional ability or the emotional
quotient is tested. This test judges the ability to
work in a group, inter personal skills, ability to
understand and handle conflicts and judge
motivation levels. This test is becoming very
popular now days

11. Selection Test
Performance Test:
This test judges and evaluates the acquired
knowledge and experience of the knowledge and
experience of the individual and his speed and
accuracy in performing a job. It is used to test
performance of typist, data entry operators etc

12. Employment Interview
• Behavioral questions reveal the most about how a
candidate would fit into the company culture
• Problem-solving questions ask the candidate to
solve problems
• Create an agenda for the candidate's visit
• Consider taking the candidate off campus for
lunch or drinks once the formal questioning is done
to see how they transition from formal office
settings to social situations

13. Reference & Background
Analysis
• Factual information about Candidate
• Encourages applicants to be honest
• Discourages applicants who hide
something

14. Physical Examination
• It includes medical examination, or clinical
examination (more popularly known as a
check-up or medical) is the process by which
a medical professional investigates the body
of a patient for signs of disease. It generally
follows the taking of the medical history

15. Job Offer
• A job offer is an invitation for a potential
employee, whether he or she has applied for
a job, or not, to become an employee in your
organization. The job offer contains the
details of your employment offer

16. Employment Contract
• An employment contract is a written legal
document that lays out binding terms and
conditions of employment between an employee
and an employer.
Employment contract generally covers:
an overview of
 job responsibilities
 reporting relationships
 salary
 benefits
 paid holidays
 paid vacation
 paid sick leave
 paid time off (PTO)