Employment Testing inHRM

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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