Psychometric Testing advice

andiritchie

andiritchie

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As anyone done one of these test's before and if so has anyone got any good advice.

Its my first one.I have done the practise tests but don't know what to expect when doing it for real.

Thanks
 
They are designed to trick you!

Always reply with the option that makes you seem like a sociopathic loner with no hobbies apart from torturing small animals and making fires!

They'll have you as HR director before you know it :D
 
The only thing i can say is answer them honestly.

From what i have been told they are 98% accurate and having done a couple of them they seem to be on the money on a lot of things.

I was speaking to a company the other day who use them as a way of picking coaches. All the information is fed into a computer which can pick up any forced answers which go against your "normal personality"

Its also illegal for job selection to be based on these tests.
 
They tend to tell you the obvious: only be as honest as you feel comfortable, they are only as accurate as you are honest, and even then there is a margin of error. More mumbo-jumbo than science.
 
They are a prop for indecisive managers and paranoid HR departments. Just answer the questions, then forget about it. Don't prepare and if any company doesn't hire you because of one of those, you were better off not getting it.

The personality tests are especially unreliable.

They are most certainly not 98% accurate, although "accurate" is not a term used in psychometric testing. Validity is probably what is meant.
 
I have just got back now.It went pretty good.

Four tests in all Mechanical,maths,reading and a 'spot the difference' one,some designed to catch you out but i think i did ok.

The job is a building site supervisor for Balfour Beatty,fingers crossed i get to the next stage
 
I had this with my old company. It was surprisingly accurate, the HR guy who gave me the results described my character very precisely. It however wasn't very good at predicting who would be good at a certain job. Of the six people in my department only one person's profile exactly matched the profile perceived as perfect for the job. He lasted two months before having a nervous breakdown over the workload and the pressure that the job involved.
 
Ethan said:
They are a prop for indecisive managers and paranoid HR departments. Just answer the questions, then forget about it. Don't prepare and if any company doesn't hire you because of one of those, you were better off not getting it.

The personality tests are especially unreliable.

They are most certainly not 98% accurate, although "accurate" is not a term used in psychometric testing. Validity is probably what is meant.
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What utter nonsense!
 
andiritchie said:
As anyone done one of these test's before and if so has anyone got any good advice.

Its my first one.I have done the practise tests but don't know what to expect when doing it for real.

Thanks
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It depends on the test. I just had to do SHL testing for the role I just applied for. My advice is, if you have done the practice test and felt comfortable then you will be fine for the real thing as the practice is usually not far off the "proper test".
 
vikismith said:
Before some Time i was facing this test when i was go for an interview. In this test mental abilities, skills and knowldege are measure. this test is the central part of recriutBefore some Time I was facing this test when I was go for an interview. In this test mental ability, skills and knowledge are measure. This test is the central part of recruitment process.
ment process.
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Hmmm, yes, I see what you're saying.

Can response autobots take a psychometric test?
 
DarthVega said:
What utter nonsense!
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You'd be categorised as a 'ditherer in decision-making' then! :whistle:

'Accuracy' is not a term that is liked in this sphere. 'Validity' and 'Reliability' are the preferred terms.

The couple of times I've been tested, it seemed to be pretty correct to what I was - at the time. And I got both jobs too.

znuffzz said:
must admit i thought these had been totally discredited these days along with phrenology and graphology...
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I think it's illegal to use them as the sole method of selection. Now that's totally un-police-able!
 
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My company use these. while it was fairly accurate based on my personality, i apparently didn't fit the management profile.So now i am a manager. I was forced to send my new start to the main office to do one before he signed his contract, to see if he fitted the right profile. He did thankfully, but i couldn't care less. I think it's rather pathetic to go through an entire interview process, be selected and then fall foul of a computer program at the end. If they'd gone with my results i'd never be anywhere near our company, let alone be management.

The jist of it is that it gives a company something to fall back on if it doesn't work out. Tosh
 
We should have a GM Forum pshychometric test to allow you to post on here

e.g.
DO you think dress codes are good or bad
Does custom fitting work
Does your swing look like Rory's
Should you ever let people through
Are you scottish
Do you own a couple of bits of plastic tied together with an elastic band ?
 
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