Introduction:
Psychometric test is a scientific method of identifying and evaluating one’s mental capabilities and behavioral pattern. These tests are designed and standardized to scrutinize and measure the candidate’s suitability for a role based on the personality traits, strengths and aptitude. While recruiting a new employee or understanding the developmental needs of existing one, employers need this sort of information to make the correct decisions. The recent trend, in the organizations of considering these tests in hiring the most suitable candidate, is commendable. Its accelerating popularity itself discloses that how important it has become to identify the hidden characteristics of the candidates that are, most of the times, difficult to gauge from a face-to-face interview.
Once the recruiting team scrutinizes the fulfillment of the initial requirements for a particular position by reviewing the candidate’s resumes, these tests are implemented as the filtering mechanisms at an early stage in the recruitment process and this further helps to identify the job applicants who do not fulfill further requirements for a specific role and consequently leading to the shrinkage of the applications further.
Combined with two essential techniques of measurement, psychometric test reveals cognitive abilities and personality or behavioral traits of a person.
Cognitive abilities, often determined through aptitude tests, are the numerical, reasoning and logical characteristics that are considered as the essential skills in many occupations, preferably in Engineering and IT field, including software development and technical designing roles. Psychometric tests provide the in depth understanding of a candidate’s certain potentials that include the ability to communicate effectively, efficiently taking appropriate decisions and providing resolutions in certain occupational scenarios.
Personality tests assess one’s behavior pattern while dealing with certain situations. As the organizations aim the candidates to be associated with them for a longer period of time, they generally take the help of these tests to gauge an individual’s tendencies of stability and preferences in relation to an occupation. The employers would certainly like to know if a person’s certain characteristics are suitable for a particular job profile, e.g. for a leadership role, a person should have the capacity to guide, motivate and lead a team.
The questionnaires of the psychometric tests are objective types utilizing standard methods of assessment and have been proved to be well grounded in predicting, mostly, the accurate characteristics and personality of a candidate. Apart from career advisors, some institutes and organizations, there are certain online sites that provide the free samples that can be easily accessible.
The benefits of the psychometric tests to the test takers and the candidates:
There are several diversified psychometric tests available in the market based on different job profiles and interests of the job seekers or the test takers to assess and evaluate their ability, aptitude and personality necessary for a particular job and guide them in choosing the right career path. There are certain tests that examine one’s potential to learn a new skill required to perform the job a candidate has applied for.
Looking into the recent trends, apart from the monetary welfare, the young crowd is inclined more towards the job satisfaction and believes in following their passion that they find inherently motivating and fueling. This can only be possible when a candidate is choosing the right career at the right time. In spite of working hard and putting all efforts in a work, when a candidate is unable to understand his inability to grow and find his job boring and monotonous or instead of being enthusiastic on a daily basis, when a candidate is just dragging himself to the office, it’s a signal that he needs to quit the current occupation or needs to change his job. However, by the time he realizes this miserable situation, most of the golden days of his life are over, struggling and unsuccessfully trying to prove himself in the wrong path. People on the right career choice, furnish the more balanced and satisfied lives.
Now days, when youngsters and the candidates seeking out the desirable opportunities and thriving for long term benefits, it becomes really important to be completely aware of one’s own abilities and strengths and wisely utilize them that will help them in the long run. By analyzing the potentials and the personality in relation to a particular job’s criteria, psychometric tests help the candidates finding the jobs that they love, by narrowing their choices based on the filtered characteristics from the test’s results. It also helps the existing employees to identify the training and the development needs required to enhance their efficiency at work. These tests help the candidates to get a real insight into the every aspect of their cognitive abilities and personality traits, so they can have the comprehensive approach while making decisions about their career and their work life. If utilized at the early stage of a career choice, these tests, indeed, are reliable sources in helping the individual making the right decisions, creating a history of success.
About the Author :
Lakshmi Kompella is a Post Graduate in Computer Applications, with diverse and varied experience in IT consulting Organizations, Media Houses, Start-up organizations. “Albert Einstein’s ‘Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school” is her mantra and she pursues knowledge relentlessly.
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