Linking Test Types with Jobs and Industrial Sectors

Critical Reasoning

Operatives

Supervisory

Management

Craft & Technical

Clerical & Administrative Police, Fire, Military etc Management Trainee Graduate, Professional Y Y

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Employers use verbal reasoning questions to gain an insight into whether you have the key intellectual skills that are the foundation for success in a managerial position. Consequently, these questions are usually restricted to graduate and management level tests.

Key Points/Learning

Tests may be customized according to the inherent personality traits that companies are looking for in a candidate. It can give a complete job suitability assessment that measures interests, work values, task preferences, motivations, attitudes and other issues related to work satisfaction. This focus on behavior competencies and job suitability factors enables you to hire, retain and develop top performance as well as generate greater work satisfaction.

Key Points/Learning

There are tests for clerical jobs which assess verbal and numerical checking skills, comprehension of office vocabulary, and the ability to plan and organize. Similarly, there are tests for technical jobs such as technical checking and faultfinding, knowledge of electronics, and the ability to comprehend diagrams. Other job-specific tests exist for call centre staff, computer programmers, sales staff, and managers.

Key Points/Learning

Test publishers supply tests which are applicable to general business settings and also more occupationally specific personality questionnaires, for example for customer contact/customer service, sales jobs, and manual/operative workers.

Some examples

Teaching Skills tests http://www.tda.gov.uk/skillstestsonline/numeracy/asses sment_engine.html - examples and registration for literacy, numeracy and ICT tests required prior to gaining Qualified Teacher Status in England. http://www.psychometrics-uk.com/page26.html - Berger Aptitude for Programming Test (B-APT) - three sample questions from this test, which assesses your aptitude for learning computer programming languages.

Term Project

Every group must pick a unique industry. Design job-specific psychometric tests for your respective industry i.e. customer services, teaching, computer programming, etc. Justify how these tests will help identify the right fit for the said job in that sector. Each test must incorporate all aspects of psychometric test (verbal, analytical abilities and personality fit).

Design three tests for beginner level, supervisory level and management staff and explain how these three tests will be administered differently for all there levels.