Benefits of Psychometric Test
• Provide the deep information of candidates which cannot be measured by interviews
• Psychometric testing saves employers time and money
• Provides a true picture of candidates
• Treat all candidates equally
• Psychometric testing can be used at any stage of the application process
• Can measure skills and abilities, not just education
Disadvantages of psychometric Test
• Measuring method may not effective
• Some candidates are more experienced in sitting for test
• Incompatible with different cultural people
• Must be measured properly
• False answers
Use of Psychometric Test in Sri Lanka
• Hummingbird International
• Intercontinental Institute of Human Resource Management (IIHRM)
• Uni agents
• ASSI Testing Centre
Organization who use psychometric test for recruitment
• Sri Lankan Air Lines
• KPMG
• DFCC bank
Conclusion
Other than non-profitable organisation, All other companies are trying to maximise their profits. In order to achieve these goals, the organisations must have proper strategic plans. As discussed above, quality of the employees is the key factor in HRM. Past few decades human resources managers have been trying to resolve the main problem they uncounted, which is recruit and select the most suitable candidate for the position. Because employees who are selected through the typical selection tools as mentioned earlier, tend to show the low performance in the work place.With evolution of the psychometric test, Recruitment and the selection process become easier for the human resources managers to select the perfect candidate for the vacant position, since it can reveal the untold stories about the employee. Therefore it helps organisation to move toward the direction where the company wants to be with the quality and skillful employees.
As Martin (2012) explain psychological testing often involves prejudice, which is detrimental to those with different cultural backgrounds, language barriers, psychological orientations, and even test anxiety. They are probably the best candidates for this job, but they were eliminated during the recruitment process. Given the value of diversity and ethical business practices in today's world, you should thoroughly consider using psychometrics so that you don't suddenly find legal actions are coming to your direction.
ReplyDeleteYes.Agreed with the statement.
DeleteFalse understanding of Test Results:Disproportionate clarification of a test report is highly hazardous for the entire evaluation mechanism. A certain candidate might lack the basic knowledge about the test and based on the assessment, the employer can make decisions that might not be appropriate for the selection process. Hence, before interpreting the test results, the expertise of the test-providers must be exploited to acquire the desired result with utmost precision.
ReplyDeleteYes.According to Chitra (2019)he stated this not 100 accurate.
DeleteAgreed. When the growing costs of recruiting suitable candidates are much higher, the standard recruitment process begins with a review of the curriculum vitae, followed by a telephone or an interview. Using short and powerful web-based psychometric tests is very effective and cost-saving (Bateson et al., 2014).
ReplyDeleteOf course.There are free web based psychometric test.
DeleteThis is an informative content that clearly describes the application, advantages and the disadvantages of Psychometric Test.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.This helps organisation to move toward the direction where the company wants to be with the quality and skillful employees.
DeleteWhile adding more advantages to the article, Conductin the test will enable organizations to pick a most suitable candidates and Easy way to understand the thinking pattern of the employee. Thus false understanding test outcome is a major drawback of this test (Ghosh,2018).
ReplyDeleteYes.According to Chitra (2019)he stated this not 100% accurate.
DeleteIt can be understood that certain personality traits make them more likely to succeed on the job than others, and thus identifying those traits and finding relevant jobs can be of enormous benefit to careers (Myers & Myers, 1995)
ReplyDeleteYes. It helps organisation to move toward the direction where the company wants to be with the quality and skillful employees.
DeleteAgree with your blog the psychometric test aids to identify the strengths and weakness of employee to be recruited, and how this candidate can be managed, therefore the candidate can be guided through career development of the company much efficiently (Shingal, 2019).
ReplyDeleteYes. It helps organisation to move toward the direction where the company wants to be with the quality and skillful employees.
DeleteHi Oshantha, I would like to add a few more benefits to psychometric testing. For instance, these tests help in attracting the right people to apply, by modifying the ad to attract the personality in demand (Ghosh, 2018). While assisting with employee's preferred communication style, psychometric tests also help in reducing attrition rates and improving productivity (Alexander, 2019).
ReplyDeleteHi Oshantha. I too agree on the fact that Psychometric tests are used vividly in the recruitment process because it screens the individual thoroughly and gives a better impression of who he really is than the other recruitment interview options (Rehman, 2012).
ReplyDeleteHi Oshantha ,Psychometric methods are highly concerning about suitability of the applicant on the job positions. IQ tests, work sample tests, verbal reasonings can be identified as some common psychometric tests. These tests contain benefits and drawbacks as well. Based on my opinion, it can be noted that the writer has successfully covered all the important points in the use of psychometric method and its importance on the modern organizations. Healy (2008), has stated that psychometric methods help to choose the best person for the right position
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Each organization makes its hiring process tough so that they can get to their workforce the best candidates. This helps them to be high on the market and also helps them manage the organization's growth and development.
ReplyDeleteTo make it possible to try all kinds of tests on candidates by employers or recruiters. And psychometric tests are one such effective test out of them. The main objective of this test is to assess the personality, skills and aptitude of the candidate.
Agreed.Recruiting suitable candidates are much higher in cost, the standard recruitment process comes under CV,Online calls & interviews.But the Psychometric methods are effective and cost-saving(Bateson et al., 2014)
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to the Global context world best recruiting companies use the pith of this methodologies perfectly in parallel to the manual processors eg. The Adecco Group in Switzerland.
Cook (1997) is also of the opinion that psychometric tests are still sometimes used by people who are not well informed about the issues of measurement and bias. He refers to the fact that the task of the profession is made more difficult by a lack of sophistication among users in the field. Accordingly, it is clear that tests are still used by some people without a deep understanding of the nature of assessment and the problems associated with it. Under these conditions,information and general education in terms of testing, seem to be the most efficient way of action.
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