Psychometric Assessments

Our practitioners are certified by the British Psychological Society to manually and electronically administer a range of psychometric instruments including,

Behavioural/Personality Testing:

CareerVision use both the Myers Briggs Type Inventory or SHL’s Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) to determine personality type. The way an individual is likely to perform in a job depends very much on their personality. Using personality questionnaires in conjunction with interviews can;

• Provide a useful insight into a potential employee’s personal style and how they see themselves
• Identify how a person will act in the workplace in relation to different personality types.
• Suggest to management how to get the best results from someone with a certain personality type.

A second type of personality testing uses the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) to focus on how interests link to work. By analysing interest levels on the six occupational themes, it is possible to predict the career options likely to provide the greatest degrees of work satisfaction. This tool also allows us to identify areas of lower skills confidence where development may be necessary to deliver work satisfaction. This tool is particularly useful when used during career transition.

Ability/Aptitude Testing:

Ability testing measures a person’s potential to learn new skills or to cope with the pressures of a specific job. They provide an objective measure of potential than just interview alone. There are a number of different tests which can be administered depending on the position but these can be broadly classified.

Verbal Ability Tests
These tests are widely used in administrative and manufacturing jobs as they require an employee either to understand and make decisions based on verbal or written information or to pass this type of information to others. The questions test their ability to spell words correctly, use correct grammar, understand analogies and follow detailed written instructions.

Numeric Ability Tests
These tests are directly applicable to many administrative and clerical jobs but can also appear as a component of graduate and managerial tests. They include questions on basic arithmetic, number sequences and simple mathematics. Sometimes information is provided that requires interpretation and the application of appropriate logic. These questions are often similar to the type of reasoning required in the workplace.

Abstract Reasoning Tests
These tests provide the best measure of general intellectual ability. The questions are based on diagrams and measure the ability to identify the underlying logic of a pattern. They are of particular value when selecting people for technical jobs which involve dealing with abstract ideas or concepts.

Spacious Reasoning Tests
These tests measure an employee’s ability to manipulate three-dimensional objects presented as two-dimensional pictures. Spatial ability is required in production, technical and design jobs where plans and drawings are used, for example; surveying, engineering, architecture, and design.

Mechanical Reasoning Tests
These tests are designed to assess knowledge of physical and mechanical principles. Mechanical reasoning tests are used to select for a wide range of apprentice and engineering occupations.

Data Checking Tests
These tests present the tester with number of tables of information which must be checked against each other. This type of test is used to select candidates for clerical and data input jobs where accuracy is important.

Check out Career Manager to see our psychometric tests where sample reports are available or please email kgray@careervision.ie or telephone Karen on  + 353 086 17 12051 to discuss your psychometric assessment needs.