Definitions
What is The process of finding the best suited candidate for a role → selecting individuals through the use of psychometrically sound and validated assessments?
Selection
Content, construct, and criterion are examples of what?
Validity
A formal ___ where all candidates are asked the same set of standardized questions, and responses are rated using consistent criteria/behaviorally anchored rating scales?
Structured Interview
What are 3 of the 7 types of selection assessments?
Interviews
Personality inventories
Cognitive ability tests
References & biographical data
Physical ability tests
Work samples
Honesty & drug tests
What is a questionnaire or assessment that measures different aspects of a person’s personality traits, preferences, and behaviors?
Personality inventory assessment
What are 2 examples of a personality inventory assessment?
Ex: Big 5 Personality Test, Myers-Briggs, DISC, 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), Enneagram, Caliper Profile, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
What is a test designed to measure general mental ability skills such as problem-solving, reasoning, memory, and numerical ability?
Cognitive Ability Assessment
What is the scale for reliability and what numbers on that scale are of note?
0-1
1 = perfect reliability
0 = no reliability
> or = 0.7 is generally considered acceptable
What is a BFOQ and what does it stand for?
Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications:
Legal questions that you can discriminate based on for hiring
What is the Hawthorne experiment?
A series of studies conducted in the 1920s and 1930s to determine how working conditions affect employee productivity
They tested this by seeing how employees productivity varied with different levels of light.