Testing - Screening Assessments Used by Employers and How to Maximize Your Chances For Success

In addition to Recruiting Systems screening your resume and ranking it accordingly, Recruiters and Hiring Managers evaluating your resume and using Google/MySpace/Facebook to take a look at your life before they call, there's one other item you are most likely to face before you get to spend quality time with a person at your targeted company - The Screening Assessment.

Screening assessments can be delivered in a variety of ways (online, paper and pencil, proctored or honor system, etc.). Regardless of the way they are delivered, there are generally two types:

* Screening Assessments for Knowledge, Skill and Abilities (KSAs)

* Screening Assessments for Motivation Fit

The assessments for KSAs are pretty straightforward. They are designed to test you on the KSAs you need to know or are expected to provide as a part of the targeted job. Examples include a knowledge test or assessment to determine if your proficiency level in a certain programming language meets the need for a development position (see vendors like Brainbench). Additionally, some companies will do actually skill assessments to ensure you can display the raw skills they need in a certain job. The lowest level example of this would be a keyboard test employed to make sure clerical types can crank out the volume, but these skill tests are common in bigger companies with technical positions as well.

Screening Assessments for Motivational Fit are different. These tests are more psychological in nature and designed to ensure the behavioral traits embedded in your DNA equate to success in a given role. Common users of these types of tests are companies looking to fill Sales or Customer Service roles. Expect a battery of statements you are instructed to read and then state how strongly you agree with each statement on a Likert Scale type of system. You'll move through the assessment, then your combined profile is compared to the desired profile, and your are ranked accordingly.

Once the results are provided to the recruiter, you will generally be moved forward in the process based on the results - a pass/fail type of scenario. Whether you get significant feedback on how you did depends on the company.

Two rules when talking to recruiter about the screeners - don't question the validity of the assessment (it more than likely has been validated and you'll be labeled as a legal eagle if you ask too many questions) and appear accommodating to taking the time to perform the screen.

One primary rule when taking or performing the assessment - be yourself. Trying to cheat the assessment can kick you out (most screening assessments control for this) and more importantly, you want to land in a job that is a great fit for what motivates you to come to work each day. Trying to cheat the assessment runs counter to that goal.

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