Psychometric Testing

A psychometric test is a means of assessing a person’s capabilities in a quantifiable, structured and scientific way. Typically, psychometric tools are used for selection, individual, leadership and team development and career exploration among other applications.

The benefits of using psychometric tests for selecting the right people are:

• Validity: Psychometric tools show an undeniable link with performance on the job.Therefore, the tools can give valuable insight about an individual’s suitability for the job position or areas where development is required.
• Reliability: Good psychometric tests, have been subjected to rigorous examination to ensure the same results are reproduced time and time again.
• Ease of Use: Psychometric tools are flexible in the administration and completion time, with most tests can be taken either as a paper-based or online, with test administration times starting from eight minutes.
• Cost Efficiency: There is good commercial sense to use psychometric tools as the costs of testing are significantly low in comparison to the costs of making the wrong selection decision.
• Objectivity: Psychometric tools are not influenced by a ‘human’ element, and therefore they are unbiased and allow informed decisions.
• Choice: At IHS we have hundreds of psychometric tools that can be used in various applications.There are also specific tools that assess a specific attribute or compliment other assessments used.