Psychometric Test

The essay will be about psychometric tests and linking this to a stated literature. In the following essay, there will be a description of the literature that has been researched about psychometric tests. Also there will be information given that will explain how psychometric tests can be a benefit to employers in businesses. There will be a reflective account of personal experiences of taking these tests, and how they can help an individual improve in their verbal and numerical skills in the short and long term in the future.

Psychometric tests are employability related tests that would test an individual on their understanding of literacy and numeracy. This can help them to improve their performance on activities and tasks within the business.

As well as tackling problems with data involving graphs, tables etc. If a person scores well on this type of test, it will be showing the employers that they can manage money usefully and have the capabilities to analyse production or revenue statistics.

Another type of psychometric test would be verbal reasoning tests. These tests will identify a person’s capabilities to use a language, whilst understanding written texts. These tests will include the use of writing letters, manuals and reading texts. At this stage of the tests, a person’s literacy will be tested to make sure they are capable will spelling and grammar. These tests help a person comprehend of texts meaning, this will be good for employers to know.

Also, there is another type of psychometric tests such as situational tests. These tests are used by employers to test a person’s capability to make decisions in certain situations. This is important because in a work environment, an employee’s main decisions have to include reading and analysing data and information, also under timed conditions or deadline pressures. The questions can be presented in a role play type format too, where certain situations in and around the work would be stated. Then, it will have a choice of different answers or decisions that the person can make, and it shows what a person will do in the moment. It usually

I was trying to find a job and didn’t have much luck going out and handing out CV’s. I then started looking online for a job, and came across an advert on a jobsite for one at McDonalds. I entered the website and was told to register to continue with an application. So, I registered and then saw many more questions split up in sections, and it had been said that these following questions were to assess my personality in situations. I started to look at the questions and there were some involving the customers asking for items and there were a few options for my response, I was to select the best choice from that. I had to imagine me in the situation and try to see what skills I have to use, and how do I respond to the situation in the best way. There were a lot of questions and very long, and there was also different type of scenarios which I had to decide how to behave in the