Psychometric Testing
What is it?
Psychometric tools are questionnaires or tests that can be used to help businesses to select the right people, facilitate individual and team development, and increase organisational effectiveness.
Individual tests are among the best single predictors of job performance and are even more powerful when combined with other tests or interviews. They provide an objective and fair method of selecting and developing staff and help to remove bias and discrimination.
The proven benefits of using psychometric tools include:
• Increased objectivity in staff selection and development
• Improved individual and interpersonal effectiveness
• Enhanced teamwork and organisational performance
• Improved staff performance, morale and retention
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaire is the most widely used personality questionnaire worldwide. More than 3.5m questionnaires are completed worldwide every year and there are over 13,000 qualified users in Europe. It is based on over 50 years research and development and is available in 19 languages.
What can psychmotric testing tell me:
They can be used in many contexts, including:
• Selection and assessment
• Individual and leadership development
• Team building
• Organisational change and development
The MBTI questionnaire describes an individual's personality preferences. It represents these in four dimensions:
Extraversion
Prefers to draw energy from the outer world of activity, people and things
Introversion
Prefers to draw energy from the inner world of reflections, feelings and ideas
Sensing
Prefers to focus on information gained from the five senses and on practical applications
Intuition
Prefers to focus on patterns, connections and possible meanings
Thinking
Prefers to base decisions on logic and objective analysis of cause and effect
Feeling
Prefers to base decisions on a valuing process, considering what is important to people
Judging
Likes a planned, organised approach to life, and prefers to have things decided
Perceiving
Likes a flexible, spontaneous approach and prefers to keep options open