For a decade now many employers have decided to use
personality tests as part of the hiring process to determine if someone’s
personality will fit a specific position or not. I personally think employers
should get rid of personality tests. Personality tests measure different
attitudes about items. It doesn’t tell you anything on how that person will
perform on the job or react to different work situations. A lot of these tests that measure
characteristics of your personality don’t measure things that are job-related. These
tests can’t really determine behaviour as people act differently in different
situations. In these types of tests there’s
always a chance that potential employees may respond to the questions how
they think the employer will like them too. Therefore, the test results won’t
be a true representation of their own personalities. Is there any evidence
that shows that employers have gotten the best employees at the end of the
hiring process by using personality test? I don’t think so. I decided to do a
personality test and I did the Disc personality testing as I was curious as to
what will come back as my personality. My Disc style is C/SD which is a blend
of cautious, supportive and dominant traits but my cautious trait is a little
stronger than supportive and dominant traits.
Oddly enough some of the things that this test had to say about my
personality was accurate but does that change my mind about personality tests….NO!
Most jobs don’t need a particular personality type to
ensure that there is success.
What are
your thoughts about personality tests?
http://ignitetechnical.com/hiring/do-personality-tests-work-for-screening-candidates
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