Job Test - Can you fail a job test?

Job Test - Can you fail a job test?

Job Test - Can you fail a job test?

There are many things that are worrying about job applications and one that gives most applicants concern is the thought of what job test they may have to undertake.

A job test seems to becoming a normal part of the recruitment process for lots of organisations and most applicants will have at some time completed some sort of psychometric test.

Familiarity does not however reduce the apprehension. This in itself is often brought about by the applicant wondering what it is the tests are supposed to be measuring. Some are quite obvious, for example numeracy. Others seem to the applicant to have no relevance to the job on offer.

In quite a lot of the cases this is actually true. A job test, sometimes referred to as a career test, is added in as part of a parcel of tools that the recruiter thinks might hep ensure that they get the very best person for the job.

This, in a way, is them covering themselves in case the candidate does not work out. What they may have produced is some evidence that they took all necessary precautions by using a job test. If the psychometric test used had no relevance to the job, it is actually meaningless and a waste of time.

Many organisations have abandoned the job test in favour of an 'in tray' exercise that is relative to the job. They may give the applicant a task to see how they go about solving the problem. If the applicant has applied for a job that matches their experience or knowledge then this should prove to be less threatening than an unrelated job test.

Organisations are as worried about choosing the wrong person, as applicants are, about not getting the job. The whole process is a fraught one. Even in good times there was always some risk, however with numerous applicants chasing the same vacancy the pressure on both sides becomes intense.

Organisations are more than ever using psychometric tests to help identify suitable applicants. These are administered through questionnaires and are often referred to as a career test, although they are not a test but an assessment of the applicant's personality.

There is no right or wrong personality therefore this cannot be considered a test, although we often refer to it as a career test. If the organisation has decided on a personality type that will fit the particular job and this is not your type, there is no need to be despondent. Just as the organisation will not see your personality as a good fit, you too would be unhappy in this job if you could not be your natural self.

The ideal scenario is where you are chosen for a job because your personality will fit with the others within the organisation. When this happens chances are that this is an organisation where you could thrive.

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