Manage HR Magazine | Thursday, March 25, 2021
Examine the candidate's overall performance and interactions to see if you think you should train her to meet your performance expectations. You need to figure out if she has a solid foundation on which to build.
Fremont, CA: How can you be sure that the people you recruit aren't fabricating information during the interview? A formal background check is beneficial. However, many businesses use pre-employment assessments to determine a candidate's actual skills, which is a great way to determine suitable background skills.
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While many companies test for technical skills (appropriate for software developers) or conduct personality assessments that are always open to interpretation, here are four pre-employment assessments to help when hiring:
Internal Technical Skills
[vendor_logo_first]On a resume, technical skills are easy to spot, and your applicant tracking system most likely submitted this resume because the keywords matched. While your applicant's resume may appear excellent, he or she may be unable to display the skill you need.
Often, the best person to determine whether a candidate has the required technical skills is the person who is currently doing the job.
Presentation Skills
Remember that when you ask your candidate to give a presentation as part of a pre-employment assessment, you only need a few minutes to assess their presentation skills.
Customer Service
Remember that you haven't taught the candidate on your company's protocols, so don't give her a grade based on her ability to follow your three conflict-resolution steps. Examine the candidate's overall performance and interactions to see if you think you should train her to meet your performance expectations. You need to figure out if she has a solid foundation on which to build.
Analysis Skill Assessment
Many people work as analysts, but the meaning of the term "analyst" varies greatly from job to job and company to company. Provide her with a pre-employment evaluation that includes a sample analysis assignment and a report to complete. Her output will show whether or not she comprehends what is going on.
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