GOA:
Wisdomjobs.com, one of India’s leading end to end online recruitment and career solutions portals, today released outcome of its survey on the Pre-assessment tests in hiring. Candidate’s pre-assessment tests are used to screen job applicants and include testing of cognitive abilities, knowledge, work skills, physical and motor
The role of pre-assessments, both online and offline has increased due to candidates manipulating their personal information and taking credit for things they did not do on their resumes. Whether third-party or proprietary, recruiters feel that these assessments are useful in making selection decisions by objectively analyzing candidates’ decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
With the focus now shifting from candidates’ past achievements to their ability to do the required job within the constraints of the role – or ‘organizational fit’ – assessments are increasingly being relied upon to gauge a candidate’s suitability. Organizations, irrespective of size are now increasingly using assessment techniques as a method of pre-screening candidates in the initial part of the interview process.
Ajay Kolla, Founder & CEO, Wisdomjobs.com said, “While assessments have long been used as a filtering or elimination tool for hiring at the fresher level, they are now also playing a role in executive hiring. Large organizations and start-ups alike are basing their hiring decisions on assessments that measure skills, behaviors, motivation, attitudes, etc. From a negligible usage, now 15% of the recruiters are using assessment tests with the candidates for senior roles.”
This survey of 130 companies carried out by Wisdomjobs.com examined the role of pre-assessments in their hiring processes.
Nearly 40% of companies surveyed said they use pre-assessments to measure skills, behaviors, motivation, and attitudes
42% of them said that they use them only for entry level roles while 30% use them for middle management roles, and 15% for senior roles
15% of the companies said that they saw an increase in the tenure of their hires after implementing pre-assessments
60% of the companies said that they use pre-assessments only to test candidate aptitude and quantitative skills; 24% said they test aptitude and communication skills, while only 10% use them to test core skills as well.
30% of them also use pre-assessments for psychological profiling of candidates
Nearly 50% the companies said that avoiding a bad hire is the biggest reason for using pre-assessments; 35% said that it increases retention, and 20% said that it increases productivity
Almost 80% agreed that pre-assessments had a positive impact on their hiring process while 10% felt that it did not have a noticeable impact
54% of companies said that they use both paper-based and online assessments, whereas 30% indicate that they use only online assessment.
20% of respondents indicated that they do not evaluate the ROI of their recruitment systems, while over 35% said that they are yet to conduct such evaluations specifically for pre-assessments being used by them
Only 30% of companies said that they integrate candidate results into their Applicant Tracking System
