Employee Testing and

Selection

Chapter 6
 Employee Selection
◈ Employee Selection is the process of putting right men on right job. It is a
procedure of matching organizational requirements with the skills and
qualifications of people. Effective selection can be done only when there is
effective matching.
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 Importance of Employee Selection
◈ 1. Employees with right skills will perform better
◈ 2. Costly to recruit and hire the employees
◈ 3. Legal Consequence
Importance of Employee Selection
Basics of Testing and selecting Employees

Basics of Testing

1. Reliability 2. Validity
Basics of Testing and selecting Employees
◈ Reliability:
◈ The consistency of scores obtained by the same person when retested with the
identical tests or with alternate forms of the same test.
◈ Validity:
◈ The accuracy with which a test, interview and so on measure what it purports to
measure or fulfills the function it was designed to fill.
Test Validation Process

1. Analyze the Job

2. Choose the Tests

3. Administer the Test

4. Relate the test scores and criteria

5. Cross validate the test

Types of Tests
 Improving Performance thorough HRIS
◈ Computerization
◈ Online Testing
◈ Data Analytics
Overview of selection process
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