CHAPTER-3

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SELECTION: CONDUCTING TESTS
 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A RESUME

• Signs of specific achievements

• Transferable skills and experiences
• Appropriate education and work background
• Continuity and duration of employment
• Gaps in time
 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A RESUME

• Unclear, incomplete or conflicting information

• Large numbers of relocation
• Job changes that do not indicate advancement
• Accuracy in spelling, grammar and format
 HOLD ON.. YOU MAY NEED TO HAVE BACKGROUND
AND REFERENCE CHECKS EARLIER THAN YOU
THINK

• The importance of checking

• 40 percent of applicants lie about work histories and educational
backgrounds.
• 20 percent of applicants falsify credentials and licenses.
• 30 percent of applicants make misrepresentations on their resumes.
(P. Babcock, “Spotting Lies,” HRMagazine; October 2003)
 SCREENING CRITERIA OF
RESUMES

• Certain education level

• Certain CGPA
• Certain experience level
• Certain certifications
• Certain relevant accomplishments
Screening Interviews
•Usually conducted by telephone.
•Not done in all organizations.
•A few straight-forward questions.
•Can eliminate those less qualified early in the selection process.
After screening the resumes Its time to
conduct
SELECTION TESTS
 SELECTION TESTS AND RELATED
IMPORTANT ASPECTS

Selection Test: any instrument that is used to make a decision about a

potential employee
• Standardization: uniformity of procedures and conditions related
to administering tests
• Reliability: the extent to which a selection test provides
consistent results
Validity
•Criterion validity
A type of validity based on showing that scores on the test (predictors)
are related to job performance (criterion).
• Content validity
A test that is content valid is one that contains a fair sample of the tasks
and skills actually needed for the job in question.
Testing Program Guidelines
1. Use tests as supplements
2. Validate the test
3. Use a certified psychologist
4. Manage test conditions
5. Revalidate periodically
 PREPARING FOR TESTS –
RESEARCH
• Mention at employers’ websites the type of tests you use, e.g.
numerical reasoning.

• The website may also have example questions and tell whose tests
to use.

• Clearly mention all the guidelines or formalities to come up with

before the test
TEST TAKERS’ INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND
TEST SECURITY
Test takers have the right to:
• The confidentially of test result
• The right to informed consent regarding use of the these result
• The right to expect that only people qualified to interpret the scores
will have access to them, or that sufficient information will
accompany the scores to ensure their appropriate interpretation
• The right to expect the test is fair to all
 KINDS OF SELECTION TESTS

• Intelligence tests

• Cognitive aptitude tests

• Job knowledge tests

• Psychomotor abilities tests

• Personality tests

• Vocational interests tests

• Honesty and integrity tests.

 INTELLIGENCE TESTS

Two individual tests stand out in the measurement of intelligence

•Stanford-Binet Intelligence test
https://stanfordbinettest.com/
•Wechsler Bellevue Intelligence Scales
 STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE TEST

The Stanford-Binet measures five factors of cognitive ability

•Fluid Reasoning
•Knowledge
•Quantitative Reasoning
•Visual-Spatial Processing
•Working Memory
 BLOCK BUILDING OR CUBE
CONSTRUCTION
Where the subject is asked to make a structure or design by means of
blocks or cubes supplied to him
• Merril Palmer Block Building
• Koh’s Block Design Test
• Alexander’s pass-along test
 TO FIT THE BLOCKS IN THE
HOLES

Test material of such types provides numerous blocks and a

board in which there are holes corresponding to each blocks.
The subject has to fit the blocks in these corresponding
holes. Examples are,
•Seguin Form Board Test
•Goddard Form Board Test
 TRACING A MAZE

Test material consists of a series of mazes of increasing difficulty,

each printed on a separate sheet. The subject is required to trace with
pencil, the path from entrance to exit. Example:
•Porteus Maze test
 PICTURE ARRANGEMENT TEST

• Picture Arrangement In the task is to arrange in series the given

pictures whereas in picture completion test the subject is required
to complete the pictures with the help of given pieces cut of each
picture. Example Healy pictorial completion Test
 WECHSLER BELLEVUE
INTELLIGENCE SCALES

Wechsler intelligence test consists of eleven sub-sets

• Six of them are in verbal intelligence
• Five of them are performance intelligence
 B) APTITUDE TESTS

"a special ability for doing something," aptitude implies a natural

liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it.
• Art Aptitude Test
• Clerical Aptitude Test
• Manual Aptitude Test
• Mechanical Aptitude Test
• Medical Aptitude Test
• Musical Aptitude Test
• Scholarly Aptitude Test
• Scientific Aptitude Test
• Teachers Aptitude Test
 NUMERICAL REASONING
TESTS
• These tests are usually online and have a time limit.

• Some numerical tests do not have a time limit for the test as a whole, but each
question is timed, e.g. https://www.trytalentq.com/

• Maths skills tested may include calculation of percentages, fractions and ratios

• Questions in numerical reasoning tests often require interpretation of data in

tables or graphs

• https://gotest.pk/online-aptitude-test-mcqs/
WHICH SHARE HAD THE LARGEST DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICE OVER
THE LAST 12 MONTHS?
Share Prices

Note: the total annual dividend paid per share is the sum of the
interim dividend and the final dividend
a) Huver Co b) Drebs Ltd c) Fevs plc d) Fauvers e)Steapars
 WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE ACCIDENT COST PER
VEHICLE ON THE ROAD IN RIBLEY IN
NOVEMBER?
Average Cost
Town Aug Sep Oct Nov per Accident
(£)
Number of Accidents 8 6 12 10 1,900
Ribley
Vehicles on Road 85,000 76,000 79,000 81,000
Number of Accidents 14 18 4 20 3,200
Wartop
Vehicles on Road 112,000 101,000 89,000 117,000
Number of Accidents 6 20 9 21 1,050
Surren
Vehicles on Road 96,000 104,000 119,000 125,000

a) £0.23 b) £0.47 c) £15.40 d) £2.30

 Average Cost per
Town Aug Sep Oct Nov Accident (£)

Number of Accidents 8 6 12 10 1,900

Ribley
Vehicles on Road 85,000 76,000 79,000 81,000
Number of Accidents 14 18 4 20 3,200
Wartop
Vehicles on Road 112,000 101,000 89,000 117,000
Number of Accidents 6 20 9 21 1,050
Surren
Vehicles on Road 96,000 104,000 119,000 125,000

Source: www.assessmentday.co.uk
 NUMERICAL REASONING
PRACTICE TEST

https://www.assessmentday.co.uk/
aptitudetests_numerical.htm
CEB Gartner (SHL)
https://www.cebglobal.com/shldirect/en/practice-
tests
Talentlens (Pearson)
https://www.talentlens.co.uk/practice-aptitude
 PRACTICE TESTS OFFERED BY
TEST PRODUCERS

Saville Assessment
https://www.savilleassessment.com/PracticeTests
You may have to
TalentQ register & create a
password before
https://www.trytalentq.com/ taking a practice
test
Capp
http://practice.cappassessments.com/
 PERSONALITY TESTS

• MBIT
• Big five test
 WORD ASSOCIATION TEST

• Organization
• Boss
• Goals
• Targets
• Teams
• Competitor
PICTURE INTERPRETATION
TESTS
• https://up.jobs/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@employee/
@recruiting/documents/jobs_documents/
pdf_jobs_omt_practice_test.pdf