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Personality Testing
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Personality tests
measure traits, temperaments or dispositions by asking test takers about habits,
attitudes, relationships, preferences,
experiences and social skills.
The number of
personality measures available is enormous. These tests are not scored in terms of right or wrong answers.
Instead they give an indication of where an individual places on a certain
trait dimension.
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Employers use different types of personality tests for
different purposes. For example, an insurance company might use a measure
of extroversion- introversion to select applicants
for a sales job so that their characteristics match successful incumbents
in their sales force.
Similarly, a police department might use a test to
screen out applicants for mental instability or psychopathology.
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Personality
Dimensions Commonly Measured
and Used in Selection Criteria:
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Extroversion
Employee
tends to be:
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Energetic
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Gregarious
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Assertive
Openness
to Experience
Employee
tends to be:
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Imaginative
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Curious
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Creative
Neuroticism
Employee
tends to be:
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Agreeableness
Employee
tends to be:
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Kind
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Generous
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Sympathetic
Conscientiousness
Employee
tends to be:
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Dependable
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Thorough
and
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Organized
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