The 16pf test and its use in Personnel Selection
The 16PF Test, or the 16PF Factor Personality Questionnaire, was developed by Raymon Cattell at the University of Illinois in 1943. It is based on the trait theory of Allport and Odbert. They developed a dictionary of 4000 adjectives referring to human personality. After a thorough analysis, he grouped them into 180 categories, reducing them […]
Tips for a good Job Interview
Interviewing and hiring new talent can be a challenge for some recruiters; as a recruiter, you may have found yourself more than once faced with the task of finding someone with the right talent and experience in a few minutes of interviewing, but you would also like to find someone who shares the company’s values […]
Personnel Selection Techniques
Personnel selection is a decision-making process which principal objective is to predict the future performance of potential employees. This process can be carried out through the use of different techniques, which may vary in their reliability as a predictor of performance at work and in their simplicity. Choosing the right method will help you recruit […]
Psychometric Tests used in Recruiting
Many companies use psychometric tests for personnel recruitment, about 18% of companies use these tests (according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management). However, according to organizational psychologists, this number grows year after year, between 10-15%. 80% of Fortune 500 top companies in the United States and 75% of the top […]
How to hire the best Front-End Developer
Over time, the roles of developers have become more specialized. Before, it was expected that a developer could do everything (which is still valuable in any case, when found). Now, it is common to divide the roles according to their specialization. This is the case of front-end developers, developers specialized in the “face” of the […]
What is a Structured Intervew?
Structured interview, also known as a standardized interview, is well known for its impartiality and, as the name implies, its standardization, resulting in a very effective personnel selection technique. It is almost twice as effective as a traditional interview. The structured interview tends to be used when the employer seeks to study each candidate equitably […]
When to use Intelligence Tests in Recruiting
Intelligence testing is used in many selection processes, but its use has long been questioned for many reasons. The first questionings were based on the concern to discriminate in case the test favors or disfavors people with a characteristic that should not be a deciding factor. For example, imagine that while in India a foreigner […]
Online Programming Tests for IT Recruiting
Selection processes for evaluating and selecting developers tend to be longer and more complex than others. One of the challenges in evaluating candidates for these positions is ensuring the candidate’s technical competence. Written technical evaluations are often used, as well as technical interviews. Technical interviews are also useful. But, since they require valuable resources to […]
5 tips to Hire the best Developers
Companies’ struggle to get the best IT talent and hire the best developers is becoming increasingly fiercer. The demand for developers is very high and in many countries, the amount demanded simply exceeds the number of unemployed people in the area. This is why companies, in general, must fill their vacancies by taking the professional […]
Intelligence Tests
Intelligence Tests have more than a hundred years of history, being one of the most widely used psychometric tests. The first ones were used in France to identify students who might need more support during their studies. Since then, intelligence tests, known as IQ tests, have been widely used. If you are a recruiter or […]