Psychometric Assessment

Psychometric tests have been used since the early part of the 20th century and were originally developed for use in educational psychology. These days, outside of education, you are most likely to encounter psychometric testing as part of the recruitment or selection process. Tests of this sort are devised by occupational psychologists and their aim is to provide employers with a reliable method of selecting the most suitable job applicants or HIPO candidates for succession plan and promotion.
In recent years there has been rapid growth (particularly in the US and the UK) of tests that claim to measure job applicants’ integrity or honesty and their predisposition to anger. These tests have attracted a lot of controversy, because of questions about their validity, but their popularity with employers has continued to increase.