Ok, so I’ve never actually “found” a serial killer via psychometric testing (and I’m not suggesting I could!) but I absolutely guarantee I’ve helped organisations spot candidates who would damage their business either by destroying the existing positive status quo or through their working style and/or relationships with customers.
I regularly come across a hiring manager who has had psychometrics forced upon them by the HR department and are determined that the profiling of their shortlist will tell them NOTHING at all. 100% of the time they come away feeling enlightened. No, a psychometric profile won’t tell you everything about a person but it will help open up more lines of questioning, clarify things you may have seen at interview and help on-board the successful candidate better.
I’ve been working with agency and inhouse recruiters to use psychometrics as part of the selection process for 20 years now. If you fancy giving it a go let me know!
PS, this is the graphic I really wanted to use for this blog post…
