What a psychometric test entails

It might sound intimidating but the key is preparation and bringing out the best aspects of your personality, advises TANIA NGIMA

The face-to-face interview has been around for a long time and continues to retain validity as an employee selection process. However, many employers, especially those running multinational operations are running other parallel processes such as assessment centres and psychometric tests. In fact for some employers, the psychometric tests weeds out a few more candidates in between then ‘I am impressed enough with your application to give you a hearing’ and ‘Let us have a face-to-face interview’ stages. These methods save employers money in recruiting costs. However, what exactly do they entail for the candidate?