Some 40% of employers now use some form of career aptitude test as part of their employee selection process and this number appears to be rising. Here’s advice on taking a career aptitude test and some examples, provided by the interviewers themselves. This is because employers recognize that choosing candidates on the basis of a job interview only is very subjective. Employers know that it’s not always the most suitable candidate who performs best in the interview and making a recruitment decision based on 45 minutes is not ideal. So many choose to base their recruitment decisions on selection test results as well as a job interview to add an element of objectivity to the decision making.
But some employers use a career aptitude test as a way to select candidates for job interview. In this case, employers review resumes and CVs [curriculum vitaes] as usual, choose suitable candidates, put them through testing and invite only those who do well in the selection tests for an interview.
Your potential employer may do either or may not do job testing at all – you can always ask when you apply, so you can be ready whatever the case. Click on the link below to help assist you with:
Job Application Advice
How to Create Resumes/Cover Letters, etc.
Interview Advice
Dealing with Rejection, etc.
