The 7 most effective psychometric tests

1. Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning – Adult (BRIEF-A)

• • The BRIEF-A is a reliable and valid measure that assesses an adult’s executive functions or self-regulation in their everyday environment. Areas of executive functioning are split into two categories:
    • • Behavioural Regulation:
        • • Inhibit – ability to control impulsiveness.
          • Shift – ability to adapt to changing situations.
          • Emotional control – ability to regulate emotional responses appropriately.
      • Metacognition:
        • • Initiate – begin activities and independently develop ideas or problem-solving strategies.
          • Working memory – hold information temporarily and readily use it for planning, comprehension, reasoning and problem-solving.
          • Plan/organise – ability to foresee events, set goals, develop steps, organise, and understand key information.
          • Self-monitor – check and assess own behaviour
          • Task monitor – check and assess own performance
          • Organisation of materials – ability to put order in work, play and storage spacesThese skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.

2. The ‘Big Five’ (NEO Five Factor Inventory)

• • This psychometric test is a comprehensive measure of the five major domains of personality – known as the Five-Factor Model or more commonly known as the “Big 5”.
  • This will help you understand further about the characteristics and behaviours of your candidates, making it easier to select which ones make a good fit for both the role and business culture.
  • The 5 domains include:
    • 1. Neuroticism – refers to your level of emotional stability and resiliency
      2. Extraversion – refers to your level of emotional expressiveness, sociability, assertiveness and talkativeness
      3. Openness – also known as Openness to Experience, refers to the level of imagination and insight
      4. Conscientiousness – refers to goal-directed behaviours, level of thoughtfulness, and impulse control
      5. Agreeableness – refers to prosocial behaviours such as trust, altruism, kindness and empathy.