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Human Resource Management

Notes Usefulness of Application Form

1. It introduces the candidate in formal way.
2. It can serve as a basis to initiate a dialogue in the interview.
3. It helps the company to have a cross comparison of applicants, the company can screen &
reject candidate if they fail to meet the eligibility criteria at his stage itself.

6.2.3 Employment Test

They are used to get information about the candidate, which are not available from application
blank or interview. They help in matching the characteristics of individuals with the vacant job
so as to employ right type of personnel.
Following type of test are used:
1. Intelligence test
2. Achievements tests

3. Aptitude test
4. Personality test
5. Assessment centre

6. Graphology tests
7. Polygraph tests
8. Integrity tests
Intelligence Tests: It is a mental ability tests. They measure learning ability, ability to understand
instructions and make judgment. They measure several abilities such as memory, vocabulary,
verbal fluency, numerical ability, perception. Such tests are used in competitive examinations at
entry level management positions in Banking, Insurance and other Financial Service sectors.
They include tests like Stanford-Binet, Binet-Simon, etc.
Achievement Tests: are designed to measure what the applicant can do on the job currently.
Example, Typing test shows typing proficiency, a short hand test measures the persons ability to
take dictation. They are also known as work sampling tests, wherein job applicant's ability to do
small portion of the job is tested. They involve:
1. Motor-involving physical manipulation of things

2. Verbal
Aptitude Test: Measures an individual's potential to learn certain skills-clerical, mechanical,
mathematical. These tests indicate whether an individual has ability to learn a given job quickly
and efficiently.
Personality Test: measure an individual's personality factors and relationship between
personality factors and actual job criteria. The personality aspects which are evaluated are as
follows – motivation, emotional balance, self confidence, interpersonal behaviour. Some of the
tests are: Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPI), California Psychological
Inventory, Manifest Anxiety Scale.

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