Common Recruitment Techniques & Their Importance

The process of recruitment is vast and made up of many different elements. Today, a number of organizations are using a more in-depth approach towards recruiting the ideal candidate than just the interview.

The trend is to invite a prospective candidate for a series of tests followed by the interview etc. Most large organizations realise that hiring the wrong person for a job can prove to be a very costly mistake and instead prefer to spend funds on using proven recruitment techniques to reduce chances of errors while recruiting.

Here are a few commonly used Recruitment Tests  - Psychometric Tests:

• Verbal Reasoning - tests are tailor made to test a candidate's ability to understand words and passages they have read. These are multiple choice questions and answers need to be marked clearly.

• Numerical Reasoning - tests are meant to test your ability to work with and solve problems related to numbers. Questions may be presented in the form of graphs, tables, charts etc. Questions might seem similar but require to use your knowledge and understanding of numbers for each question.

• Personality Tests - Such a questionnaire contains a set of questions about you and are meant to test and know your thinking style, forces that guide and motivate you as well as your thought process and ability to get along with others. While answering these questions, you must be honest with yourself rather than giving answers that you think are 'right'!

Besides these, you may be asked to get involved in group discussions and exercises where you would take part in discussions on a topic with others in the group. These tests are nothing but a means to judge how well you can voice your opinions and discuss topics without monopolizing the discussion. The group discussion may also be aimed at finding solutions to a problem together as a group. The proceedings of the group are watched by a person from the Company.

• Presentation - In a presentation, a candidate is expected to address a live audience and present on a topic. This is meant to test your ability to talk publicly with self confidence and intelligence.

During a presentation, you must make sure that you are calm, focussed and relaxed. This is your opportunity to show to the employer that you have confidence to back your intelligence. Remember to maintain eye contact with your audience.

You may also be expected to use visual aids such as overhead projectors and charts etc during the presentation. The above mentioned are just some of the most commonly used tests that organizations rely on before calling you for that face to face interview. It is not uncommon to discuss with you how you think you fared in each test and your thoughts about each.

Take all of this in your stride and prove to the employer that you are ready to take up every challenge that may come your way!