Personality Assessment 
Measuring skills and abilities is only one part of an effective assessment process. Personality tests can give you an insight into a candidate’s work styles and behaviour and using them as part of your recruitment and development strategy will help you select and retain the best staff for your business. SHL’s Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) is one of the most widely used personality assessments.
The benefits of using personality tests and assessments
By using personality tests early on in the interview process you can quickly identify the most relevant candidates for the job by finding out key information about their working behaviour, such as:
- How they will fit in with your working environment
- How effectively they work as part of a team
- How closely they match the key competencies required for the role
- Where their strengths lie and where they will need more development.
Read how Vodafone used personality assessment to identify high calibre candidates for customer services roles
By obtaining this key information before you call a candidate to interview you can make sure that:
- You don’t waste time and money interviewing candidates who won’t fit in with the team or aren’t the right match for the role
- When you do call a candidate for interview you can more effectively target your questions to them because you’ll be aware of their strengths as well as areas where they are weaker.
When to use personality assessments
Personality assessments can be used at any stage of the employee lifecycle, not just for recruitment, and are an effective tool for assessing an employee’s development needs and planning for the future.
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Find out about specific personality assessment products
SHL has a number of personality assessment tools, many of our products combine measurement of elements of personality, competency and ability so it is difficult to classify them under one type. The links below will take you to information about just some of our products that can be used in this area, including the world leading OPQ:
