Question

Enlist the various method of testing merit for recruitment.?

Answer 1

Merits of Employment Tests:

Employment tests have the following merits:

(a) They help to find candidates suitable for the job. Various types of tests judge the present and potential ability of people to work. While performance tests judge the ability of people to perform present tasks, aptitude tests judge their ability to perform potential tasks.

(b) They judge ability to perform the job through practical and objective means. They are not based on personal judgment and bias. They are standardised and selection is totally unbiased. A person gets selected purely on the basis of performance in the tests.

(c) They match requirements of the job with practical knowledge of the candidates. This helps in discriminating amongst people purely on the basis of job-related factors.

(d) They save time and money in interviewing only those candidates who pass the test. In the absence of tests, all candidates have to be interviewed which is costly and time-consuming. These tests screen the candidates on the basis of cut-off marks and proceed with the selection process with the short-listed candidates.