Director/Senior Manager

Hire the right person with the Director-Senior Manager (formerly the Director – Short Form) solution for senior level positions responsible for the planning, directing, or coordinating key business activities and operations of companies.

The Director-Senior Manager solution is intended for use with senior level positions responsible for the planning, directing, or coordinating key business activities and operations of companies. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources. Potential job titles that use this solution are: Director, Regional Director, and Director of Operations.

What’s It Best Used For

• Executive and Director-Level Selection: Screening new external applicants or benchmarking internal promotion tracks for upper-tier leadership roles like Directors, Regional Directors, and Directors of Operations.
• Evaluating Strategic Business Acumen: Pinpointing visionaries who can successfully anticipate future market needs, systematically break down complex organizational data, and design innovative solutions.
• Assessing Complex Deductive Logic: Measuring an applicant’s fluid mental ability to weigh the strengths of business arguments, navigate incomplete corporate insights, and derive sound, logical conclusions.
• Gauging Operational Drive and Execution: Identifying highly self-confident individuals who natively embrace leadership responsibility, take charge during group situations, and push hard to achieve difficult goals.
• Vetting Corporate Judgment and Ethics: Reviewing a candidate’s baseline “Director Judgment” and “Self-Motivation” scores to ensure they handle stressful workspace scenarios with dependable, highly ethical behaviors.
• Measuring Relationship-Building Habits: Flagging candidates who prioritize an open-minded, supportive team approach to successfully win the long-term support and commitment of stakeholders.
• Unproctored Remote Pre-Screening: Administering secure online pre-employment steps to executive candidates remotely, as the system’s adaptive question bank enhances security while respecting the applicant’s time.

Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) technology dynamically adjusts the Director-Senior Manager test to the level of the test taker resulting in shorter test times, increased accuracy and enhanced security.

Job Level: Director Job
Family/Title: Business Suite
Average Testing Time (minutes): 69 minutes
Maximum Number of Questions: 216 items
Number of Sittings: One
Designed for Unproctored Environment: Yes
Question Format: Multiple Choice, Adaptive

Director/Senior Manager Measures

Leadership Professionalism: This is a measure of the tendency to have potential for professional success across industry type and functional area. This is characterized by scores that are derived from responses to questions regarding academic and social background, and aspirations concerning work.

Deductive Reasoning: This assessment measures the ability to draw logical conclusions based on information provided, identify strengths and weaknesses of arguments, and complete scenarios using incomplete information. It provides an indication of how an individual will perform when asked to develop solutions when presented with information and draw sound conclusions from data. This form of reasoning is commonly required to support work and decision making in many different types of jobs at many levels.

Director Potential: This is a measure of the tendency to have potential for success as a director across industry type and functional area. This is characterized by scores that are derived from the candidate’s responses to questions regarding academic and social background, and aspirations concerning work.

Director Judgment: This is a measure of the tendency to make good judgments about how to effectively respond to work situations. This is determined by scores derived from the candidate’s responses to questions regarding situations one would likely encounter as a director.

Business Acumen: This is a measure of the tendency to analyze and detect underlying themes when solving problems. This is a trait characterized by: visualizing future needs and problems; being creative and innovative when generating new ideas; systematically looking at data; and planning and organizing tasks.

Building Relationships: This is a measure of the tendency to understand and impact the thoughts and feelings of others. This trait is characterized by: being open to the ideas of others; being supportive and concerned about others; and gaining the support and commitment of others.

Drive for Results: This is a measure of the tendency to take a leadership role within an organization. This trait is characterized by: taking pride in reaching difficult goals; enjoying a fast-paced lifestyle; having high self-confidence in his/her abilities; and taking charge in group situations.

Self Motivation: This is a measure of the tendency to be even-tempered and responsible in the workplace. This trait is characterized by: being dependable; behaving in accordance with high ethical standards; being optimistic; and remaining relaxed in stressful situations.