General Laborer Test

The General Laborer Test is a quick pre-employment screening tool designed to help employers find reliable, hard-working candidates for entry-level positions. Taking about 30 minutes to complete online, it combines a 12-minute timed general reasoning test with a 68-question personality assessment to evaluate an applicant’s work ethic, trustworthiness, stress tolerance, and ability to get along with others. Use this short pre-employment test to find hard workers for a variety of entry level jobs.

Purpose

The General Laborer Test will help you find capable, hard workers for entry level jobs such as prep and set up, equipment cleaning, moving, stocking or assembling product or providing general assistance in a variety of industries and work settings.

What It’s Best Used For

• High-Volume Pre-Screening: Filtering candidate pools early in the recruitment phase to identify high-potential temporary or permanent staff.
• Hiring Entry-Level Personnel: Vetting workers for general labor positions, including product assembly, stock moving, equipment cleaning, and preparation setup.
• Predicting Foundational Work Habits: Evaluating an applicant’s underlying drive, trustworthiness, and natural effort before investing time and money into hands-on training.
• Structuring In-Depth Interviews: Leveraging the instantly generated graphical scorecard—which highlights specific student or adult strengths and developmental concerns—to guide final hiring decisions.

This assessment is completely legal to use in Canada.

When to use it

This tests should be used to hire temporary or permanent, full time or part time workers who are reliable, stress tolerant, and able to get along well with others.

About the Test

The test contains

• 12 minute timed general reasoning test
• 68-question online personality test
• Allow approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Target group

We recommend using this test for jobs requiring general labor in manufacturing, retail, commercial, public or private enterprises.

What the Report Gives You

A graphical display of trait scores, a list of strengths and developmental concerns, and suggested interview questions.

Testing Process

Online personality testing can be done from any device with a reliable internet connection. The use of mobile phones is discouraged. Test results are provided immediately.

Options

Contact us to learn how we can customize the test content for your hiring process or the way information is presented in the report to meet your specifications. We can also help you validate an assessment for your workforce or establish company-specific scoring.

Validity Information

Available upon request. Interested in more information about Personality Testing? Download Resource Associates Personal Style Inventory guide now (opens in a new tab). It provides detail on dimensions, validity, reliability, and more.

The General Laborer Test Evaluates: