Recruiter Test

The Recruiter Test is a pre-employment screening tool designed to identify assertive, hard-working, and persuasive candidates who can effectively attract top talent and promote your company. The assessment combines a personality trait profile with cognitive aptitude testing and open-ended questions to evaluate an applicant’s problem-solving skills, communication style, and workplace motivations. Depending on the version chosen (Express, Core, or Core+), the test scales from a brief 30-minute screening to an in-depth 2-hour assessment consisting of a 167-question personality inventory, a 44-item reasoning test, and 46 short-answer prompts.

About this Test

Find effective, knowledgeable Recruiters for your company.

The Recruiter Test is a pre-employment screening tool designed to identify assertive, hard-working, and persuasive candidates who can effectively attract top talent and promote your company. The assessment combines a personality trait profile with cognitive aptitude testing and open-ended questions to evaluate an applicant’s problem-solving skills, communication style, and workplace motivations. Depending on the version chosen (Express, Core, or Core+), the test scales from a brief 30-minute screening to an in-depth 2-hour assessment consisting of a 167-question personality inventory, a 44-item reasoning test, and 46 short-answer prompts.

Purpose

The Recruiter personality + aptitude test bundles screen for assertive candidates who will communicate persuasively and help attract top talent. A targeted trait profile identifies goal-oriented, hard working, enthusiastic team-players who can fit well within your HR team. The addition of aptitude and open-ended components assess general problem-solving abilities, workplace attitudes and motivators.

What It’s Best Used For

  • Screening dedicated talent acquisition roles: Evaluating applicants for specialized positions like HR Recruiters, Talent Acquisition Specialists, Corporate Recruiters, Staffing Specialists, and Employment Specialists.
  • Evaluating persuasive communication: Pinpointing assertive individuals who possess the enthusiasm, social confidence, and promotional skills necessary to pitch your company to prospective hires.
  • Predicting team compatibility: Identifying goal-oriented, collaborative team players who will integrate smoothly into an existing human resources department.
  • Assessing critical problem-solving: Using the Core or Core+ versions to verify a candidate’s mental capabilities across verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning parameters.
  • Revealing hidden work values: Utilizing typed responses from open-ended statements (in Core+) to assess an applicant’s underlying workplace attitudes and cultural alignment.
  • Structuring secondary evaluations: Leveraging the automatically generated score report—which highlights strengths and developmental concerns—to guide personalized interview questions.

This test is legal for use in Canada.

Versions

Express

Approx. 30 minutes.  Short but thorough, this assessment combines traits + aptitude. It consists of 2 parts:

  • An untimed personality assessment targets behaviors specific to this type of job.
  • A timed test of General Reasoning

Core

Approx. 45-60 minutes.  A balanced but challenging pre-hire screening created for recruiter candidates in human resources environments. It consists of 2 parts:

  • An untimed personality assessment targets behaviors specific to this type of job.
  • An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)

Core+

Approx. 60-90 minutes.  A comprehensive assessment created for recruiter candidates tasked with talent acquisition. The test battery includes:

  • An untimed personality assessment targets behaviors specific to this type of job.
  • An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)
  • An untimed set of open-ended statements to which the candidate has to type in a short answer

Target Group

In addition to Recruiter jobs, we recommend this test for job titles of Employment Specialist, HR Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Talent Acquisition Recruiter, Corporate Recruiter, Staffing Specialist and Recruitment Specialist, among other related roles.

About the Recruiter Test

This untimed test probably takes about 2 hours to complete. The test consists of three parts:

  • 167-question personality inventory
  • 44 item untimed aptitude test that covers verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, and abstract reasoning
  • 46 open-ended statements to which the candidate has to type in his/her own short answers

What the Report Gives You

A graphical display of personality trait scores, feedback regarding strengths and developmental concerns, an explanation of aptitude results, a display of narrative responses given to the open-ended statements, and suggested interview questions.

Testing Process

  • Immediate score report upon completion.
  • Proctoring desirable but not required.
  • The use of mobile phones is discouraged.

Options

Contact us to learn how we can customize the test content 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.

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