The Listening Skills Inventory – Revised assess how attentive a person is to a speaker, and whether they are an active participant in listening.   Before you invest the time and money to train a new employee, test your applicants for skills like:

• Speaker to Listener Transition
• Body Language
• Internal Distractions
• Attention Span

This test provides the answers you need to make informed hiring and promotion decisions.

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Purpose: The Listening Skills Inventory – Revised will assess how attentive a person is to a speaker, and whether he or she is an active participant in the listening process.

Application:

• Pre-employment
• Training Tool
• Professional/Skills Development

No. of questions: 54
Question type: Situational, self-report
Estimated completion time: 15 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards; EEOC standards (gender, age, disability)
Validation Information:
Sample Size: 23,220
Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.91

Features
Benchmarks: Available (general population and 33 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Listening Skills Inventory – Revised Scales

• External Distractions
• Conversation Flow
• Speaker to Listener Transition
• Body Language
• Internal Distractions
• Attention Span
• Hearing a Person Out

Report Includes:

• Summary
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Strengths and Limitations
• Advice

Factors and Scales

Overall Score plus 2 factors divided into 7 scales:

• Physical Attentiveness: Use of verbal and non-verbal language to indicate attentiveness.
• Mental Attentiveness: Mentally “tuning-in” to a speaker, and being willing and able to offer undivided attention.
• External Distractions: Ability to pay attention despite background noise.
• Conversation Flow: Tendency to interrupt or otherwise disrupt conversation flow.
• Speaker to Listener Transition: Level of comfort with being the listener rather than speaker.
• Body Language: Use of body language to convey interest and attentiveness.
• Internal Distractions: Ability to pay attention despite internal conflict.
• Attention Span: Ability to pay attention to a speaker for an extended period of time.
• Hearing a Person Out: Ability to listen with an open mind.