The Security Guard Career Test assesses whether a person has the personality traits and abilities required to succeed in a career in security.    Before you invest the time and money to train a new employee, test your applicants for skills like:

• Authoritativeness
• Alertness
• Comfort with Risk-taking
• Calculated Risk-taking

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

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Purpose: The Security Guard Career Test assesses whether the personality traits and abilities a per­son possesses match those required to succeed in a career in security.

Application:

• Pre-employment
• Training Tool
• Skills Development

No. of questions: 61
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: 1419
Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.91

Features

Benchmarks: Available (general population and Security Guards)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Security Guard Career Test Scales

• Self-Control
• Integrity
• Authoritativeness
• Alertness
• Comfort with Risk-taking
• Calculated Risk-taking
• Ability to assess situations

Report Includes:

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

Factors and Scales:

Overall Score plus 7 scales:

• Self-Control: Ability to monitor and regulate behavior.
• Integrity: Assesses whether a person is likely to behave in an honest and honorable man­ner.
• Authoritativeness: Ability to take charge firmly and effectively.
• Alertness: Assesses whether a person is observant and attentive.
• Comfort with Risk-taking: Assesses extent to which an individual is comfortable with risk-taking.
• Calculated Risk-taking: Assesses the extent to which an individual would be a calculated versus reckless risk-taker.
• Ability to assess situations: Ability to evaluate a situation in order to determine the most appropriate action.