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Choose Your Weapon
Published August 2006
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COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLEThis 185-item test measures the 16 personality factors identified by Raymond Cattell (see page 93); invented in 1949, it's in its fifth edition. Fortune 100 retailers and software developers are among the clients. It's meant for leadership positions.
$8 to $30 at pearsonassessments.com or 800-627-7271
Robert Hogan has been refining this test for 30 years. It asks for true or false responses to attitude and biographical questions, like "I don't care if others like the things I do" and "I like classical music." It measures subjects on seven personality scales such as ambition and prudence, and six occupational scales such as service orientation and clerical potential. The company can compare subjects' answers with those of people in most jobs in the U.S., from nannies to bomb-disposal technicians to CEOs.
$25 to $175, depending on the amount of detail in report, at hoganassessments.com or 800-756-0632
Created in 1967, this 352-item test is in its third edition. It measures 22 job-relevant personality traits and is appropriate for any level of employee.
$80 for a five-test kit at sigmaassessmentsystems.com or 800-265-1285
The GPI, a 300-question test, is made especially for multinational firms or firms employing foreign workers; it's used to test senior salespeople, midlevel and senior-level managers, and executives.
$40 to $50, depending on the number of factors tested for, at previsor.com or 800-367-2509
The OPQ32i asks candidates to look at 104 sets of statements, choosing the statement most and least like them. The test's more complicated sibling, the OPQ32n, has 230 questions. Companies can choose a general profile of the subject, or order specific leadership- or sales-potential reports.
$30 and up at shl.com or 800-899-7451
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