We piss test, background check, and fret over credit scores......all are currently legal -and shouldn't be in many cases. To the misinformed; personality trait tests remain highly valid, regardless as to claims against them. No, they haven't ever been 'debunked' or discredited, just misinterpreted or not understood well enough. MMPI etc are still useful and fairly accurate. What's most interesting is the highest-validity test ever devised, the simple standardized IQ test. Great metric for predicting everything from theft, absenteeism, to overall performance. Illegal since Gregg vs. Duke Power in the '70s.- dumbest precedence ever. I too aced Indust. Psych (and tutored Stats classes). Org. Dev. and HR people have enough of a grasp on stats to know what they can legally get away with. Personally I'd hire anyone with a high IQ and toss everything else ('preemployment screening', exp., etc). Stats back that up.
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We piss test, background check, and fret over credit scores......all are currently legal -and shouldn't be in many cases. To the misinformed; personality trait tests remain highly valid, regardless as to claims against them. No, they haven't ever been 'debunked' or discredited, just misinterpreted or not understood well enough. MMPI etc are still useful and fairly accurate. What's most interesting is the highest-validity test ever devised, the simple standardized IQ test. Great metric for predicting everything from theft, absenteeism, to overall performance. Illegal since Gregg vs. Duke Power in the '70s.- dumbest precedence ever. I too aced Indust. Psych (and tutored Stats classes). Org. Dev. and HR people have enough of a grasp on stats to know what they can legally get away with. Personally I'd hire anyone with a high IQ and toss everything else ('preemployment screening', exp., etc). Stats back that up.