Q.Explain the various types of employment tests used in the selection process.

Employment tests give an organisation an objective, comparable way of measuring a candidate's abilities that a resume or a brief conversation cannot provide. …

Employment (selection) tests are standardised tools used to measure a candidate's specific abilities in an objective, comparable way. The main types are:

1. Aptitude tests — measure a candidate's potential or latent ability to LEARN a particular skill, rather than a skill already possessed; useful for judging how well a candidate is likely to pick up a job's demands with training.
2. Intelligence tests — measure general mental ability, such as reasoning, comprehension, and problem-solving capacity.
3. Personality tests — assess personal qualities and traits such as emotional stability, confidence, sociability, and temperament, relevant to jobs that need particular behavioural qualities.
4. Trade/proficiency tests — measure a skill the candidate ALREADY possesses, for example asking a typing-job candidate to actually type a passage, or a technical candidate to solve a sample technical problem. …

Confusing an aptitude test (measures POTENTIAL to learn a skill not yet possessed) with a trade/proficiency test (measures a skill the candidate ALREA …