HIRING IQ TEST

You Have 10 Questions and 2 Minutes. New Test Each Time. The Clock Is Ticking!!!

According to a Harvard Business School study, 76% of turnover can be traced back to poor interviewing practices and bad hiring decisions.

True

False

An applicant with great job skills will always out-perform a job applicant with lesser skill.

True

False

Choose the ONE job listed below that people are typically allowed to do without being properly trained.

Fly an airplane

Teach children

Hire employees

Cook food in a restaurant

Put out fires

Clean a hotel room

What is motivation-based interviewing?

Motivation-based interviewing is an effective interviewing method for accurately assessing applicant motivation and for hiring high achievers.

Motivation-based interviewing is an interviewing methodology the encourages companies to use highly motivated interviewers.

Motivation-based interviewing is an interviewing method designed to help applicants interview better so they can get a better job.

Research has determined that 'loving the work you do' plays a significant role in a person's motivation and ability to achieve superior results, yet few interviewers take this into consideration when making a hiring decision.

True

False

If you see signs or hear examples of an applicant taking initiative, it's a reliable indicator the applicant is self-motivated.

True

False

Motivation-based interviewing assesses what 3 components common to all high achievers?

skill, attitude and motivation

skill, attitude and passion

skill, attitude and cultural fit

When it comes to tracking hiring effectiveness, which one of these do most organizations NOT track?

Quality-of-hire

Cost-per-hire

Time-to-fill