HIRING IQ TEST

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

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.

Hiring managers commonly make the connection between an employee's poor performance issues and their own interviewing deficiencies.

True

False

What are the holes that exist in most employee selection processes that cause needless hiring mistakes? (multiple answers permitted)

Poorly phrased interview questions.
Untrained or inadequately trained interviewers.
An applicant's motivation is assessed incorrectly.
No one is accountable for the cost associated with a hiring mistake.
Hiring decisions based on an applicant's skill level alone

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

An applicant's response to obstacles is considered to be one of the best predictors of their future job performance and success.

True

False

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

Given enough time and hands-on interviewing experience, most interviewers will eventually learn how to correctly identify high achievers.

True

False

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

Most companies track turnover and know exactly how many of their best performing employees are exiting and why.

True

False