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*Psycho motor Test for hiring new candidate*

Psycho motor Test are used for determining the precision, coordination, control, dexterity and reaction time for candidates in the hiring process. It not only assesses the mechanical performance of the candidate but also their ability to understand and follow instructions, measurement of the speed of the reaction, decision making, leadership quality and commanding capably of the candidates. This efers to how the brain's mental processes affect physical movement.



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Psycho motor Test are used for determining the precision, coordination, control, dexterity and reaction time for candidates in the hiring process. It not only assesses the mechanical performance of the candidate but also their ability to understand and follow instructions and perform motor responses.

This kind of tests are widely used for deciding the best candidate for surgeons or pilots etc. The test measures the candidate’s reaction time, multitasking capacity and coordinating abilities. The evaluator rates the candidate’s performance against a predefined benchmark. This is standardized for all applicants.

Most of the companies use the Psychomotor Test when they are going to hire/ recruitment for the key positions in the company like HODs. Functional Heads, CEO and other positions going to look after the important positions in the company. This depends on the company policy that up to which level they going to have the Psychomotor Test. This is the best way to know the candidate’s reaction time, multitasking capacity and coordinating abilities. The evaluator rates the candidate’s performance against a predefined benchmark.



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In a manufacturing facility, it is required for the production lead to perform the certain given task in time to meet the target in time. If a candidate is placed in a high-speed assembly line. They are asked to perform a task for a certain time period. This gives the employer an idea of the efficiency and fastness of the employee.

Factors affecting Psycho motor Tests: -

Personality Profiling - personality test is a method of assessing. The Most personality human personality constructs. The meaning of personality test scores are difficult to interpret in a direct sense. An individual’s personality is relatively consistent across context. Employers use personality assessments to compare potential employees’ scores against a given job’s requirements to see if there’s a match.

Job role is a description of what a person does. Job role: A job role is the function you fill within your organization. While a job role is only a few words summarizing your purpose within the larger company, a job description lists the particulars of the position, including dutiesresponsibilities, and necessary skills. Separate Psychomotor Test are set for each position.  The tests are created in accordance with the jobs demand. It asses the key physical attributes required to perform the job related tasks successfully.

Job pressure: What is work pressureWork pressure is the pressure which you experience at work. With pressure we mean that you must finish a certain number of tasks within a certain time frame. Work pressure thus is when you experience pressure, because you have to properly finish a certain number of tasks by a specific time. Each position/ roll has separate type of pressure while working. Pressure related to ache job role may be different and that has to be kept in mind while designing the tests. This test is good to find that how much pressure job pressure new candidate can bear.


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Decision making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. Decision-making is the process of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values, preferences and beliefs of the decision-maker. There are many positions in the organisations who has to take very important decisions in the organisation regarding the efficient working of the organisation.  The degree of instant decision making is a key factor of psycho motor assessments.




Real time job environment: real-time system has been described as one which "controls an environment. In both of these cases, however, high performance is desirable: the more work a tournament chess program can do in the allotted time, the better its The tests are most accurate when conducted in a real time simulated environment, as that is when the motor reflex are best judged.

Standardizing the evaluation criteria is the thumb rule for selection criteria. For proper assessment of candidates, a checklist of all major criteria is created and every candidate is judged based on the same.


The Top Five Psychometric Tests Used in Recruitment
·        Personality Profiling.
·        Verbal Reasoning Assessment.
·        Numerical Reasoning Assessment.
·        Situational Judgement Test.
·        Logical Reasoning Assessment.


Advantage of Psychomotor Test: -

Tests make the recruitment process more efficient by analyzing skills pre-emptively. Psychometric testing has been shown to be a reliable indicator of an individual's future job performance. Pre-employment and psychometric tests measure behaviours, attitudes and skills and can be used in a wide variety of industries. These are the advantages of Psychometrics test-

Relevance: These tests provide an acute understanding of the exact reaction that a candidate might give in a similar real-life situation. This helps in selecting the best suited candidate

Disadvantage of Psychomotor Test
These are the disadvantages of Psychometrics test-


Assessment centre is very costly- The tests usually require equipment and simulation, so they can get quite costly.

It is very time consuming- This process is very time consuming. It takes the lot of time of the Executive and Management conducting the Psychomotor test.

Highly experienced managers are required to evaluate the candidates.

The evaluators may be biased.

The candidates may not get proper feedback.

A one to one testing environment, time and effort required in conduction psychomotor tests are very high

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The reason why psychometric tests are used for recruitment and selection purposes is that the results have been statistically correlated with high job performance. Information technology companies, management consultancies, local authorities, financial institutions, the civil service, police forces, fire services and the armed forces all make extensive use of psychometric testing.



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