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Psychometric Assessments

Updated: Mar 3, 2023

Psychometric assessments are widely used in career guidance and employment to match a person's abilities and personality to a suitable career or role.


What is Psychometric Assessment?

Psychometric assessments, also commonly known as ‘Aptitude Tests’ are widely used in many modern-day interviews and employers. The term Psychometric assessment is an umbrella term used for any test used to objectively measure an individual's personality traits, aptitude, intelligence, abilities and behavioural style. Psychometric assessments are widely used in career guidance and employment to match a person's abilities and personality to a suitable career or role. It measures aspects of an individual’s cognitive abilities, skills, knowledge, personality traits, attitudes and their job/academic potential.


Why Should a Person Use it?

Psychometric tests help an individual to get to know their strengths and weaknesses better. It helps measure a candidate’s potential to perform well on their professional front. Through a set of simple questions or queries, psychometric tests try to understand an individual’s capabilities. These questions are designed to interpret the individual’s physical and mental state and their conditioning.


Psychometric tests are unique from all other tests as they judge an individual's emotional and cognitive capacity. The results of a psychometric test can be helpful while making important life decisions. Taking a psychometric test also helps an individual to find out how a particular subject or career suits their personality.


Benefits and Advantages

Reliable

Psychometric tests are scientifically developed and thus are accurate, reliable and valid.


Self-Understanding

They not only give the individual a better understanding of themselves they can also give the individual an idea of which areas they need to work on to better themselves.


Unbiased

The method is unbiased, and no kind of favouritism is involved.


Useful in Recruitment

It is extremely beneficial for HRs to assess the interviewees and recruit the right person, which will lead to greater efficacy in the workplace.


Useful for Students

These tests can be useful for students to choose their career paths. Students can find out their IQ and EQ levels and choose accordingly.


Why Should You Prefer These Tests Provided by SYM?

Free of Cost

These tests that we provide are completely free for you to take and get an assessment.


Detailed

A detailed report for each test is available that will give you a thorough understanding of what you are going for.


Easy to Use

The format of our website is relatively easy to understand and use.


Professional Assistance

Once you take the test, if you wish to we will help you get in touch with professionals. However, note that the professional psychologist will charge according to their policies and we at SYM are not responsible for any sort of financial transaction that takes place.


Approachable

You can either take the help of professionals or use our free listening service for further assistance.


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