PSI exams have become mandatory for companies looking for probable employees who
psychologically competent to take on the professions they are applying for.
These days, many regulatory agencies are also relying on the tests for other
professional licenses.
Formerly known as Psychological Services Inc., many state regulatory
agencies choose PSI Services to provide testing for real estate and other
professional licenses.
Talent assessment
As a
company, PSI provides talent assessment and management solutions to employers
in the private sector as well as various government agencies. In addition to
their main line, they also offer courses and job preparation for job-seekers.
Assessment tests
PSI has
five pre-employment assessment tests, with each one covering a different aspect
of a candidate’s professional skills.
Its
true-to-life assessments are situational judgment tests that place candidates,
in a virtual sense, in real-life work scenarios. With the placement of candidates
in various work situations, the employers can assess and predict a candidate’s
success for a particular job position.
This is
their main PSI feature and tool used in the recruitment process.
Ability assessments
This
one is used to measure a candidate’s professional employment tests, including
industrial skill tests.
When
combined, these tests measure and assess candidates in language skills, reading
comprehension, quantitative problem solving, charts and graphs, mechanical principles,
form checking, coding and others.
Personality and behavior
PSI
uses ViewPoint for their personality and behavioral assessments to identify a
candidate’s job attitudes and behaviors. Some areas that are assessed are team
building, business continuity, sales force, and customer satisfaction.
Further,
there are six ViewPoint sub-assessments: WorkView, ServiceView, TenureView,
SalesView, ProfessionalView, and General Personality Survey.
Public safety/civil service
PSI
administers public safety and civil service assessments for various departments
in the US. PSI public safety and civil service tests are widely use because
they assess and highlight candidates who demonstrate superior ability to
perform in an intense, high-stakes atmosphere.
It
specializes in industry-designated tests for career fields like firefighter,
insurance, dental, plumbing, cosmetology, construction and real estate.
Computer skills
As more
professions and job opportunities begin to use various computer features, more
employers are efficiently assessing a candidate’s computer skills. Whether its
Chrome, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Internet Explorer, or Digital
Literacy, you will meet PSI’s computer skills tests in your recruitment
process.
Services and features
To
date, PSI offers six distinct features and services for its customers ad
job-seeking candidates. They have assessment tests (5) that measures
professional skills. There is also
video
interviewing for answers to pre-selected behavioral questions.
Situational simulations simulate the workplace
scenarios to assess how candidates perform.
Leadership services employers can identify leadership potential and
strengths. In consulting services, employers are allowed talent management solutions.
The
test administration services give employers the opportunity to require their
candidates to take pre-employment assessments either proctored “online” or
un-proctored “on demand”.
PSI operates
its own online test administration platform named ATLAS. They have ATLAS
centers which are basically PSI test centers for companies who wish to
administer their tests in a more secured environment. (The ATLAS platform only
works on PC computers and not on Mac.)
