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The Assessment

PeopleAnswers assessments are generated instantly once the candidate has completed the online surveys. The system compares the candidate's Behavioral DNA™ with the Ideal Profile to create the final assessment. The patent-pending CASPER™ engine provides detailed analysis of how your candidate or employee compares with the Ideal Profile.


Different sections of the PeopleAnswers online assessment include:

  • Dashboard – Look at the big picture: Critical information from the assessment is summarized and presented graphically in an easy to understand format for quick reference. Links allow you to quickly drill deeper into only the information you want to investigate further.

  • Key Performance Indicators – Determine fit and strength of key characteristics: The behavioral dimensions measured are combined into behavioral composites to provide insight into important competencies such as Intellect, Drive and Motivation, Work Style, Interpersonal Style, Leadership/Management Style and Cultural Fit.

  • Narratives – Get the whole story in plain English: This state-of-the-art module creates extremely rich narratives one sentence at a time as it examines the candidate's Behavioral DNA as it relates to the Ideal Profile. An artificial intelligence grammar engine then assembles the unique narrative that describes your candidate or employee accurately and in detail.

  • Attributes – Know the candidate so you can manage them better: This module summarizes the Narratives into specific management insight to quickly determine if the candidate will fit your needs. Attributes can also be used by the candidate’s direct report to better manage the candidate to increase his or her productivity, overall job satisfaction and longevity.

  • Interview Questions – Take the insight and knowledge gained from the assessment into the interviewing process: CASPER reviews important characteristics of a particular job then determines the candidate’s most severe deviations to uncover the most noteworthy risks. Then CASPER develops customized interview questions that help you probe deeper into these areas of potential risk. The result is more meaningful interviews that focus on the important issues that must be dealt with before making a decision about a candidate. PeopleAnswers provides the insights, initial and follow-up questions, the analysis of how to interpret the candidate's responses, and even questions to ask the candidate's references.

  • Development Resources – Focus on a candidate’s growth points to build a best of breed workforce: PeopleAnswers is pre-loaded with vast base of development resources that can help a candidate take advantage of growth opportunities. Companies can add their own courseware and development resources to their system as well.

  • Ranking – Compare multiple candidates to find those with the highest correlation to job fit: All candidates being assessed for a position are ranked in order of their behavior’s correlation to job fit allowing you to quickly determine which candidates on which you want to focus your attention. PeopleAnswers even lets you export information to Microsoft Excel to continue your analysis offline.

  • Printing Engine – Take it with you and share with others: PeopleAnswers advanced printing engine lets you select any portion or all of the online assessment to be repurposed in a formatted printable document allowing you to review the information offline, include in management reports or share with others.

The final assessment is available for you to review online via a web browser within minutes of your candidate or employee having completed the online surveys. You get automatically notified via email as soon as the assessment is ready.

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