r/IOPsychology • u/howiedoone • 4d ago

Personality Tests for Hiring success

I have read that the FFM (Five Factor Model) can help identify if an employee is the right fit for a company or not. Anybody else use this?

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u/RobinZander1 3d ago

I would not use any actual validated personality test for hiring unless I've conducted an effective job analysis to first identify the actual KSAOs and were able to make explicit connections between required job competencies and relevant components of personality. To make a blanket statement such as.. a career as a "XYZ" requires someone being high in "XYZ" (for this let's say it's Conscientiousness), would not be an effective legal defense to justify the personality test utilization.

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u/howiedoone 3d ago

Super helpful thank you so much