If you were given an employment test when applying for your first job after graduating, what might you expect from the people testing you? What if, in lieu of a test, the hiring decision was based just on an unstructured interview? If you must take an exam in order to obtain a professional license, what would be your expectations for such a test in terms of psychometric properties?

textbook used: Mastering Modern Psychological Testing; Theory & Methods
Cecil R. Reynolds
Ronald B. Livingston

If you were given an employment test when applying for your first job after graduating, what might you expect from the people testing you? What if, in lieu of a test, the hiring decision was based just on an unstructured interview? If you must take an exam in order to obtain a professional license, what would be your expectations for such a test in terms of psychometric properties?

textbook used: Mastering Modern Psychological Testing; Theory & Methods
Cecil R. Reynolds
Ronald B. Livingston