Applicant Testing

Bullion

We would like applicants to create a short power-point presentation and then present the material to the interviewees as part of the interview process. Another part of the interview would be writing a business letter that would demonstrate a high level of writing skills. If your organization does something similar, we would appreciate it if you would allow us to use your material.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Just curious, is creating and presenting power point presentations part of the job these candidates are applying for?

Sharon McKnight SPHR

[quote=Bullion;716874]We would like applicants to create a short power-point presentation and then present the material to the interviewees as part of the interview process. Another part of the interview would be writing a business letter that would demonstrate a high level of writing skills. If your organization does something similar, we would appreciate it if you would allow us to use your material.[/quote]

I think that as long as what you're asking the applicant to do as a test is relevant to the position he/she is applying for it is ok. For example, asking a writer to provide x number of words on the kind topic he/she would be writing about as part of the job would be acceptable. Asking an applicant for a writer position to prepare a spreadsheet showing the correlation between the number of articles written versus the number published about a specific topic during a specific timeframe for a specific publication wouldn't be acceptable.

A question. Do you provide the raw data/information to the applicant and ask him/her to create a powerpoint from that or does he/she have to research and provide the content for the presentation?

Sharon