"It's 5 p.m. on a Friday and you have these five tasks to do but you can only do three; which would you work on?"
""That's a situational judgment test, which allows us to infer the thinking process and the behaviors of the person," says Khyati Sundaram, CEO of recruitment platform Applied, who works with Penguin to hire its interns."
""That particular question is testing for prioritization and communication.""
Applying via résumé is outdated and introduces bias, as hiring managers often form judgments in seconds based on irrelevant details like name and address. Employment gaps and career changers are frequently overlooked. Skills-based hiring has grown rapidly, showing 63% year-on-year growth. Penguin Random House has assessed over 20,000 candidates since 2017 using anonymized skills tests rather than CVs. Situational judgment questions probe thinking and behavior, such as prioritization and communication. Answers are anonymized, randomized, and rated by panels to prevent bias. Testing on day-to-day responsibilities increases chances of hiring the best person rather than the most impressive résumé.
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