Pre-Hire Assessment of Executives

What Factors Are Assessed?

Depending upon the positioned requirements, some of the factors assessed in Nordli, Wilson's Pre-hire Assessments are:

Judgment and intellect

The ability to handle concepts, strategies, complexity and ambiguity;  problem solving style and approach ; measurement of intellectual efficiency, versatility, and decisiveness; relevance and practicality of reasoning; level of attention to detail; level of commonsense and street savvy in using intellectual skills.

Maturity and motivation

Level of honesty and integrity; measurement of reliability, emotional maturity; assessment of self-confidence and resilience:  level of drive, sense of urgency and results orientation,  self discipline; level of resourcefulness, flexibility and adaptability; degree of ambition, self reliance, personal accountability and initiative; measurement of leadership desire, recognition needs.

Insights and Interpersonal Skills

Level of empathy, sensitivity and listening skills; ability to size up people and situations; ability to energize, motivate and develop others; ability to empowered, delegate and coach others; measurement of tolerance for individual, cultural or ethnic differences; capacity to work as part of team, flexibility and adaptability with people.

Executive skills

Ability to organize, plan and coordinate; measurement of receptivity to feedback, supervision, authority and change; level of service orientation to internal and external constituencies; technical skill sets, measurement of job relevant competencies; managerial skills, capacity to carry out the assignments and responsibilities of the role: fit between organizational style and values and the candidates approach and style.