A growing number of employers are using assessments to get to know job seekers in the pandemic. If you're a nervous test taker, Insider spoke to experts about what to expect from job assessments.

Co-authored by Andrew B. Speer and Matt I. Brown Personality at work matters. We see its impact when one employee reacts with poise when faced with unreasonable customers, whereas another expresses ...

Not sure if you’re on the right career path or what you want to do for the rest of your career? A career aptitude test can help. Career tests provide insights into your skills, values, interests, and ...

This anguished remark came as a newly promoted pharmaceutical executive read through an assessment report detailing scathing feedback from his team and colleagues. Long known as an engaging leader who ...

In my work leading talent assessments, one of the most frequent questions I get asked by organizations is, "What role does personality play in job success?" Whether I am conducting talent reviews for ...

Feeling uncomfortable in your job or unsure about your career direction? Your current path might not be suitable for your personality. Personality tests are designed to gather information about an ...

The 10 young men and women were there to impress. Decked out in their best suits, they were vying for hourly work as sales associates, ride operators, drivers and cooks at Universal Studios Hollywood ...

Personality tests can be fun to take, but they can also be frustrating. They’re black and white. Most popular personality tests assume that people can be classified into distinct personality types.

According to the free enneagram personality test I took online, I am a Type Three. Depending on where you’re looking, type threes are categorized as “the achiever” or “the performer” — the ...

When Kris Huston applied for her job as director of human resources at the Blood Center of Iowa, in Des Moines, she was asked to take a personality-assessment test. She was skeptical. In her 15-year ...