Aptitude Vs Ability

Dear All,
I wanted to know how much of Aptitude & Ability test is important for promotion or for selection. Now that theses tests have become integral part of any selection process. What I felt is an Aptitude test requires a lot of practice and a good guy might loose out in the bargain. Is it fair on our part to assess the candidates on Aptitude which would comprise of Verbal Ability, Numerical Ability, Reasoning etc. Can just a subject matter test suffice.
Would be grateful if I can have some really good feedbacks.
Regards
Varsha

Hi Varsha,
In my opinion ability is always depending upon the kind of work you do. May be i am able to do one job really well but the other one is not my cup of tea.On the other side aptitude can take you places in every field. For building aptitude you just need to keep your eyes & ears open. There is no need to peep into any book.There are hell lot of things we learn in our daily activities & that makes more sense if your training your participants as it is easy for them to relate with their personal life.
Building aptitude is not tough but there is no dead end.

Thanks for the response. There were instances when I was told that if I am going to incorporate these tests they might as well leave the organisation and these guys were extremely good in their work. There is a constant fear, which is nothing but the job security and that the employees are been scrutinized

But what I am trying to say is rather than having an aptitude test, can we have a fullfledged assessment centre pocess, which would have a GD, Interview, psychometric, subject matter test and having a past performance data. This is for promotion. But for selection I think we should not compromise on the quality and hence aptitude test is important.

Regarding the ability test. Ability is something which is innate. We would be good at certain work if we have the ability to do it. So I think it should be used to measure at what level we are wrt to that particular ability, since we already possess it.

I am having this constant fear that I might loose out on good guys if i assess their apt. If I were to be tested even I would be dead scared.

Keep giving feedbacks

Dear Varsha,
In my experience for the last 15 years while I have been conducting pscyhometric tests for corporate as well as students, I have found that it leads to a win win situation. If people are in the right profession they are enjoying every moment, this leads to a pleasant relationship attitutde towards work, family, colleagues and the efficiency level and creativity is very high.
Psychometric test are an essential tool for competency mapping as well as succession planning.
with regards,
Salma Prabhu

Hi Varsha
I personally fels numerical ability or other apitude tests only works out for fresher but for promotion orother things we ned to focus on EQ normally a employee who had put some years of experience willbe wasted if he cannot clear it off and normally all apitude tests if practised it works out well in this scenario even if the guy has no talent but he clears the exam may get the promtion so i guess we need to loo into EQ tests which is more relevant than IQ.
Rgrds
vinay
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Hi Salma,
I am requesting a favor from you regarding the psychometric test for the corporates. Do u hav any questionnaire designed for this test, if yes.then kindly forward it to [Login to view].
Thanks
Ravi Dutt

Dear Ravi,
The types of tests to be administered is decided after an interface with the employees. A parallel process of the vision, mission and goals is an essetial process. In case you just need the questionnaire I shall send you the 16PF questionnaire.
with regards,
Salma

Hi all
i agree with you in some opinion but not all.I think there are some thing wrng and i will send You reason why and ofcourse you can alse refer them from google or any other web