Have you ever had to take a personality assessment test when applying for a job? You’re not alone. According to The New York Times, 100 million workers worldwide take psychometric tests designed to study personality and aptitude, making for a $2 billion annual market. These tests are used by 80% of Fortune 500 companies to evaluate job candidates, as reported by Psychology Today.
The Myers-Briggs Personality test is one of the most widely used and recognized. It contains prompts for self-rated responses such as “You regularly make new friends” and “Seeing other people cry can easily make you feel like you want to cry too.” Takers are asked if they “agree” or “disagree,” and to what degree.
But Talent Select AI, a 16-year-old digital interview and psychometric assessment firm based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is aiming to disrupt the industry entirely with its natural language processing (NLP)-powered candidate screening tool. This tool does away entirely with self-reporting examinations from job candidates. Instead, Talent Select’s tool analyzes a prospective job candidate’s word choices alone during a live interview with a recruiter to conduct a psychometric assessment, using software to determine whether they are a good personality fit for the job opening.
A psychometric AI API
The company currently offers its software as an API to clients who can integrate it with their hiring platforms and tools. However, the company shared with NeuralNation that it plans to launch its own user-facing version of the software on its website next month.