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What is the predictive index used for?

By Michael Gray

A Predictive Index (PI) Test allows recruiters to evaluate the cognitive abilities, personality traits and behavioral tendencies of a potential employee, to determine if they are the right fit.

What is the predictive index behavioral assessment?

The Predictive Index measures behavioral drives (Dominance, Extraversion, Patience, and Formality) as well as cognitive ability. PI assessments help business leaders: Understand the needs of a specific role, team, project, or business strategy. Collect candidate or employee “people data”

What does my PI behavioral score mean?

When a person takes the PI Behavioral Assessment, their results are translated into a behavioral pattern that centers around a midpoint and has three sigmas on either side. In the pattern below, the individual has high dominance (A), high extraversion (B), low patience (C), and low formality (D).

What is a good cognitive score?

Scores on the MoCA range from zero to 30, with a score of 26 and higher generally considered normal. In the initial study data establishing the MoCA, normal controls had an average score of 27.4, compared with 22.1 in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 16.2 in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

What does a cognitive test prove?

Cognitive ability tests assess abilities involved in thinking (e.g., reasoning, perception, memory, verbal and mathematical ability, and problem solving). Such tests pose questions designed to estimate applicants’ potential to use mental processes to solve work-related problems or to acquire new job knowledge.

How do you fail a personality test?

While a personality test might sound like another obstacle on your road to gainful employment, the truth is that you can’t actually pass a personality test. In fact, you can’t fail either. The test is there to distinguish your personal strengths and weaknesses, among a variety of other personality points.

How do you know if you have cognitive impairment?

There is no specific test to confirm a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Your doctor will decide whether MCI is the most likely cause of your symptoms based on the information you provide and results of various tests that can help clarify the diagnosis.