The Hartman Assessment

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Many different assessments are accepted, in many corporate cultures, as valid, and ample in choosing the right employee to join their corporate family. However there are ample arguments against the affirmative of such assessments. Many think the assessments can be manipulated, just as a potential applicant may manipulate an interview. I can see the argument on both sides of the debate, and will distinguish the different arguments as they pertain to three assessments; The Hartman Self-assessment, Career Assessment, and the Emotional Intelligence Assessment. The Hartman Self-Assessment is an assessment of personality traits, in this instance, used to determine career placement. On one side it is believed that the validity of personality assessments can be distorted by a manipulated response or faking. The other side, argue, that most staged test to prove faking, to be invalid because the testing is not practical, as most applicants for a real job will not fake their response and are more motivated to reply with integrity and honesty. However in case studies the applicants are encouraged to answer in a particular way, which eliminates the motivation factor. To test both theories I took the assessment twice; first answering truthfully and as I thought it pertained to me, then answering as I thought would be the correct answer. Both assessments retuned the same results my core color is blue; my wants are security, to please others and autonomy; and my needs are to be good morally, to be understood, appreciated, and to receive acceptance. My strengths are to be highly disciplined both personally and professionally, to be receptive to others' suggestions, to have strong goal orientation, to be highly intuitive. My limitations are setting unrealistic goals or expectations of myself and others, I'm easily discouraged or depressed when unsuccessful in

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