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Executives usually have mastered a broad variety of skills including interpersonal ability, presentation skills and above average intelligence. Their biggest failure areas are the inability to identify major trends and the temptation to misuse position-power. Although hiring mistakes at this level can be disastrous, these applicants sometimes strongly resist pre-hire evaluation.

System Summary*:

A thorough job analysis to identify success/failure competencies
Behavioral Screening Questions (with desirable/undesirable answers) on the three key competencies identified by job analysis
A full behavioral interview (with desirable/undesirable answers) covering remaining job competencies combined with data from an AIMS profile looking for dysfunctional attitudes, interest and motivations
Successfully completing an eductive thinking survey
Validation methods: Content

* This system represents one client’s preferred approach to reducing their hiring problems by using “behaviorally anchored” behavior and situational interviews, evaluating the applicant’s ability to think abstractly and examining dysfunctional behaviors. It may or may not apply to your organization.