See our complete Client List for more details. To find out what some police and fire agencies thought about B-PAD testing, see our selection of Articles from magazines and newspapers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The B-PAD Group will tailor a test package that is right for your agency. No court challenges have yet been made. This is attributable to the absence of adverse impact and its established content and empirical validity.
Candidates also perceive the test as fairer because it is so obviously job relevant.
People with strong people skills have the ability to manage their own emotions as well as the emotions of others. This is what B-PAD attempts to measure. If by acting one means the ability, under challenging circumstances, to demonstrate command presence, confidence, and sensitivity when such behaviors are not naturally forthcoming, then the answer is yes. Interestingly enough, no such effect has been shown. People skills, such as empathy, for example, are learned early and are difficult to fake.