If you don't meet all of those minimum requirements, you won't be considered, no ifs, ands or buts. Managers at the bank do their own hiring. After the job has been offered, then we do the criminal history and drug test. Every once in a while, we have to go back to the manager and say that the person he wants to hire didn't pass the checks or tests. So, every once in a while we have an angry manager.
Many firms use one of a variety of pre-employment screening tests.
All pre-employment tests are not designed to make the decision for you. They narrow and focus. The City of Abilene will use a very specialized testing procedure late next week as it narrows applicants for the position of economic development director. A couple of economic development professionals from other Texas cities will put the four semifinalists for the post through situational exercises to see how they respond. Coco said interviews are an important part of any hiring process.