Look at this photo. Is she happy, anxious, sad or surprised?
How can respond mean finding a job, or be rejected.
The question tests your ability to recognize emotions. (The correct answers are based on a general consensus and expert). Other questions can be designed to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a candidate, provides an overview of personality, behavior at work or the ability to predict to integrate into an organization.
This sample question is adapted from a series of standard tests of emotional intelligence is increasingly being used by employers to evaluate candidates.
According to a recent article in Knowledge @ Wharton, the online magazine of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, about 20 percent of organizations are using emotional intelligence tests as a tool to help you decide who to hire or promote. Nearly three-quarters of surveyed HR professionals said that tests are useful in predicting the behavior and organization "fit".
In fact, some research shows that the EQ is more important than your IQ people with high EQ tend to make better decisions and better with their bosses and colleagues. They are more efficient to keep their emotions in check and. At work
In some cases, a "right" or "wrong" answers to the position, the candidate than decrease. Article Wharton, for example, tells a story about a society that has rejected a candidate for the position of Chief Financial Officer, as their test results showed that it is very optimistic, but had a low self-esteem. His ideal for the CFO, apparently, a candidate would be a bit pessimistic, but a high self-esteem.
Not only candidates for jobs in high-level test for EQ these days. Retail, call centers, security and businesses use Web as part of a selection process of job seekers, which is based require the public proof dishes.
You can be especially valuable for the evaluation of candidates for entry-level work. After all, they have no experience to display.
The test can also help to separate the best candidate for the best interview. And can reduce the impact of the factor is if the candidate just happens to "click" with the very subjective responsible for the maintenance person.
Management consultants are also training people how to use your emotional intelligence at work. Susan David, Harvard Business School, led the people through the use of emotional intelligence have a difficult conversation with a colleague .
Because at work and in life, the suppression of emotions in themselves, or failing that, to recognize them in others, can lead to very poor results.
You can test your online emotional intelligence. Here are two to try:
- University of California, Berkeley: "How well do people read?"
- Harvard University: "Test your social intelligence."
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