Selection Testing System

Interview System

Test Administration Options

System Development & Implementation

Consulting Services

Polaris offers pre-developed testing and interview systems for a range of jobs. These systems have been validated at multiple organizations and can be used without alteration if they fit an organization’s needs.

Optionally, organizations can also work with Polaris to tailor the Polaris systems to their specific needs. This process typically begins with a very efficient job analysis to define the organization’s job requirements. It then proceeds to a tailored construction stage where the standard Polaris test modules are “shaped” to fit the organization’s needs. The shaping can include, for example:

• Determining how best to weight and combine the up-to 18 facets of personality that the Polaris systems can address
• Deciding which skill areas to assess, and how thoroughly each will be assessed
• Defining feedback dimensions and the nature of the feedback reports
• Determining how best to integrate the testing and interview stages
• Structuring the administrative system (e.g., administration software) to the specific needs of the organization

As appropriate, statistical validation of the tailored system can be performed to verify the appropriateness of the tests that were structured to meet the organization’s need. The validation stage can also provide information on how best to refine the tests to optimize the prediction of success on the job.

Throughout the tailoring process, Polaris is building the systems through the use of pre-developed modules of test and interview items. As a result, the tailoring process is extremely efficient and cost-effective. And, because tried-and-true components are being shaped to the needs of the organization, the track record of the systems has shown that they work “first time, every time.”