Finding the right candidate is no longer just about reviewing a CV and conducting a traditional interview. Today, companies need to combine speed, objectivity, and relevance in their selection process. To meet these demands, pre-recorded video interviews and psychometric tests have proven to be a powerful combination. They allow recruiters to accurately assess candidates’ skills, personalities, and motivations.
By integrating a pre-recorded video interview solution with psychometric tests, businesses significantly increase their chances of identifying the most suitable talent for their needs.
Pre-recorded video interviews: an efficient and fair first selection
Pre-recorded video interviews enable candidates to respond to pre-set questions, which recruiters can watch at their convenience. This approach offers several advantages:
- Optimised recruitment time: No need to coordinate schedules—videos are available anytime.
- Standardised evaluation: All candidates answer the same questions, ensuring a fair comparison.
- Soft skills assessment: Tone of voice, verbal expression, posture—key elements that provide a more comprehensive view of the candidate.
With Smart Interview, Central Test offers an innovative and intuitive tool that simplifies this process. Thanks to its customisation features and candidate skill analysis, recruiters can structure their interviews and gain key insights into each candidate.
However, while video interviews help evaluate a candidate’s communication skills and presence, they do not provide a complete picture of cognitive abilities, personality, or cultural fit. This is where psychometric tests come into play.
Psychometric tests: an objective insight into candidates’ potential
Psychometric tests provide valuable data on a candidate’s intellectual abilities, personality, and motivations. Central Test offers several assessments tailored to different needs:
- Personality tests like Professional Profile 2: Analyse traits that influence an individual’s behaviour and performance at work. This test helps anticipate how candidates operate, how they interact with others, their strengths, and potential limitations.
- Motivation assessments with Motivation+: Understanding a candidate’s fundamental needs is a great way to ensure their motivations align with the role and work environment. With Motivation+, you can identify what drives a candidate and assess how well they match your company’s values and culture.
- Cognitive ability tests like SMART: Measure an individual’s specific reasoning skills, such as problem-solving, learning ability, and decision-making. Unlike traditional tests, SMART dynamically adjusts the difficulty level of questions based on the candidate’s previous answers.
By integrating these tools into the recruitment process, companies gain more precise and objective results, reducing the risk of hiring mistakes.
Why combine these two tools?
Bringing together pre-recorded video interviews and psychometric tests creates a synergy that enhances recruitment effectiveness:
- Better candidate-role fit: Cross-analysing test and interview results helps identify the profiles best suited to the job’s requirements.
- Reduced cognitive biases: Decisions are based on objective data, minimising subjective judgments.
- A faster, smoother process: Automating preselection allows recruiters to focus on high-potential candidates.
Predictive recruitment strategy
Attracting and recruiting top talent is no longer just about posting a job offer and waiting for applications to come in. To identify the most promising candidates and ensure a successful integration, companies must rely on innovative tools. By combining pre-recorded video interviews and psychometric tests, they transform their selection process into a strategic lever—boosting efficiency, objectivity, and relevance.
Solutions like Smart Interview and Central Test’s psychometric assessments provide recruiters with a proven methodology for attracting, evaluating, and retaining the best talent. This winning duo does not replace human decision-making but adds valuable rigour and efficiency to selecting the right candidates at the right time.
