Start hiring people based on cognition and hire 6.5x more predictable than if you hire people based on experience.
The term cognitive ability/General Mental Ability (GMA) generally refers to the capacity to mentally process, comprehend, and manipulate information—in short, the ability to learn. For example, solving complex problems, reason analytically or adapting to changing circumstances. Cognitive abilities largely constitute what most people intuitively call intelligence.
Cognitive ability is important to test for two different reasons:
Yes, cognitive ability/GMA has proven to be the most significant predictor of work performance, with a correlation of 0.65-0.74 (source).
In contrast to that, the predictive power of a CV is very low:
FERRY – 8-13 MIN
This game provides insights into candidates’ analytical intelligence and overall abilty to solve more complex problems.
FISH DISCOVERY – 5-10 MIN
This game provides into candidates’ ability to cope with information and learn new things fast and easy.
RACER – 3-4 MIN
This game provides insights into candidates’ ability to adapt their thoughts, behaviours and strategies to new and unexpected situations in a changing environment.
”We had two candidates in the pipeline, one with more experience but lower cognitive scores, and one with less experience but higher cognitive scores. Thanks to Equalture, we ended up hiring the less experienced candidate, with great success. Hiring managers now start realising that CVs are not that helpful.”
Mariona, People Business Partner @ Heura Foods
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