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Business Development Professional Test

Pre-Employment Test

Business Development Professional Test

Business Development Professional Test

Find candidates who are bright, motivated, and interested in developing strategies that generate company income.

Pre-Employment Test

Purpose:

RA’s Business Development Professional Tests identify candidates who are bright, capable of mulit-tasking and learning quickly, and keenly interested in creating large scale or long-term projects that generate a good income. These tests also help evaluate whether candidates are resilient and trustworthy and have superior interpersonal and customer service skills.

About This Test:

Business Development Professional

Comprehensive

$45.00

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approx. 75-90 minutes

This comprehensive test, aimed at assessing managerial level candidates, consists of 3 parts:

  • An untimed personality assessment
  • An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)
  • An untimed set of open-ended statements to which the candidate has to type in a short answer

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Business Development Professional

Express

$35.00

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approx. 30 minutes

This candidate-friendly assessment measures many of the personality traits also found in the Full test version, but has fewer aptitude tests, no managerial dimensions and no open-ended statements. It includes:

  • A shorter set of personality trait measures
  • General Reasoning (a timed test of general mental ability)

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Options:If solid writing skills are key to job success, consider adding RA’s Writing Test to your screening process: https://resourceassociates.com/tests/writing-sample-i-test/

Contact us to learn how we can customize the test content for your hiring process or the way information is presented in the report to meet your specifications.

What the Report Gives You:

A graphical display of personality trait scores, feedback regarding strengths and developmental concerns, an explanation of aptitude results, a display of narrative responses given to the open-ended statements, and suggested interview questions.

Testing Process:

  • Immediate score report upon completion.
  • Proctoring desirable but not required.
  • The use of mobile phones is discouraged.

Sample Personality Item:

For the statement 
on the left
I feel very strongly about it
I feel it describes me most of the time
I can’t decide between the two statements
I feel it describes me most of the time
I feel very strongly about it
For the statement 
on the right
I prefer working in a quiet environment where I don’t have to talk to people very often.
I prefer working in a busy environment with a lot of activity and social interaction.
Sample Questions for General Cognitive Aptitude Test

Sample verbal reasoning item: House is to dwelling as car is to ____________.

(A) transportation
(B) traveling
(C) speed
(D) automobile
(E) mechanical

Sample numerical reasoning item: Which number comes next in this series? 3 6 9 19 22 25

(A) 32
(B) 35
(C) 52
(D) 15
(E) 28

Sample abstract reasoning item: Which figure would come next in the series?

Sample Question for Open-Ended Statement

The three things I want most from my job are...

(Sample questions differ from actual test appearance and do not contain real test content.)

The Business Development Professional Test Evaluates:

Less Desirable Behaviors Test Content Desirable Behaviors
Slow to learn new tasks, handles limited amount of information at one time General Cognitive Aptitude Quick learner, make complex decisions easily
Slower to learn – Not very observant General Reasoning* Quicker to learn; observant & insightful
Argumentative, contentious Agreeableness Easy to get along with, amiable
Hesitent, threat sensitive, asks for direction Assertiveness* Willing to make judgements / decisions with confidence
Is not motivated to outperform others Competitiveness Desires to be the best and outperform others
Fails to live up to promises Conscientiousness & Orderliness* Reliable, dependable
Not service minded Customer Service Orientation Enjoys serving people
Interested in his their tasks; does not care much about how their work impacts others ability to get
their job done		 Customer Responsiveness* Attuned to what others’ need in the workplace; cares about helping others who depend on them
Overreacts to stress, gets upset easily Emotional Resilience* Calm, level-headed, handles stress well
Motivated by enjoyment of everyday tasks, not by opportunity for extra pay Extrinsic Motivation Motivated by pay, benefits, bonuses, prizes
Prefers to deal with a small number of people Extroversion Enjoys interacting with a lot of people
Not goal oriented Goal Setting Enjoys goals, uses goals regularly
Bends rules to suit self Integrity / Ethics* Strong ethical principles
Wants an interesting job more than one that provides high pay Money Motivation* Prefers a high paying job over one that is interesting
Sticks with tried-and-true approaches, resistant to new ideas Openness to New Experience* Enjoys learning and new ideas, innovative
Negative attitudes, gives up easily Optimism* Cheerful, upbeat, persistent
Professional, detatched relationship with customers Relationship Sales* Bonds well with customer, uses friendship to enhance sales
Does not get out of his/her office or department often to build relationships Social Networking* Strives to create effective relationships to serve company’s needs
Doesn’t want to coordinate with others Teamwork Able to coordinate and work cooperatively
Focus on day-to-day problems Visionary Leadership Focus on strategic, big picture, long term issues
Does the minimum Work Drive* Willing to go the extra mile

(Note: The asterisk (*) denotes that the personality dimension is included in the Express version of the test.)

Validity Information: Click here to view RA's Technical Manual for details about test dimension development, reliability & validity.

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Optimal for companies who want an in-depth candidate analysis.

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Express Version

Valuable candidate information in a shorter-form assessment.

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Add Career Development Report to Full Test Version

+$10

For an additional $10, add our Career Development Report (CDR). This feedback report is suitable to share with your candidate. See a Sample CDR Report.

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