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
- 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
Business Development Professional
Express
$35.00
- A shorter set of personality trait measures
- General Reasoning (a timed test of general mental ability)
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 |
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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 | |||
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Sample verbal reasoning item: House is to dwelling as car is to ____________. | (A) transportation | ||
Sample numerical reasoning item: Which number comes next in this series? 3 6 9 19 22 25 | (A) 32 | ||
Sample abstract reasoning item:
Which figure would come next in the series?
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Sample Question for Open-Ended Statement | |||
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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 |
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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.)
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