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.
Select From These Options:
Business Development Professional
Express
$35
- A shorter set of personality trait measures
- General Reasoning (a timed test of general mental ability)
Business Development Professional
Core+
$45
- 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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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:
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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:
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:
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 Core version of the test.)
