Plant Manager
Hiring Plant Managers for your facility? This is the right test for the right hire.
Pre-Employment Test
Purpose:
RA’s suite of Plant Manager tests will help you find leaders who power your manufacturing to new levels of productivity. A targeted personality trait profile identifies business-minded candidates with solid managerial skills to oversee operations, who excel at meeting benchmarks, maintaining safety standards and delegating tasks while commanding the respect of direct reports by motivating them in a positive way. The addition of aptitude and sentence completion components help you assess general problem-solving and analytic abilities, workplace attitudes and motivators.
Select From These Options:
Plant Manager
Personality Only
$25
- An untimed personality assessment targeting behaviors specific to this role
Plant Manager
Core
$35
- An untimed personality assessment targeting behaviors specific to this type of job
- An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)
Plant Manager
Core+
$45
- An untimed personality assessment targeting behaviors specific to this role
- 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
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.
Target Group:
In addition to the Plant Manager job title, we recommend using this test for the positions of Assistant Plant Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Operations Manager, Production Manager, Site Manager, Site Operations Manager, and other leadership roles in manufacturing and production environments.
Sample Personality Item:
| For the statement on the left |
| 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 | ||
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 Plant Manager Evaluates:
| Less Desirable Behaviors | Test Content | Desirable Behaviors |
|---|---|---|
| Slow to learn, needs simple tasks | General Cognitive Aptitude* | Quick learner, clever, handles complexity well |
| Simplistic thoughts, negative attitudes, grammatical mistakes | Short Answer Manager | Articulate, meaningful comments, expresses positive attitudes, no grammatical mistakes |
| Argumentative, critical, demeaning | Agreeableness*† | Pleasant, easy going, respectful |
| Does not want to be responsible for the work of others | Assertive Leadership*† | Comfortable directing and controlling work of others |
| Fails to live up to promises | Conscientiousness / Orderliness*† | Reliable, dependable |
| Overreacts to stress, gets upset easily | Emotional Stability / Resilience*† | Calm, level-headed, handles stress well |
| Doesn’t want to have to deal with people | Extroversion | Likes people involvement at work |
| Direct, blunt, revealing | Impression Management | Diplomatic, interpersonally sensitive |
| Bends rules to suit own purposes | Integrity*† | Strong moral code |
| Doesn’t feel responsible for how employees feel about their jobs | Managerial Human Relations*† | Good motivator for others, tries to help others succeed in their careers |
| Prefers traditional approaches and standard solutions | Openness to New Experience*† | Curious, inquisitive, innovative, interested in learning |
| Gives up easily, tends to find fault quickly | Optimism | Positive about the future, a good motivator, perseveres despite difficult challenges |
| Sloppy, disorganized | Orderliness | Works hard to keep tasks orderly and organized |
| Lacks confidence in own decisions | Self-Confidence*† | Confident of own decisions |
| Does not stay on top of tasks that have been assigned to others | Task Structuring*† | Stays on top of details that have been assigned to others |
| Prefers working on own | Team Oriented Management*† | Enjoys working in collaborative fashion |
| Prefers working on own | Teamwork | Enjoys collaborative work |
| Sensitive about people’s feelings, focuses on feelings vs. business goals | Tough-Mindedness*† | Hard-nosed all about business objectives, able to make difficult decisions |
| 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; the dagger (†) denotes that the personality dimension is included in the Personality Only version of the test.)
