The 30-Second Recap

• Pre-employment tests should be done before the interview to prevent claims of discrimination and to help focus the interview on important areas that may require further exploration.

• Aptitude tests, behavior tests, and intelligence tests are best selected and administered by a trained, licensed psychologist who specializes in employment testing.

• Pre-employment testing is legal as long as the tests involved are job-specific, are professionally developed, have proven validity, and are not conducted in a discriminatory fashion.

• Understanding what can be required of an applicant in the preoffer and postoffer stages of the selection process is important.

• Specific regulations apply to other forms of pre-employment tests, including medical examinations, polygraph tests, drug tests, and genetic tests.