Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection Performance A Managers Guide to Psychometric Testing, Interviews and Assessment…

Robert Edenborough

A comprehensive manager's guide to integrating psychometric testing, structured interviewing, and assessment centres into rigorous, objective selection and performance management systems.

In a world where poor hiring decisions cost organisations hundreds of percent of a salary and performance is often managed through gut feel and informal ritual, Robert Edenborough's 'Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance' delivers a unified, evidence-based framework for understanding people at work. Drawing on over 40 years of applied experience—from selecting barmen to astronauts—Edenborough walks managers and HR professionals through the history, science, and practice of psychometrics, assessment centres, and structured interviews, showing how these three disciplines form a joined-up system for predicting and managing human performance. The book demystifies statistical concepts like validity, reliability, norms, and correlation, explains the legal and ethical landscape from data protection to equal opportunities, and provides practical guidance on competency modelling, exercise design, assessor training, 360-degree feedback, coaching, and the use of technology. It culminates in cutting-edge applications including team assessment for major organisational change and HR due diligence in mergers and acquisitions—making it essential reading for anyone who wants their people decisions to be as rigorous as their financial ones.