Decision Point: Pre$-$Employment Testing

In addition to interviewing, you've decided to have the candidates take a pre$-$employment test. Which of the following pre$-$employment tests would be most useful in predicting the candidate's job success?

Select an option from the choices below and click Submit.

Ask the candidates to take a general intelligence $($IQ$)$ test.

Ask the candidates to take a personality test based on the "Big Five" personality dimensions.

Ask the candidates to perform a job skill test: Hand the candidate a pen or a pencil from your desk and ask him or her to "sell" it to you.