Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Selection Process
How can the MBTI help me ask more meaningful questions in an interview?
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) can help to determine work preferences of a candidate. It can help people define strengths and motivators, and understand weaknesses; as well as determine potential. You can use the information to better understand a candidate's suitability to a particular position not in isolation but certainly to compliment other tools such as the interview, references and technical assessments.
Over 40 years of research and development have demonstrated the reliability and validity of the MBTI. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can also be used as a leadership instrument to meet day to day challenges of managing new employees. It is a nonjudgmental tool that allows people to understand their personality preferences, particularly with respect to energy source, information gathering, decision making, and lifestyle/work patterns.
The areas measured include:
- Where do you prefer to focus your attention?
- How do you acquire information?
- How do you make decisions?
- How do you orient toward the outer world?
The MBTI can specifically aid in hiring by:
- Identifying areas of strength and possible areas of weakness of candidates
- Clarifying behaviours
- Helping to match specific task assignments with candidates according the their MBTI preferences
- Determine untapped talents and gifts
Our first step is to determine which attributes and preferences are desired for a particular position by evaluating the job, your company culture and your expectations. We can then assist you in employing the derived information for determining fit of candidates in the role as well as the team dynamic. McDonald-Green will enable your organization, its stakeholders, and new recruits to build on their characteristic strengths, gifts and talents.
The evaluation is administered and interpreted by trained and certified MBTI Consultants at McDonald-Green. We provide full verbal and written reports on the results.
- Each assessment takes between 30 to 45 minutes
- Consultation time is approximately 30 minutes per assessment
- Book appointments with one day notice
- Results are available immediately following consultation
