How to Use psychometric in a Sentence

psychometric

adjective
  • The applicant who outperformed on the psychometric test rose to the company’s top ranks within a year and a half.
    — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This includes psychometric testing to look for a balance of skills within the leadership team.
    — Philip Salter, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • But to what extent did psychometric methods influence the outcome of the election?
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 30 Jan. 2017
  • The best ones are created by those with PhDs who know psychometric construction, says Cron.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 11 June 2023
  • If the psychometric data is unclear, another set of SMEs performs a third round of review.
    — Liberty Munson, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Managers can figure out employee values from psychometric testing, surveys or one-to-one interviews.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Using a psychometric tool known as identity fusion, activists can indicate on a survey how much their sense of self is defined by being Catalan.
    — Nafees Hamid, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Your executive coach may leverage psychometric assessments and other strategies to learn about how people think and perceive their roles and companies.
    — Clark Waterfall, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • This level of self-awareness can be developed through psychometric assessments and structured reflections to surface patterns.
    — Marie Unger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Linked closely to those studies are the psychometric studies that focus on processes for identification and selection of these students.
    — Jonathan Wai, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • An example could be using a psychometric or personality credit assessment to generate a credit score based on behavior.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The study, which examined change in sleep quality, emotions, and coping strategies over the course of two winters at the base, relied upon psychometric questionnaires to get answers for how the station charged researchers over their time there.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Each year, some 100 million workers worldwide take psychometric tests, meaning tests designed to study personality and aptitude.
    — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The company claimed to be able to assess candidates across what’s known as the Big Five personality traits, commonly used in psychometric hiring assessments.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • The participants were then evaluated using the six validated psychometric scales.
    — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The translation yielded good psychometric properties in terms of high reliability .
    — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2012
  • Banihal, which is based in Silicon Valley, relies on a long psychometric questionnaire of around 100 questions to match like-minded partners.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • When a farmer indicates interest in joining, they are subjected to a psychometric test where they are evaluated based on their maize production skills, personality traits, job potential, and abilities.
    — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 8 June 2020
  • The Enneagram test is a psychometric test, which is a scientific method used to measure an individual's mental capabilities and behavioral style.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 11 June 2023
  • By contrast, a 2006 study published in Communication Research Reports showed that love languages could be a valid psychometric tool.
    — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2022
  • Businesses that went in looking for CRM systems discovered tools that provide psychometric analysis of prospects, tools to manage retrospectives and thousands more.
    — Gordian Braun, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Then, using a psychometric approach to behavioral modeling, job-relevant competencies are examined to pinpoint the high potential candidates.
    — Sanjoe Jose, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • This is why getting a high-definition picture of a leader — through rigorous assessment, psychometric profiling, structured reference gathering, and behavioural history — is not an optional extra in the selection process.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Alternatively, re-evaluating the process and using psychometric assessments of the candidates, among other strategies to diminish the impact of personal preferences and human biases, can work wonders.
    — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Hawkins developed the 25-question psychometric exam by incorporating data gleaned from sources that range from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to the zodiac.
    — Christa Titus, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In behavioral health, data diversity—from subjective patient reports to behavioral observations and psychometric assessments to data from digital health tools and wearables—leads to silos and missed opportunities for integrated care.
    — Surabhi Bhandari, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • My company’s extensive psychometric testing and research culminated in our Global Leadership Assessment Practice, which defines core traits of future-fit leaders.
    — Dr. Tracy Cocivera, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Companies use psychometric testing to assess candidates’ suitability for the CEO role based on their personality traits, mental capability, and behavioral style.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • By layering cognitive, psychometric and situational measures, employers select individuals with the agility, resilience and interpersonal skill sets needed to navigate change.
    — Kenneth Coats, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Facebook’s structure, at least a few years ago, also led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where some 87 million users’ account data was given, generally without their knowledge, to a company developing psychometric advertising strategies.
    — Mike Murphy, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2019

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