An integrity or honesty test is a specific type of personality test designed by the employer to assess an applicant's tendency, to be honest, trustworthy, and dependable.
A lack of integrity is associated with behaviors like theft, violence, sabotage, and disciplinary problems.
Honesty test plays a vital role in the recruiting of the employees because honest employees are more responsible, reliable, and less likely to do damage to an organization by engaging in unethical or illegitimate behavior in the company’s campus.
Like other traits of personality test, integrity tests add a significant amount of validity in the process of recruitment.Some ways of measuring the honesty or integrity of a person:Trustworthiness describes the degree to which the candidate is likely, to be honest with self and with the company.Rules fulfillment describes the degree up to which the candidate is likely to follow established rules and regulations and adhere to policies and procedures which are made by the company itself.Non-Violent Attitudes describe the extent up to which the candidate is likely to respect other employee and not engage in aggressive behaviors such as physical violence or verbal threats.
This shows how much a person can adhere before losing his or her cool.Responsibility describes the degree to which the candidate is willing to take liability for the deeds that he or she has done, and whether they are dependable, punctual and conscientious or not.The questions asked during the testing for honesty has nothing to do with the skills and experience required by the person for the job.
Questions like “what will you do if you saw a guy beating a woman on the streets” or “what will you do if you find out that your friend is cheating on you”.