MeritTrac partners OPP Inc

BANGALORE: Skills assessment company MeritTrac Services has been authorized by OPP to offer the 16PF instrument in India as part of its assessment services.

The 16PF questionnaire is recognized worldwide since 1949, as a highly reliable personality assessment tool and remains one of the most valid predictors of future behaviour.

It is also one of the most popular psychometric tests used by occupational psychologists in assessing people for jobs and promotion

Commenting on this latest addition to its suite of assessments, Mohan Kannegal, co-founder and director, MeritTrac, said, “After offering world class skills assessment in India for over five years now, we wanted to strengthen our offerings in behavioral assessments. We are therefore excited to offer the 16PF questionnaire, a truly world class tool and one of the most respected and robust personality assessment tools available.”

Speaking about this association in India, Dr Robert McHenry, chairman and CEO of OPP, said, “We are delighted to be working with MeritTrac. We believe that their commitment to customer service, combined with the rigour of the 16PF questionnaire provides a powerful assessment solution for India’s leading organizations.”

Explaining the 16PF questionnaire, Dr Ashok, an expert in industrial psychology and organizational behavior and consultant with MeritTrac said, “It measures personality traits including Emotional Stability, Dominance, Rule-Consciousness, Vigilance, and Openness to Change, Self-Reliance, and Perfectionism as well as five global factors of Extraversion, Anxiety, Tough-Mindedness, Independence, and Self-Control. Measuring these personality factors can help match people to roles, reduce attrition and provide inputs for training.”

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