The Assessment Center, or AC for short, is a structured personnel selection and personnel evaluation process that is used primarily by large companies and corporations to recruit and evaluate employees. It is intended to help identify the most professionally and personally suitable candidates for the company and the position to be filled.
With the help of various tasks, the skills and characteristics of the candidates are to be fundamentally tested and analyzed, which from the perspective of the respective company are of particular importance for the position to be filled.
An assessment center is carried out in the form of both individual and group tests and usually comprises four phases.
1) First, the candidate is asked to introduce himself and his greatest strengths.
2) In the second phase, the candidate is assessed for his or her competencies by completing tasks or tests or Interview be performed.
3) Then, in phase three, skills and knowledge are to be demonstrated in a realistic manner using practical examples. Role plays, group discussions or case studies are used and the participants’ behaviour is monitored by observers such as managers, psychologists or Personnel diagnostician of the company.
4) In the fourth part of the selection process, the applicant receives feedback.
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