Welcome to Bryq!
If you are here, you have probably been invited to take the Bryq assessment. This means that your prospective employer has put an equitable process in place, where objective data is used to evaluate applications on job-related merit. By participating in this inclusive process, you are helping create a diverse work environment while ensuring that you have a better career outlook from the get-go.
Why take an assessment?
How do we screen and interview candidates without applying our own conscious or unconscious bias?
The answer is by using a process that uses objective data to enable screening, interviewing and hiring decisions.
Note that using objective data does not mean that decisions are made by a computer; it means that objective data are used to methodically support candidate and employee evaluation by recruiters and managers.
Here are a few things that you should know about the assessment and how to take it:
Establishing Fit
What makes you a good software developer, a good tester or a good accountant? We know that people are more than just the sum of their past experiences. Organization psychology is providing us with a set of proven frameworks that can support our decision making. It gives us tools to measure personality traits (such as the 16 Personality Factor models) and how these traits match specific job profiles (Holland codes and the Five Factor model).
Bryq’s assessment is a scientifically calibrated measurement of your basic cognitive skills (numerical, verbal, logical and attention to detail) and your personality traits. A matching score is provided based on the requirements of the specific role and the company.
This is not a hard skills assessment, so you will not find questions that are directly related to your role / area of expertise. This is a general assessment that helps identify people who will perform great in a role, and is usually followed by other hard-skill assessments (such as programming, design, accounting, etc.) for the candidates that are the most promising matches.
Bryq does not provide hire/no-hire decisions, nor does it replace the human part of the process.
The Structure
There is a lot of context switching between cognitive areas and psychometric questions, much like in everyday life.
Cognitive questions are fairly simple (secondary education level), but there is a time limit. If you do not answer within the time allotted, you simply advance to the next question. Don’t worry if you miss a few questions – most people will get about 50% of the questions right.
Personality questions, do not have a time limit. Remember there are no right or wrong answers to personality questions. What is the right choice between “cooperative” or “assertive”? Depending on the company and the role, the answer will vary. It is important that you showcase your unique personality – a good match will mean a great career.
There is no Pass/Fail
Unlike other assessments, there is no pass/fail for Bryq. The test results are presented to your potential employers, as well as how well you match the specific job description.
The Interview
When asked to interview with a potential employer, you should keep in mind that your interviewers will have access to your profile and will ask more specific questions, based on your results. This will be helpful for both you and the interviewer to have a more productive discussion so that you can both decide if this job is really a good fit for you.
Candidate FAQ
About the Assessment
There are three versions of the assessment. The express version requires around 10 minutes, the standard about 25 minutes and the extended about 45 minutes.
Depending on how fast you like to pace yourself, you should allocate another 15 minutes to ensure you can complete everything.
The assessment deadline should be clearly stated in the assessment invitation email and is set by the employer. If you do not see a deadline, please get in touch with your prospective employer to confirm when you will need to complete the assessment by.
Phones work great for the express version (10 minutes).
For standard and extended, a phone will work, but we advise that you use a device (laptop, desktop, tablet) with a screen greater than 9 inches in order to be able to read the questions comfortably.
Yes, please visit our sample questions page.
My Data
Of course. Simply login back to candidates.bryq.com and your results will be presented.
To login, just visit candidates.bryq.com. Enter your email address and a log-in link will be emailed to you.
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