Choosing employees by mental and physical tests . kindly gleam in his eyes, for he must inspire con-fidence, and be able to set people at their ease. Youmeet his co-worker, a great, round, jovial personality. One by one come into the room some girls to betested. They are plainly nervous. Our friend, Abe theSecond, gets them seated in large, comfortable asks the names and addresses, and makes note ofwhat experience they have had. Nothing unusual inthis, but now he looks at one girl and with a genial smilesays: Let me see. What is the color of your eyes?She stares at first and then she
Choosing employees by mental and physical tests . kindly gleam in his eyes, for he must inspire con-fidence, and be able to set people at their ease. Youmeet his co-worker, a great, round, jovial personality. One by one come into the room some girls to betested. They are plainly nervous. Our friend, Abe theSecond, gets them seated in large, comfortable asks the names and addresses, and makes note ofwhat experience they have had. Nothing unusual inthis, but now he looks at one girl and with a genial smilesays: Let me see. What is the color of your eyes?She stares at first and then she smiles. According tothe Blackford system, the color of the eyes, hair, andskin are all of importance. Abe the Second makes anote of all these characteristics for statistical data, anddoes it openly, for it strikes the sense of humor in thegirls and helps to calm their nerves. He then recordstheir weight and height. Next he gets up a contest tosee which can blow the most wind into the contest comes on the dynamometer, a small. SHERWIN CODY Managing Director, Associated Schools of Scientific Busi-ness. Mr. Cody is endeavoring to bring uniformity in themethods of conducting written business tests throughout theUnited States. 12 CHOOSING EMPLOYEES set of springs which is grasped by the hand to test thestrength of grip. The tests thus far have been observational and physi-cal. Now we come to the type of records made by thenewer, or psychological, school. By this time all the girls are comparatively calm andeager to play the game. They are seated at the tablesand care is taken that their arms swing at about thesame level over the boards. They see before thema game consisting of a board full of holes in lines andin various groups. To the left of the board is screweda wooden match-box full of headless are told that they are now to play this new game,and that each is to try to beat the other in placing themost match-sticks in the holes. The first te
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