Open Response Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs)

10/01/2024 20 min
Open Response Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs)

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In today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Alex MacIntosh, Senior Research Manager at Acuity Insights, to talk about Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs). Situational Judgement Tests present realistic situations to applicants and ask them how they would respond to the situation. Dr. MacIntosh walks us through open- and fixed-response SJTs and how the open-response format helps highlight the 'why' behind the response and is better able to showcase the lived experiences of the respondent. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:08 - What is a Situational Judgement Test? 05:37 - How do open response SJTs impact evaluation? 06:53 - The role of Subject Matter Experts in SJTs  10:23 - Accounting for cultural differences in SJTs 14:55 - What are the benefits to video responses? 17:06 - Casper vs. Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs)? 17:57 - How can Casper help institutions who are resource-strapped? 18:59 - How do Casper and MMIs complement each other? Speakers: Kelly Dore Co-Founder/VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights Dr. Alex MacIntosh Senior Research Manager at Acuity Insights Connect with Kelly: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kelly-dore-7971b258 Visit our blog for more exciting insights: https://acuityinsights.com/resources/blog/

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