Purpose: This assessment helps you identify people for Nanny / Child Care positions who are kind, considerate, nurturing, hard working, responsive to their employer’s preferences, ethical, who enjoy working with children and can work around children in a safe manner.
About the Test: This test consists of a 148 question personality inventory and it should take about an hour although it will vary from person to person because it is untimed.
Other Options:
- Testing for aptitude can provide useful information on how much complexity your nanny can handle. If you and your spouse are well educated, hiring a Nanny who is slow to learn or easily confused can be very frustrating. You probably to provide an intellectually rich experience for your child, but if your Nanny is below average cognitively, you will probably be disappointed with his/her job performance. We recommend either the General Reasoning Test or the General Cognitive Aptitude Test to give you a quick assessment of mental capacity.
- If you represent a company that places nannies, please contact us to learn about ways that we can customize the Nanny test for your needs.
- In addition to the Nanny Test, you may want to use a second evaluation that provides in-depth information about potential mental health problems. We recommend the PAI (Personality Assessment Inventory), which is a well-researched, highly validated clinical test that provides an in-depth, interpretive report. If you want to do a thorough job of vetting your Nanny candidates, a positive PAI report can provide you with a great deal of confidence that you are making a wise hiring decision.
- Please contact us directly if you would like to have a licensed Clinical Psychologist do a telephone interview with your candidate to evaluate any potential mental health issues. Our Clinical Psychologist would spend 1-2 hours on the phone with your candidate, then would also call you to explain his/her conclusions from the telephone interview, as well as any test results from the Nanny Test and the PAI.
What the Report Gives You: Graphical display of scores, explanation of aptitude results, list of Strengths and Developmental Concerns, and Suggested Interview Questions.
Testing Process: Online testing provides immediate reporting. Proctoring is desirable but not required.
Validity Information: Available upon request.
Undesirable Behaviors
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Test Content
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Desirable Behaviors
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Argumentative, self-absorbed, more interested in meeting own needs vs. preserving harmony
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Agreeableness
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Easy to get along with, nice, concerned with needs and feelings of others
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Hesitant, threat sensitive, gives in easily on matters of importance
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Assertiveness
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Willing to make decisions with confidence, able to take a strong stand on matters of importance
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Sees physical aggression as a reasonable way to deal with problems. More prone to lashing out physically to deal with anger.
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Avoidance of Violence
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Uses strategies other than physical aggression to solve problems or deal with frustration.
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Wants to work according to own rules, undependable, leaves things undone
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Conscientiousness
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Dependable, comfortable adapting to your rules and standards, strives to do tasks in a thorough manner
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Not service minded, stingy about making allowances for customer needs
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Customer Service
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Wants to understand and keep her customers happy, willing to go the extra mile to make things right
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Overreacts to stress, gets upset easily, tends to have a life filled with drama
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Emotional Resilience
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Calm, level-headed, handles stress well, handles life’s problems in a mature manner, does not over-react to problems
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Needs a lot of quiet time, easily overwhelmed by others need for involvement, doesn’t talk much
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Extroversion
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Enjoys interacting with people, talks a lot and engages others in conversation, is observant and interested in what is going on with other people.
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Uncaring about people’s feelings, does not put much time into trying to understand someone else’s personal motivations
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Empathy
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Interpersonally / feelings sensitive, tries to understand what motivates others and why they act certain ways
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Tends to use rules for their own benefit, is not embarrassed by making unethical choices
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Integrity
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Strong moral values, makes ethical choices when faced with ambiguous situations
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Focuses on pay & benefits, does not emphasize the enjoyment of everyday work activities
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Intrinsic Motivation
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Enjoys daily tasks and interactions, takes pride in work-related accomplishments, chooses jobs where they will enjoy coming to work everyday
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Doesn’t like to deal with needy people, does not view self as a caretaker for those in need
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Nurturance
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Likes caring for people in need, enjoys being able to be of service to someone who needs help
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Lacks enthusiasm, tends to complain, focuses on the negatives in most situations
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Positive Attitudes
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Cheerful, pleasant, “can-do” attitude, focuses on what is good and right
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Does the minimum; looks for ways to cut corners.
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Work Drive
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Willing to go the extra mile and put forth effort to do the job well.
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