Re-testing
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 2:03pm
I'd like to know what people use as a guideline for re-testing applicants who fail post-offer tests. For example, let's suppose a person is too weak to lift a 50 pound load from the floor.
As a result, they do not meet an essential function during the test, and they fail. If the employer wants to offer a re-test opportunity to the applicant, is ther a guideline for how soon they can do so?
In contrast, what if an applicant fails because they become dizzy during the lifting portion of the test? I assume you would refer that applicant to a physician and make them get a letter explicitly stating that they are safe to participate in the test. Would you allow a re-test?
Here is what our clinical advisor had to say:
One of the concepts that is covered in the post-offer coursework is establishing the policies and procedures to help protect the applicant, evaluator and the employer. How soon (and often!) an applicant can participate in the test should be established and well documented during the construction of testing. A happy medium should be derived between the evaluator and the employer relatively easily. Somewhere between one week and a year seems plausible. Remember that the test costs the employer real dollars, and that some applicants may request repeated testing-even when it is not feasible for the person to meet the job demands.
Hope this helps,
Regards
Jenn