Prophecy Testing/Is it fair testing?

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I have recently been given some pre-employment testing called Prophecy. I am an educator and have set exams and curriculum for students, I have been through many tests myself not only paper test, but also computer tests. I have never experienced anything like these tests.

The test is timed giving you a minute to answer a question and if you are timed out and do not get to finish, you fail. They do not even give you answers. I paid 10.00 to get a practice exam. It was still timed and if you fail they do not give you answers. I have always had practice tests that are not timed and give you the opportunity to check your answers.

If I asked you to read a statement about drug administration and then asked you to do complex calculations I would set the question to give at least a minimum of 2 mins.

Has anyone else encountered these tests and what was your experience?

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

Makes no sense at all. Are you still considering working there?

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, Staff Development.

Our facility just started using Prophecy, I'll keep you posted.

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I took something similar. I don't like it at all. The one I took had me doing all kinds of managerial and logic puzzle type questions. It took me most of the minute to figure out what the question was asking.

Timed tests like that are also very age biased, which ticks me off.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

Pre-employment tests are "studied" by the people who sell them, and, because they are proprietary, no company will release their tests to an academic center for research on their efficacy. I think they are a load of ********.

I have passed some, and I have not passed others. Although even the companies that sell them say that they should not be the end-all, be-all of hiring decisions, many employers will not even look at you if you "fail" them.

I just watched a sales video for Prophecy on YouTube. The sales person actually referred to nurses as a "cog" in the healthcare mechanism and highlighted the "damage" a low performing nurse (which of course would be identified by the test!) could do on the reputation of the facility.

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