Around half the candidates cheat at entry-level job assessments!

Many businesses were obliged to immediately change their employment and working methods as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Traditional in-person hiring procedures were no longer practical or secure due to social distancing policies in place and the prevalence of remote working. As a result, many businesses started embracing online tools and platforms to carry out virtual assessments, interviews, and other hiring-related tasks.

A HirePro report found that 30% to 50% of candidates cheat during entry level job assessments.

The opportunity to reach a larger pool of candidates, better efficiency and speed in the hiring process, and the capacity to lower costs associated with in-person interviews and evaluations were just a few advantages of using online approaches for hiring.

However, this change also brought its own set of difficulties, including the need to adjust to new communication techniques, technological concerns, fraudulent activities, and new methods of evaluation and assessment.

A recent study by HirePro, a provider of recruitment automation and assessment solutions, offers insightful information about candidates' dishonest behavior during online exams. The study's goal is to give employers the tools they need to cope with candidates' cheating.

Out of the 43 lakh assessments completed on its platform in the last 12 months, HirePro used a sample size of 9 lakh assessments completed in the last six months for this study.

The study shows that when there is insufficient effective proctoring, cheating attempts during online job examinations rise by 80% to 100%. As per the survey 30% to 50% of applicants cheat during exams for entry-level jobs, according to the survey.

For lateral job assessments, this number drops to 10% to 25%, or approximately half. The survey also contends that as candidates gain work experience, their propensity to cheat decreases.

HOW PROCTORED ASSESSMENTS CAN HELP

The results show that effectively proctored online exams perform better than exams that are physically proctored. As a technique, proctoring has developed to be secure and dependable for administering official online tests.

Online proctoring, however, requires holistic oversight, which includes keeping an eye on a variety of video, audio, picture, and web browsers, in order to produce the greatest outcomes. Read More On..