About the test
The Graphic Designer Pre-Employment Assessment was designed to help you hire staff in this role. The test provides a whole-person evaluation by measuring job-relevant cognitive ability, personality, knowledge, skills, and relevant behavioral history.
Each component provides important data for hiring decisions. Cognitive ability has been linked to overall job performance in most jobs and correlates with a candidate's
ability to learn new skills and to solve complex problems. Personality characteristics determine how well the candidate will fit-in with a corporate culture. Knowledge and skills indicate how much training will be needed before a new employee becomes productive. Finally, relevant behavioral history detects counter-productive behaviors that can impact job performance.
The Graphic Designer test includes an animated work simulation in which candidates meet customers, colleagues and supervisors in a job-related context. Post-test surveys indicate the majority of candidates react favorably to these simulations.
The specific attributes measured include:
Cognitive Ability
- Analytical Thinking and Attention to Detail
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Behavioral History
- History Survey - Performance
- History Survey - Tenure
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Personality
- Adaptability
- Drive
- Integrity
- Resilience
- Teamwork
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Emotional Intelligence
- Empathy and Emotional Self-Control
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Following completion, the test produces a Candidate Selection Report that includes an overall score and detailed scores for each attribute. The overall score weighs each of the factors based on research and analysis from the U.S. Government's Occupational Information Network (O*Net). O*Net represents over a decade of dedicated research evaluating the relative importance of various factors that lead to success in almost 1,000 different job roles.
The Candidate Selection Report also provides expert interview questions that help you probe critical or low-scoring areas, along with a guide for noting your evaluation of the candidate's responses. Consistent use of an interview guide is an important part of gaining better candidate insights and making better hiring decisions.
About the job
Graphic Designer
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.
Top activities and tasks for this job:
- Thinking Creatively
- Working with Computers
- Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
- Review final layouts and suggest improvements, as needed.
- Getting Information
- Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
- Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.
- Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
More information about this Job
Annual US Wages (2023) |
Bottom 10%: | | $36,420 or less |
Bottom 25%: | | $45,560 or less |
Median: | | $58,910 (Average) |
Top 25%: | | $77,570 or more |
Top 10%: | | $100,450 or more |
US Employment Statistics |
2023: | | 267,200 |
2033 (projected): | | 273,800 |
Annual U.S. Job Openings: | 21,100 |
Top Knowledge Requirements
- Design
- Fine Arts
- Computers and Electronics
- Communications and Media
- English Language
- Sales and Marketing
- Customer and Personal Service
- Production and Processing
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Top Skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Reading Comprehension
- Coordination
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Top Abilities
- Originality
- Fluency of Ideas
- Near Vision
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Speech Clarity
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Education Requirements |
High School Diploma: | | 15% |
Some College: | | 5% |
Associate's Degree (2 yr): | | 5% |
Bachelor's Degree: | | 65% |
Master's Degree: | | 10% |
This graphic shows the percentage of people in this role who have their highest education in each category. |
Related Work Experience Requirements |
Less than 1 Month: | | 5% |
3 - 6 Months: | | 10% |
6 Months - 1 Year: | | 5% |
1 - 2 Years: | | 15% |
2 - 4 Years: | | 30% |
4 - 6 Years: | | 10% |
6 - 8 Years: | | 5% |
8 - 10 Years: | | 5% |
More than 10 Years: | | 15% |
This graphic shows the percentage of people in this role whose related work experience before they entered this position falls into each category. |
Alternate Titles for this Role: Ad Designer (Advertising Designer), Ad Layout Worker (Advertising Layout Worker), Artist, Brand Designer, Catalogue Illustrator, Commercial Artist, Concept Artist, Creative Designer, Design Consultant, Designer, Digital Artist, Forms Designer, Graphic Art Designer, Graphic Artist, Graphic Design Coordinator, Graphic Designer, Graphics Coordinator, Graphics Specialist, Interface Designer, Label Maker, Layout Artist, Marketing Graphic Designer, Multimedia Designer, Multimedia Developer, Multimedia Specialist, Online Producer, Presentation Specialist, Production Artist, Production Designer, Production Graphic Designer, Publications Designer, Studio Designer, Technical Illustrator, Visual Designer, Visual Graphic Designer
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