Good quality numerical and verbal reasoning tests can highlight which applicants have the abilities you need. And that’s important. However, if you add in an element of behavior or personality, you get a more complete picture of how they’ll fit in and approach work in your particular business.
To find out what your business needs, think about your values, your culture, the people you want working with you. Understand what makes for success in the graduate program – and success beyond the program. When you know what’s needed, work to identify this in your graduate applicants.
As an example, you may have worked hard to identify the corporate values and competencies for your organization and are encouraging these to filter across the work you do.
Think of the upside of hiring new graduates who understand and align with these values; they’ll be more likely to establish themselves quickly and be promoted rapidly.