IDG Contributor Network: Is psychometric testing perfect for IT?

When I asked associates, acquaintances and clients (who had all recently recruited for IT roles) how many had used personality type or psychometric testing, 7 out of 10 said that they had.I recall the response from a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management to this question was around one in five. That was about six years ago and although my little poll was far from scientific — it does suggest progress.The reason for my renewed interest in this is that I have been interviewing