The Integrity Enquiry
The purpose of this service is to assess the Candidate’s attitudes and behaviour with respect to honesty. The Critical Enquiry reports on historical records and therefore will only give an indication of a candidate’s possible behaviour, based on their known and recorded past.
The Integrity Enquiry is considered to be a key element of any verification because its scope is much wider and a more comprehensive prediction of future behaviour is possible.
Our Integrity Enquiry includes all the research offered in the Critical Enquiry:
- Criminal Record
- Driving Conviction Record
- Driver Licence Status (conditions & restrictions)
- Employment History (last two employers)
- Immigration Status (entitlement to work in NZ)
- ACC Injury History
- Financial Report
- PPSR Report
Plus The Integrity Test
Our Integrity Test predicts an individual’s propensity towards inappropriate job behaviour in relation to the following constructs:
- theft
- bribery
- gambling
- substance abuse
- loyalty
- accurate reporting
The questionnaire is a non-invasive computer generated test. It is fully automated and engages candidates in a series of predetermined questions.
Responses are measured by means of progressive technology that detects attempts at distortion, impression management and other countermeasures.
This Integrity test has reached an extremely high level of validity in predicting an applicant's propensity toward dishonesty - 0.92 in comparative testing with a polygraph test on each of the individual constructs examined.
We administer the test at our offices, or with the aid of a small file download you can have the candidate complete the test whilst at your premises (broadband connection required).
The test takes 15-25 minutes to complete.
This Integrity Test is in use around the world with more 12,000 administered every month for pre employment screening purposes. Only PVL can offer this test in New Zealand.
In the event that the candidate is not available to undertake the test (i.e. living overseas or an out-of-town applicant) then we can send them a written questionnaire to complete. The answers provide us with an opportunity to subject the candidate’s language to Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN).
To learn why our Integrity Test has recently become such an essential employment screening tool - Read here.