Cognitive ability is consistently the best predictor of job performance across all job types, levels and industries. Cognitive ability covers a wide variety of aptitudes including spatial reasoning, logical reasoning, verbal skills, computational skills, and analytical skills.

Does Interview performance predict job performance?

Interviews rely on human judgment to predict job performance; online assessments, however, let candidates show off their skills, instead of rehearsed answers. With a well-designed assessment, you can see how candidates handle real scenarios that they will face in the role, in real-time.

What is the best predictor of job satisfaction?

A macroeconomic indicator, GDP is the best predictor of job satisfaction -- even compared to individual-level measures of career progress or mental health, according to a study by Christoph Augner, PhD, of University Clinics of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.