Emotional Intelligence Test for Recruitment

Screening Candidates with Emotional Intelligence Testing

“Emotify” from Criteria is our Emotional Intelligence (EQ) tool of choice with regards to recruitment and staff selection. Emotify is an ability-based measure of emotional intelligence that assesses a candidate’s ability to accurately perceive, understand, and manage emotions. It features three engaging, interactive assessments which together take about 20 minutes to complete.

Emotify is comprised of three separate assessments:

1. Matching Faces: Candidates need to quickly identify the emotion displayed on a person’s face.
2. Emotional Ties: Requires candidates to read a number of everyday situations and identify the emotion involved.
3. Emotions in Action: Candidates need to indicate the most effective action to take to manage a range of emotions.



Research has shown that EQ is associated with important work outcomes such as interpersonal effectiveness, collaboration and teamwork, motivation, and decision-making.

Higher emotional intelligence scores have been linked with improved performance, better leadership skills, and stronger interpersonal and social skills.

Candidates with below average scores on Emotify were twice as likely to be involved in conflict at work or struggle to cope with stressful events when compared to candidates with average or higher scores.

Emotify is device-agnostic. This means candidates can take the test on any digital device they choose, a mobile phone, tablet, laptop or desktop, in any location and at any time.

We have been using Emotify for just over 3 years and we are very pleased with the results, as are our clients.

Fermion specialises in psychometric testing for recruitment. Please contact Fermion to discuss how Emotify, or any other psychometric test, can help with you your recruitment decisions.