Jan 13, 2026
“Resumés don't actually have that much useful information; your experience as a candidate can vary wildly based on the environment that you're in and your motivations to perform.”
In this Best of Series episode, we replay a chat we had in 2019 with Psychometrics Guru, Justin McNamara, on improving recruitment selection, performance prediction and acing psychometric tests.
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Justin is an Occupational Psychologist who loves working at the intersection of people and data, in order to support companies to solve tricky problems.
During his career, he has been privileged to learn from great minds at the University of Queensland, and both Kent and Cambridge Universities in the UK, while happily immersing himself in the latest research.
His passion for psychometrics, machine learning and data have resulted in deep expertise in the creation of custom assessment solutions for a variety of businesses in most industries to improve the performance of their people and selection processes.
In his own words, he loves bringing the nerdier things to life for clients in a pragmatic and business-focused way.
In this Best of Series Masterclass we talk about:
✅ What Psychometrics are - and aren’t - and which ones are useful in the recruitment process.
✅ Knowing the markers for success for predicting both performance and leadership.
✅ The future of Psychometrics and big data, and
✅ The key factors in ensuring you can ace a psychometric test.
Stay epic,
Greg
Connecting with Justin McNamara
You can reach Justin via LinkedIn.
Books and Resources
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Practice psychometric tests:
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Talent Intelligence – by Nik Kinley
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Mind Over Mood – by Dennis Greenberger
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