Stop Hiring on Gut Instinct.
PXT Select® Gives You the Data
to Hire the Right Person Every Time.

PXT Select is a pre-employment assessment that measures three dimensions predictive of on-the-job performance: cognitive ability, behavioral traits, and occupational interests. Unlike personality tests, which describe who someone is, PXT Select predicts how well a candidate is likely to perform in a specific role — against a benchmark built from your top performers. It gives hiring managers a structured, objective lens for evaluating candidates that goes far beyond what a résumé or interview can tell you. At Strategic Dynamics, we use PXT Select to help organizations hire with confidence and reduce costly mistakes that come from hiring on gut instinct alone.

Interviews favor candidates who are articulate, confident, and likable — qualities that do not reliably predict results. A candidate can interview beautifully and still lack the cognitive ability to learn a complex role, the behavioral drive to perform consistently under pressure, or the intrinsic motivation to persist when the work gets hard. PXT Select measures all three dimensions before the offer is made. It also generates role-specific reports — including a Sales Report designed specifically for revenue-generating positions.

Research consistently puts the cost of a mis-hire at 1.5 to 3 times the employee's annual salary — and that estimate typically understates the real impact. Direct costs include recruiting, onboarding, and training. Indirect costs include lost productivity during vacancy, manager time spent coaching someone who was never a fit, team disruption, and competitive ground lost while the right hire was delayed. Pre-employment assessment is not an added expense. It is a risk mitigation investment.

This is one of the most powerful combinations in talent development. PXT Select tells you who to hire and what to watch for during onboarding. Everything DiSC® tells you how to manage, coach, and develop that person once they are in the role. When a manager has both profiles, they walk into the first one-on-one with a clear picture of how that person thinks, what motivates them, how they prefer to communicate, and where they are likely to struggle. Strategic Dynamics helps organizations connect the hiring and development process so it functions as a continuous journey — not two separate programs. Want to bring DiSC expertise in-house? Learn about Everything DiSC® Certification →

Yes — and this is one of the most underutilized advantages of PXT Select®. You can embed a direct assessment link right inside your job posting. Serious, motivated candidates complete it. Candidates who aren't truly interested won't bother — which tells you something immediately.

Here's what that looks like in practice. Say 10 candidates apply. You embed the PXT Select link in the job description. Four candidates complete the assessment. Based on the job fit data, you decide two are worth interviewing. You just went from 10 applicants down to 2 qualified conversations — without reviewing a single LinkedIn profile, résumé stack, or cover letter.

The cost structure makes this even more powerful: you only pay when you choose to run the full report. Candidates complete the assessment at no cost to you. You review the high-level fit data, decide who warrants a deeper look, and only invest in the reports for the candidates you are seriously considering.

Think about what that saves. A hiring manager spending 30 minutes per résumé across 10 applicants burns 5 hours before a single conversation happens. With PXT Select built into the job post, that same manager spends 30 minutes reviewing fit data and walks into 2 high-confidence interviews. The time savings alone — before you factor in the cost of a bad hire — make the ROI on pre-employment assessment straightforward.

Ready to see how this works for your next open role? Schedule a Strategy Call with Strategic Dynamics