The following results are based on the candidate's performance on standardized ability tests. They are presented as percentile comparisons to general population norms (people who, for the most part, have a high school education) and to professional norms (people who, for the most part, have an education at or beyond the college undergraduate level). With a few exceptions, if this person is being considered for a position normally requiring a college degree, you should pay most attention to the professional norm group comparisons. However, if the candidate has limited formal education or if a college degree is not required, the general population comparisons may be more appropriate. The ASSESS system has evaluated this candidate's work related personality and **abilities** (if **ability tests** were administered) in relation to the **Competency Model** described on the following pages.

The following report provides detailed results and judgments about how these innate characteristics may facilitate or hinder the display or development of the desired **competencies** and, ultimately, job effectiveness. Also provided is a **competency-oriented** interview protocol to use to evaluate the skills, knowledge and other learned characteristics important to this job, as well as a general model for making a good decision from all sources of information.

Your company has identified a set of **competencies** important to job success. **Competency** in an area is the result of many factors working together, which include innate characteristics (natural ability, personality) and learned characteristics (knowledge, experience and skills) as is presented in the following chart. People who have the right **competencies** or who have a good potential for developing these **competencies** will be able to do the right things (behaviors) to produce the desired results (effective outcomes).

Mir ist nicht klar, worin der genaue Unterschied besteht zwischen „ability/abilities“ einerseits und „competency/competencies“ andererseits und wie ich die Begriffe übersetze.