Step One Survey II™

A Pre-Employment Assessment to Identify Honest and Reliable Employees

What Do Managers Want in an Employee?

What is the single most important characteristic managers want in an employee? intelligence, forthrightness, courage, emotional intelligence, creativity, ambition? No. The answer is integrity. Managers want to be told the truth. They want honest people who have a moral compass. In today’s world of spin, the concept of integrity seems largely absent, but it will always come back to bite those managers who ignore it or dismiss it. Newspapers, magazines, and television news stories are crowded with the stories of the people who lied, stole, and cheated their way to fame or success, and stories about those who later became disgraced due to sexual misconduct.

Why Integrity Matters in Employee Screening Assessment

With the rise in workplace theft, fraud, substance abuse, antisocial behavior, and misconduct, many organizations are turning to pre-employment assessment tests to address these risks early. Integrity assessments measure aspects of human personality that tend to remain stable over time. Research consistently shows that integrity is closely linked to morality—a dependable and lasting trait. Modern hiring strategies now combine these insights with AI-assisted candidate sourcing and screening to create a more efficient and reliable hiring process.