AI is making it far more difficult for employers to identify true talent. We can help.

We design survey instruments that quickly and accurately measure intelligence, problem-solving abilities, and personality traits in controlled conditions, where AI cannot help the job applicant or employee make a better impression on you. Reach out to us to see how we can assist you in making better hiring and promotion decisions.

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The New Problem

Generative AI broke the traditional hiring and assessment signal.

The documents and interviews employers have always relied on no longer distinguish candidates — because AI helps job applicants and employees conceal their flaws.

Applications

Every CV reads brilliantly

AI-drafted CVs and cover letters have flooded application pipelines. Polish no longer signals capability — it signals access to a chatbot.

Interviews

Every answer sounds rehearsed

Candidates arrive with AI-generated answers to the questions you were going to ask — and in remote interviews, sometimes with AI assistance in real time.

The Fix

Measure what AI can't fake

Properly designed psychometric assessment instruments measure the underlying person — cognitive ability, personality, integrity, judgment — under controlled conditions. That signal survives the age of AI. This is why rigorous psychometrics are more valuable now than they have ever been.

Services

Three ways to optimize your talent decisions.

Fixed-scope engagements, delivered remotely or on site, in English and Arabic.

Diagnostic

The Assessment Audit

A three-week review of your current hiring and promotion process: what you measure, whether your tools actually measure it, how exposed it is to AI-generated applications, and how well your decisions would stand up to challenge. You receive a scored maturity report and a prioritized roadmap.

Flagship

Custom Design of Psychometric Instruments

We provide you with a set of short psychometric instruments that can be administered to job applicants or existing employees to help you identify the “best fit” for your role(s). You can either license these survey instruments or purchase the IP outright.

For Consultancies

Scientific Partnership

We work with established management and HR consultancies to design and validate psychometric tools, backed by science, that can be used to engage clients in employee selection and assessment.

Approach

Most assessment sold today is black box IP. Ours is built for you in the open.

Off-the-shelf tests are normed on other populations, in other languages, for other jobs — and many can be gamed with AI. We build and validate instruments for your roles, your people, and your language.

Design

Instruments constructed from open, peer-reviewed science — item by item, mapped to the competencies that actually predict performance in your roles.

Localize

Our survey instruments can be administered in English or Arabic, whatever suits your needs.

Validate

Long-term engagement contracts will enable us to optimize the reliability and validity of the psychometric instruments.

Defend

Every decision you make will be traceable to data. If anyone ever questions your decision on who to hire and promote, you hold the evidence.

Founder and Principal Scientist

Dr. Andrew R. Timming

Timming Psychometrics is led by Dr. Andrew R. Timming, a psychometrician and organizational psychologist with over 20 years of research and teaching experience in employee selection, workplace assessment, and organizational behavior.

He holds Premium Residency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is keen to help organizations in the MENA region (and beyond) to overcome the challenges that AI presents in deciding who to hire and promote.

PhD, University of Cambridge
Over 50 peer-reviewed publications
Author of a leading data science textbook
Academic Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Stanford University Top 2% Scientist by citations

Contact

Start with a conversation.

Initial consultations are without charge or obligation.

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Riyadh and Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — serving clients across the wider MENA region