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Assessed: Task-based behavioural assessment for recruitment.
Rubric: version 1. Search protocol applied and all sources accessed: 2026-09-22.
Documented 0, partial 3, absent 5, of eight criteria. This records what is published about the validity and fairness of the scores. It is not an assessment of the product, the model or the underlying science.
| # | Criterion | Level |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | Technical manual or validity report publicly available without a sales conversation | A |
| C2 | Validity coefficients reported with sample size and uncertainty | A |
| C3 | Adverse impact reported by named subgroup | P |
| C4 | Scored construct named and defined, not described only by outcome | P |
| C5 | Evidence of comparability across languages, versions or delivery modes | A |
| C6 | Human oversight documented, with a candidate route to contest a score | A |
| C7 | Independent review named and the reviewer identified | P |
| C8 | Reliability reported, and reported by group | A |
C1. Technical manual or validity report publicly available without a sales conversation
Absent.
No public source was found for this criterion by the search protocol.
Pages examined include https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
C2. Validity coefficients reported with sample size and uncertainty
Absent.
No public source was found for this criterion by the search protocol.
Pages examined include https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
C3. Adverse impact reported by named subgroup
Partial.
"no adverse impact, regardless of ethnicity or gender"
Source: https://www.arcticshores.com/ (accessed 2026-09-22).
The claim is not accompanied by an impact ratio, a selection rate, a sample or a reporting period.
C4. Scored construct named and defined, not described only by outcome
Partial.
"work-relevant psychological traits"; "behavioural traits"
Source: https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
Traits are referred to as a category. No individual construct is named or defined on the public science page.
C5. Evidence of comparability across languages, versions or delivery modes
Absent.
No public source was found for this criterion by the search protocol.
Pages examined include https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
C6. Human oversight documented, with a candidate route to contest a score
Absent.
No public source was found for this criterion by the search protocol.
Pages examined include https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
C7. Independent review named and the reviewer identified
Partial.
"Their team’s job is to keep it in line with BPS standards"
Source: https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
Alignment with a professional body of standards is stated. No external reviewer or auditor is named and no registration or review reference is published.
C8. Reliability reported, and reported by group
Absent.
No public source was found for this criterion by the search protocol.
Pages examined include https://www.arcticshores.com/science (accessed 2026-09-22).
Absent records the outcome of the published search protocol on 2026-09-22. Where a source is supplied that the search did not reach, the cell is re-scored under the corrections policy, with the date of the change recorded and the previous level retained.
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