Selection procedures for public services and municipal companies

Selection procedures for public services and municipal companies

Assessment center. Personality test. Valid psychological aptitude diagnostics.
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Kontrast combines management and psychology. In the public sector and in municipal enterprises, we design selection procedures that comply with the principle of best selection (Art. 33 II GG) and FüPoG-II – with committee participation and compliance-compliant documentation. We combine structured interviews, work-related simulations/SJTs, and personality diagnostics/competence profiling – DIN 33430, AGG/GDPR, ISO-9001.

The result is a committee-ready management summary with suitability/context assessment, strengths/risk patterns, cultural/value fit, and key questions; optional 180-day onboarding. Remote-capable, barrier-free – implemented by permanently employed psychological personnel consultants.

Selection Interviews

Support for your personnel decisions in the context of selection procedures

Structured selection interviews for department/division/unit heads and plant managers: legally compliant, transparent, accessible. Standardized guidelines, evaluation matrix, minutes; optional AC integration. Experienced in committee and staff council communication. Conducting AGG/GDPR-compliant job... learn more

Assessment Center - Internal Personnel Selection

Developing talent. Planning careers. Arranging succession.

Development AC for administrations and municipal companies: Personality test calibrated to the job (growth, digitalization, reorganization). Role play (citizens/staff council), inbasket/prioritization, decision-making hearing, and structured interview test hypotheses; leadership/enablement,... learn more

Assessment Center - Selection Process

Fair. Objective. Legally compliant.

Kontrast Personnel Consulting Public Service - External assessment centers for office/department/division managers and plant managers: legally compliant, transparent, barrier-free. Standardized exercises, interviews, evaluation matrix, and recorded expert opinions - AGG/GDPR compliant, DIN 33430... learn more

Personality Test in the Selection Process

Psychological aptitude testing - Experience in public service, medium-sized businesses and healthcare

Personality testing to inform personnel decisions. For heads of departments, offices, and units, and plant managers of municipal companies, we assess job-relevant preferences, risk patterns, and value fit (procedural reliability, service orientation, adaptability) – always as a building block, not... learn more

Personality Test Individual Assessment

Mastering succession planning - securing personnel decisions

Individual Assessment & Management Personality Assessment for heads of departments, offices, and plant managers of municipal companies. Independent individual assessment, ISO 9001-compliant, oriented to DIN 33430 – objective, transparent, and committee-compliant. Selection Procedure: Role model... learn more

Executive Select - Personality Diagnostics

Competency profiling for managers, boards of directors, directorates and management

Executive Select from Kontrast Personalberatung is the individual management assessment for public authorities, universities, and municipal companies. We combine personality testing, personality diagnostics, and competency profiling to make transparent, fair, and context-based decisions on... learn more

Moderation Selection Committee

Committee moderation & compliance – legally compliant selection procedures

We guide search and selection committees to decisions in a legally compliant manner: We select the best candidates according to Article 33(2) of the Basic Law (GG), involve equal opportunities, the staff council, and the SBV (Swiss Professional Association), and adhere to strict rules on bias.... learn more

Selection process – from the question to the personnel decision

Kontrast combines management and psychology. Our selection process business area provides the diagnostic basis for clear personnel decisions – internally and externally, in the public sector, SMEs, and healthcare. Each measure is calibrated to job requirements and the company situation: growth, expansion, turnaround, or relaunch. We work in accordance with the principle of selecting the best candidates (Art. 33 II GG), take FüPoG II into account, and anchor quality in DIN 33430, AGG/DSGVO, and ISO-9001.

Methods & Formats

The focus is on a requirements-based design: structured selection interviews, work-related simulations and work samples, situational judgment tests, personality diagnostics, and competency profiling. Tests are never the sole deciding factor; they generate hypotheses that we test in interviews and exercises (triangulation). For sensitive top positions, we offer Executive Select (covert); for internal development and succession, we design assessment centers (Development AC / High Potentials) – each with a job-related personality test as an integral part.

Process, Quality & Legal

The process begins with a precise role and context briefing, including behavioral anchors and KPIs for the next 6–18 months. Implementation and evaluation are standardized, observers are trained, and stakeholders such as HR, specialist departments, equality officers, and—where applicable—the staff council are integrated. Our procedures are remote-capable, tested throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, candidate-friendly, accessible, and transparent.

The end result is a decision template suitable for committee approval: a compact management summary with suitability and context assessment, visible strengths/risk patterns (including possible “derailers”), assessment of cultural/value fit, and key questions for the final round. On request, we can add 180-day guidelines for onboarding and personnel development and link the results to your talent pool/PE roadmap.

The result: greater role and cultural fit, clearly differentiated shortlists, legally compliant, traceable personnel decisions – and a candidate experience that builds trust. Decisions that make an impact.

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