The higher scores for extraversion and agreeableness, two dimensions defining the interpersonal dynamic, may be beneficial for doctors' collaboration and communication skills in future professional practice. Because conscientiousness affects examination results and can be reliably assessed at the start of a medical study career, personality assessment may be a useful tool in student counselling and guidance.

Ca travail s'attache aÁ de terminer lesquelles de quatre dimensions organisationnelles objectives sont aÁ l'origine de l'attirance exerce e par les organisations sur de futurs candidats. Il cherche aussi aÁ pre ciser dans quelle mesure les facteurs de personnalite du Big Five interfeÁ rent avec certaines de ces caracte ristiques organisationnelles. Pour ce faire, 359 e tudiants en fin d'e tudes d'inge nieur et de management (masculins aÁ 71 % et d'un aà ge moyen de 22,4 ans) ont lu de courtes descriptions d'organisations. Ces descriptions renvoyaient aÁ quatre dimensions organisationnelles, aÁ savoir la taille de l'entreprise, le degre d'internationalisation, les systeÁ mes de re mune ration et le niveau de centralisation. Les e tudiants devaient mentionner si l'organisation les attirait. En outre, ils s'auto-e valuaient aÁ travers un inventaire de personnalite . Les re sultats montrent que les futurs candidats sont plus attire s par les organisations multinationales, de centralise es, de taille moyenne ou grande. Il est e galement apparu que certaines caracte ristiques personnelles modifient les effets des dimensions organisationnelles sur l'attirance. Par example, le facteur``sens des respons-abilite s'' (``conscientiousness'') agit sur l'impact de la taille de l'organisation, les sujets pre sentant un sens des responsabilite s e leve se montrant plus attire s par les grandes organisations. Le facteur``ouverture d'esprit'' modifie les effets de l'internationalisation, les individus haut situe s sur l'ouverture d'esprit e tant davantage se duits par les multinationales.This study investigates which of four objective organisational characteristics determine the attractiveness of organisations for prospective applicants and the degree to which the Big Five personality factors moderate the effects of some of these organisational attributes. To this end, 359 final-year students (engineering and business majors, 71% men, mean age = 22.4 years) read short descriptions of organisations. These descriptions varied on four organ-isational characteristics (i.e. organisation size, level of internationalisation, pay mix, and level of centralisation). The students had to indicate their attraction to the organisation. Additionally, they provided self-ratings on a personality inventory. The results show that prospective applicants are more attracted to large-sized, medium-sized, decentralised, and multinational organisations. Next, the results indicate that several personality characteristics moderate the effects of organisational characteristics on attractiveness. For instance, the factor conscientiousness moderates the effect of organisational size, with subjects high on conscientiousness being more attracted to large-sized organisations. The factor openness/intellect moderates the effect of internationalisation, with subjects high on openness/intellect being more attracted to multinational organisations.

The Flemish Admission Exam`Medical and Dental Studies' is comprised of four cognitive ability tests and four situational tests, namely two work samples (i.e., a lecture and a medical text) and two video-based situational judgement tests (i.e., a physician±patient interaction and a medical expert discussion). On the basis of the Admission Exam scores of 941 candidates (359 men, 582 women) this study shows that situational tests significantly can predict better than cognitive ability tests, with lecture and text emerging as significant predictors. When situational tests are combined with cognitive ability tests, there are no mean gender differences. Situational tests also enable us to measure a broader range of constructs. For example, in this study, the personality factor Openness is related to better situational test performance. Overall, this study demonstrates that situational tests may be a useful complement to traditional student selection procedures.

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