The assessment were coded for inclusion of several commonly used assessment practices. including cognitive ability tests. personality measures, biodata, and an interview. It should be noted that some research reports did not include a complete description of the assessment battery, choosing instead to report only examples of the assessment methods used An assessment method was treated as absent if it was not mentioned in the research report Source of recommendation. The studies were categorized into two types of research design, based on whether the individual who conducted the assessment was the same person who provided the ratings used in the validation study. The study was classified as recommendation when there was direct interaction an assessor between the participant and the assessor who made the prediction that was used in the validation study. These assessors had primary