NTangible claims its photo-based assessment test can predict athlete performance under pressure.
However, testing revealed participants could game the system for higher scores.
When college sports teams recruit new players, they typically measure physical attributes like sprinting speed and muscle strength. However, measuring mental toughness and performance in critical moments has remained a challenge until now.
NTangible founder and CEO Dan Connerty, a former professional baseball player, developed the test with psychologist Dr. Ann Levine of the University of South Florida. The tool draws inspiration from a test in which participants describe images of ambiguous situations.
According to the company, the words someone uses are analyzed through a special guide, giving a score from 0 to 1.000. Connerty claims that an athlete who scores above 750 is twice as likely to get into a top-tier school. NTangible currently supports sports in nine different disciplines.
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However, testing showed that users can answer dishonestly in order to achieve a higher score, as an honest answer yielded a lower score compared to attempts to imitate an ideal candidate.
In addition to sports, the company plans to expand the assessment into the business sector. Through the NTerpret test, human resources departments will be able to evaluate employees.
The company's core business model involves selling its services directly to organizations and companies, rather than individual users.
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