Most of the time, when London-based private equity firm Sovereign Capital administers an emotional intelligence test on a prospective hire, the results are not too dramatic. “We look at it as a tool that helps us get our hiring decisions a little bit more right,” says Matthew Owen, a partner there. “For most candidates, the results are pretty vanilla — we see where (applicants are) stronger and where they are weaker. But every now and then, we get some incredibly useful insights.”
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