A large multinational bank is filling a senior data-analyst role in its fraud-analytics team. The position requires daily access to detailed customer account balances, transaction histories, and proprietary risk models. To reduce insider-threat exposure before granting this level of access, which pre-employment screening method should the HR department prioritize to BEST reveal issues that could compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the bank's data?
Personality and psychological profile inventories
Technical skills and certification assessment testing
Background checks that include criminal, employment, education, and credit history
Reference checks from previous employers and colleagues
Comprehensive background investigations provide the broadest view of an applicant's trustworthiness. They verify criminal convictions, employment and education claims, and-crucial for finance roles-credit history, all of which correlate with susceptibility to fraud or coercion. Reference calls rely on contacts chosen by the candidate and often yield limited, subjective data. Technical skills tests measure competence but not integrity. Personality or psychological inventories profile behavior traits but rarely expose concrete red-flag events. Therefore, a full background check is the most effective technique for identifying potential security risks.
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