The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of psychometric tests in the selection of person- nel in retail sector jobs. The study used the scientific deductive method of explanatory level, with non- experimental design on companies in the retail sector in the region of Junín, Peru. The most relevant psychometric tests in the study was the interview whose intention was to go into the life of the interviewee ensuring, suggestions, opinions and behavioral attitudes, knowledge tests to assess the capabilities and skills of the candidate and finally personality tests that allow to know the working relationship, perfor- mance, satisfaction and staff turnover. The results generated through structural equations, show that the interview, positively influences the selection of personnel (p<0.05). In relation to knowledge tests based on IQ, the results reveal that it had a positive i...