Personality Questionnaires
How often do you hear the phrase ‘personality clash’ cited in reasons for the costly breakdown in employment relationships? Many managers hire on the basis of someone’s ability, yet fire on the grounds of personality, often at considerable financial and emotional expense to the employer and employee.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
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Sample Personality Questionnaires & Reports
Fifteen Factor Questionnaire (15FQ+)
Based on an extensively researched model, the 15FQ+ provides an in-depth assessment of the full sphere of human personality traits along with Belbin Team Roles, Leadership and Influencing styles.
Each assessment generates a Pre-employment Report including competency based interview questions for candidates and referees and a Coaching Report centred on the widely respected GROW model of coaching and used by clients to support effective onboarding and personal/professional goal setting for incoming staff.
Maintaining the breadth of the original 16 personality factors first identified by Raymond B Cattell, the 15FQ+ sets new standards for reliability and validity.
Click here for a sample of the 15FQ+ Pre-Employment Report.
Click here for a sample of the 15FQ+ Coaching Report.
PQ10
Developed in New Zealand and based on an extensively researched model, PQ10 assesses ten factors of personality associated with success in a broad range of employment sectors.
Interview questions are included in the Perspectives report, which can be used to address potential concerns with candidates and their referees before making that critical decision on whether to hire.
PQ10 also includes Team Roles, Conflict Handling & Management Styles, along with pre-employment & coaching reports, so is equally applicable in recruitment and development settings.
Click here for a sample of the PQ10 Select Report.
Click here for a sample of the PQ10 Coaching Report.
Health & Safety Indicator (HSI)
With the introduction of New Zealand's Health & Safety at Work Act (2016) aimed at managing workplace risks and the pleasing trend towards focusing on workplace wellbeing, most organisations are aiming to reduce health and safety incidents and workplace accidents.
The Health & Safety Indicator Test (H&SI) assesses a range of ability and personality characteristics that represent an individual’s tendency towards safe behaviour in the workplace.
The H&SI is a combination of targeted personality and ability measures in one assessment which allows for the identification of health and safety risk factors. It includes an overall score as well as specific ability and personality scores.
Specific measures include:
Ability to Operate Safely
- Understanding instructions
- Checking and attention to detail
- Understanding the safety environment
Safety Focused Personality
- Safety motivation
- Safety diligence
- Adherence to rules
- Openness to guidance
- Safety confidence
- Safety composure
Take a look at the sample reports for high and low risk test-takers below to see the readily interpreted graphical assessments that are helping New Zealand employers identify, manage and reduce risks in potential hazardous environments, then give us a call.
Poppleton Allen Sales Aptitude Test (PASAT)
Available in New Zealand exclusively through People Central, PASAT is the most comprehensive sales personality test on the market.
PASAT measures the likelihood of a candidate to succeed in a sales or customer relationship role, as well as identifying where an employer needs to concentrate sales training and development to get that person from good to great.
Clients love the easily interpreted, traffic-light style reports which identify strengths and priority training needs, removing the need to send sales teams on cookie-cutter generic training courses and instead targeting tailored training where it is most needed.
In recruitment, PASAT enables employers to identify potential high flyers and accelerate job offers ahead of their competitors, reject low scorers who will never deliver no matter how much time, effort and dollars you throw at them and make the most of candidates with the potential to perform if targeted training and coaching is applied.
Take a look at the sample reports below for poor, mediocre and high performing sales staff, then give us a call to lift your recruitment effectiveness of sales staff.
PASAT – Sample Report – High Performer
Contact us today to see how personality assessments can help you choose the right candidate for the job and make the most of your existing teams.
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It provides our supervisors with good insight into their existing strengths and a gateway into their development areas. Together, through the supportive profile debriefing, we make the learning transition comfortable to navigate into.
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We have utilised People Central for our psychometric & competency testing needs for just over a year, and the experience has been nothing short of exceptional.
Their comprehensive range of assessments has provided us with invaluable insights into our candidates’ abilities, personalities, and potential fit within our organization.
The team at People Central is incredibly knowledgeable and always ready to assist with any queries or customisation requests. Their process is very simple, making it easy for both our HR team and candidates to navigate the testing process seamlessly.
What sets People Central apart is their commitment to accuracy and reliability. The detailed reports generated from their assessments have significantly enhanced our recruitment and development processes, enabling us to make more informed decisions whilst also keeping costs extremely low in comparison to the current market.
We highly recommend People Central to any organisation seeking a trusted partner for psychometric & competency testing. Their expertise and dedication to quality have made a substantial positive impact on our talent management strategy.
One of our biggest challenges bringing people into our business was understanding what their risk perception was prior to them starting work.
So, we started looking for a cost-effective assessment that would help us understand the levels of risk perception that new staff had as part of our pre-employment process that was simple and easy to use.
People Central offered such an assessment. With a simple setup, we quickly incorporated it into our process. The assessment is online, which means candidates can complete it quickly and easily.
That theme runs through to the results as well—so as soon as they are completed, we get the results along with the reference guide and scoring, which means our team can better identify areas of development for our managers to focus on with new staff.
We have now started to roll this out across other business units in our division after positive feedback from our EHS Managers regarding its effectiveness.
We at One Foundation are grateful for the quality psychometric assessment services provided by People Central.
Their support and expertise have enhanced our decision-making process.
We can recommend People Central to any organisation seeking reliable and insightful assessment services.
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