Online personality testing
To understand someone’s personality helps to understand how he or she works, what type of work they will excel in, how they will associate with their peers and manage their team.
Depending on the job role it is desirable to understand the candidate’s attention to detail, their ability to work in a team or their ability to make tough decisions in a highly pressured environment. These personality reports are not easily obtained by the even the best trained interviewers.
As an example of how results can be used, research has shown the scale for conformity and openness has strong links with people’s ability to learn or be trained. As another example, if a person had a strong need for social acceptance (agreeability) they may find it hard to make tough decisions (the reason why the opposite side of the agreeability scale is authority).
Suggested ways to measure
Orpheus provides information on the big five (stable) personality traits and 7 attitudinal subscales (which are changeable over time). Orpheus is the most versatile personality-profiling tool available in the market today and is intended for a wide number of uses in the work setting, from selection to development. Orpheus is best applied in situations where it is desirable to uncover barriers and reveal enablers to go forward which makes it perfect for development.
Giotto A work-based personality questionnaire designed to assess integrity. Giotto generates scores on 7 scales based on the Prudentius model of personality (Prudence, Fortitude, Temperence, Justice, Faith, Charity & Hope). Giotto recognises that life is a series of choices and actions that are made in the context of the environment in which we operate.
Giotto is particularly suited for use in selection (pre-interview) and for development, particularly as part of ethics training. The test indicates particular attitudes to an individual's work-based behaviour that may benefit from further probing during the selection or development process.