Personality Questionnaires for Recruitment & Selection

What is a Personality Questionnaire?

In recruitment, personality questionnaires are used to assess a candidate’s personality profile, that is, how they like to work, approach problems, stay motivated and what drives their emotional reactions.

When taking a personality assessment, candidates will generally be presented with several statements relating to behaviour and motivations in the workplace and asked to rate the extent to which they agree or disagree with them. 

The answers provided by candidates are then used to build a more well-rounded view of their personality in relation to the role being applied to.

Once a candidate has completed their personality questionnaire their results will be compared to a norm group. This allows recruiters to better understand candidates in relation to a general average and thus make more informed decisions on who is being hired.

It’s important to remember with personality questionnaires that there are no right or wrong answers.

Personality Questionnaires in Recruitment

Our personality questionnaires are designed to explore an individual’s tendencies and preferences within the workplace. Through extensive research with organisations into business critical roles, we have developed and refined two comprehensive off-the-shelf personality questionnaires:

The Criterion Core
21 scale questionnaire offering insight into typical preferences and tendencies for behaviours, feelings, values and motivations that are important in the workplace. Make sure you use this questionnaire if you would like access to the Sales Potential and Team Types reports 

The Criterion Enhanced
30 scale questionnaire which builds on the Criterion Core, offering a deeper, more penetrating insight across a breadth of elements of personality. Make sure you use this questionnaire if you would like access to the Leadership report

Our Criterion Workforce Personality Questionnaire is an additional tool available, specifically designed to assess personality areas recognised as important in blue collar, production and manufacturing roles.