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Dear Participant,
You have been nominated by your organization to take this Personality Profile Inventory as part of your on-going assessment center process. You will be asked to answer a set of questions regarding your thoughts about different aspects of your personality. The purpose of this study is to investigate personality traits of an individual and his/her ability to make appropriate responses to changed or changing circumstances. There is no right or wrong answers and you can take as much time as you want. Typically, it should take 30-35 minutes to complete this survey.
The data collected for this study will be used anonymously and held strictly confidential. Data will only be used for research purposes and results may be published in product manuals, scientific journals or presented at conferences.
Please keep in mind the following points:
· To be able to get the best advice from results, all you have to do is answer what is true for you.
· It’s best to give the first natural answer as it comes to you and not spend too much time thinking about an answer.
· Please answer from your own experience rather than ask the opinion of anyone else.
· Be as open and truthful as you can. This will maximize the quality of the feedback that you will receive in due course.
· Answer every question. Some may not apply to you very well or they may not interest you, but respond to an answer that best suits you. Try not to skip any question.
· All questions in the survey are mandatory. Please note, the answers given here are kept confidential.
Thank You! for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below. |
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| * Work experience (In years) |
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| 1. I enjoy talking to my colleagues at work |
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| 2. Interacting and networking with people: |
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| 3. I prefer to work by myself and be my own boss |
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| 4. I tend to feel more at ease when surrounded by people. |
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| 5. You are multitasking on a number of tasks with tight deadlines and have a lot of basic information together. You have asked other colleagues for help but are unsure of their commitment to help you gather the information that you need. |
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| 6. My quality of work will improve if I work independently. |
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| 7. I enjoy going out with friends from work. |
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| 8. You manage an extremely busy team of five people who operate as customer care executives in your stores. The peak business period for the year is approaching and minor customer complaints are reaching the breaking point, with staff morale dropping and errors increasing. Your staff are openly questioning what is expected of them and are confused about their department's overall objectives. However, the situation is not irretrievable if you act now: your major customers remain happy. Urgent action is required. |
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| 9. My best work is done when I am left alone. |
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| 10. I deliver best outcomes when I work in collaboration with others. |
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| 11. I am very good at keeping my thoughts and feelings to myself. |
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| 12. I would prefer to spend an evening at home with a quiet hobby. |
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| 13. I would prefer to spend an evening at a lively get-together. |
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| 14. I tend to become bored when I am on my own for a long time. |
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| 15. I dislike loud, noisy people. |
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| 16. When someone offers help to me, I : |
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| 17. I prefer to "take a back seat" in meetings and discussions. |
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| 18. The best way to learn something new is by reading a well-written book on it. |
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| 19. I would rather listen to music: |
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| 20. The best way to learn something new is by discussing it with individuals who know a lot about the subject. |
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| 21. I give problems weighty consideration before making up my mind. |
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| 22. An employee's success at work is best judged by their ability to increase organizational profits. |
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| 23. You've been assigned to train a new recruit at your work. He/She is pretty young and inexperienced, so you do your best to explain everything to him/her as slowly and clearly as possible. After a week of intensive training and note-taking, you leave the new recruit to his/her own. Not even two hours into it, he/she has come to ask you for help 3 times - and on the same task! What do you do? |
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| 24. If a customer was very forceful with me (e.g. demanding a rebate for a small imperfection on an item, demanding to be served ahead of other customers, etc.), I would stand my ground. |
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| 25. Once I have made a decision, I prefer to let others implement it. |
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| 26. It doesn't bother me if people think I am pushy as long as I get things done. |
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| 27. In managing people, 'gut feeling' is always more important than facts. |
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| 28. You have just finished next month’s staff rota, a job which has taken you two days to complete. You are now behind with a number of other important tasks. Radhika, a customer adviser, asks if she can take three days unplanned holiday next month because her house move has been brought forward unexpectedly. Changing a single shift on this complex document can sometimes take half a day, so reorganizing three shifts may mean re-doing the whole rota. The staff handbook states that employees should give eight weeks notice for holiday requests although this is not always enforced. |
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| 29. I am highly patient with people even when I know they are taking a lot of my time. |
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| 30. I sometimes resent having to help people whose problems are of their own making. |
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| 31. When at work, its unwise to be too sensitive about others' feelings. |
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| 32. People have often told me that I am not assertive enough. |
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| 33. I am often a bit bossy. |
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| 34. Its essential to be aggressive sometimes in order to get things done. |
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| 35. When I disagree with others, I always tell them. |
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| 36. I hesitate to offer my opinion if I think others might disagree. |
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| 37. You have booked tickets to see your favorite pop star who you have been waiting to see live for years. Then a close friend asks you to help out at a charity event they have organized. You know that they have taken too much on and have no one else to turn to. What would you do? |
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| 38. A customer has asked for your opinion on a really expensive outfit. She really seems to like it, but is hesitant because of the price - it's a little more than she can afford. You're well aware that if you can convince this client to make the purchase, it will really impress your co-workers and boss - it's one of the priciest articles of clothing the store sells! How would you proceed? |
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| 39. A manager should never assign work without first attempting to gain team's support. |
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| 40. Its inappropriate to jude a person's work by its effect on an organization's profit. |
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| 41. I tend to over-react when people are aggressive towards me. |
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| 42. There have been days when I have felt so agitated that it impaired my ability to work at all. |
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| 43. When I feel angry with someone, I prefer not to let it show. |
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| 44. At a hectic day at work,in order to reduce stress and enable myself to relax I usually: |
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| 45. The main purpose of weekends for me is: |
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| 46. People easily open up their feelings with me. |
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| 47. When people provoke me, I can get angry with them. |
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| 48. At times, one needs to be ruthless in order to succeed. |
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| 49. Working in a hectic atmosphere drains my energy out. |
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| 50. I often feel anxious that I might have done something wrong once the work is submitted. |
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| 51. I occasionally feel somewhat pessimistic about my career and growth prospects. |
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| 52. On most occasions, I am the one calming everyone down when feelings are running high. |
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| 53. I prefer making a sale in a work environment with: |
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| 54. Its difficult to appear enthusiastic when feeling disappointed. |
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| 55. Meeting tight deadlines makes me nervous. |
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| 56. Some people may see me as being over-sensitive to criticism. |
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| 57. A customer has come to your store to return a dress that you sold to her yesterday. She claims that she changed her mind and decided she didn't really like it, but upon inspecting the dress, you're not very convinced of her story. It clearly looks worn - and you happen to know that it was in perfect condition when she bought it. You calmly tell the client that you cannot return her money because of the condition of the dress, and she immediately starts yelling at you, calling you names, and causing a scene. How would you respond? |
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| 58. I tend to get emotional after an argument with a colleague. |
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| 59. You have spent a considerable amount of time and worked really hard on preparing a report that is due for submission to a senior manager. A more experienced and well respected member of the team tells you that he thinks it can be improved with amendments to several sections of the report. |
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| 60. I take an optimistic view of my chances of success at work. |
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| 61. My boss usually praises my reports as being: |
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| 62. Routine is boring and tedious. |
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| 63. You lead a team of ten people. In order to address the department's new objectives you have been asked to work out your department's yearly plan. Your Manager has given you and other team leaders a deadline of two weeks so that she can report to the board. |
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| 64. I expect, some people say I am exacting in my work. |
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| 65. A job well done is a sufficient reward in itself irrespective of its outcome. |
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| 66. I would not hesitate to carry out any mundane tasks at work even if I thought its unnecessary. |
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| 67. I have a reputation for being good at checking details. |
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| 68. People tend to see me as a perfectionist. |
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| 69. You have been working on a project for weeks only for your boss to tell you that the project has now been scrapped. You feel: |
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| 70. I find administrative work somewhat tedious. |
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| 71. It bothers me when asked to cut corners to get a job completed on time. |
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| 72. When you have to solve a difficult problem, You: |
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| 73. I prefer to leave the routine administration work to others. |
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| 74. I would quickly become bored if I was given a long and tedious job to do. |
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| 75. I tend to adhere to a strict schedule at work. |
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| 76. A practical approach constraints the breadth of vision necessary for good planning. |
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| 77. Usually I prefer to work on details and leave the broader strategy to others. |
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| 78. Dealing with wider implications of a project excites me more than the details. |
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| 79. I often forget to put things back in their proper place. |
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| 80. Your new boss wants you to take up additional responsibilities due to staff shortage but you feel you already have enough on your plate, you: |
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| 81. Your company needs to come up with a new ad campaign to sell your latest product and your superior has chosen you as project manager. During a brainstorming meeting, your youngest team member (who just got hired and is fresh out of school) comes up with an idea that, although really unconventional, could end up being really successful. Unfortunately, the veterans on your team who've had years of experience in marketing don't seem to be too enthusiastic about it. You yourself don't seem to be completely sold on it either, and actually had something completely different in mind. However, this new ad campaign is geared towards a younger audience - just about the same age as the newest rookie - and he/she really seems to be on top of what's hot these days. What do you do? |
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| 82. Fulfilling my intellectual desires is a priority. |
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| 84. I enjoy philosophical discussions. |
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| 85. Figuring out how & why things work the way they do fascinates me. |
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| 86. I believe my knowledge should be shared even if others take credit for it. |
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| 87. I enjoy coming up with new theories and ideas. |
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| 88. When I get a new assignment, I start on it by first using the approaches that have worked for me previously. |
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| 89. When I get an assignment, I spend considerable time to research on it before I start work. |
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| 90. Your team has recently encountered a problem similar to one you confronted in the past with your previous organization. The solution you came up with at your previous job ended up working out really well. However, while brainstorming together with your current team, they end up coming up with a completely different solution, one that you've never thought of before – and aren't sure will work. How do you react? |
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| 91. People say I have a good level of general knowledge. |
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| 92. You are general manager for western India region in a company called Brew Global that has specialty coffee stores across India. As a corporate strategy, Brew Global tries to offer its patrons personalized service by remembering their choices in previous visits. Lately some customers have started to demand ingredients in their coffee and food products which are not part of Brew Global's recipe. Due to the unavailability of these ingredients at the the stores many loyal customers have started to frequent multinational coffee chains. The quarterly results reflect this and their is a small decline in revenue, the senior management has asked suggestions from you to increase the revenue and profit margins for this region. |
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| 93. You are a sales assistant in a luxury watch store, unfortunately your supervisor do not often see eye to eye and as a result there is constant friction. You have a new idea to improve the efficiency of the existing inventory management system. You are in two minds whether to share this information with your supervisor or not since you do not wish to worsen what seems to be an already fragile working relationship. You would: |
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| 94. I rarely see a point of following custom & traditions. |
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| 95. I am careful of the impression I create in a social-setup |
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| 96. People might say, I am quite a conventional person at heart. |
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| 97. I consider 'Google' & 'Wikipedia' as my best friends when it comes to seeking answers. |
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| 98. Research is my passion. |
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| 99. Imagine yourself to be a car salesman, you would like to deal with customers who are: |
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| 100. I tend to feel uncomfortable if I go against the rules. |
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