Note: This test review was published by BPS on 2nd March 2006 Description of the Test: The authors’ aim was to provide a clear and simple approach to personality assessment. They did not attempt to measure the entire personality domain, but only those scales that were seen as specifically relevant to the workplace. Psygna was developed over a period of …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 23rd May 2008 Description of the Test: The ProfileXT (PXT) is designed for use in employment settings, for purposes such as selection, placement, development, coaching and succession planning. It was originally developed in the 1990’s for use in the USA from a range of existing instruments. Alterations have been made for the …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 10th December 2004 Description of the Test: The PRISM does not seek to assess personality traits but focuses on work-related behaviour and personal preferences. The format is ipsative and the intention is to evaluate the individual’s ‘pattern of response’. Part of the rationale is that high performers direct their energy and …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 22nd November 2011 Description of the Test: Profile:Match is an online assessment tool comprising an item bank of 241 personality inventory items structured around the Five Factor Model. This instrument is different in that respondents answer items related to 11 personality scales, but receive the output in terms of competency predictions, …

Note: This test review was published by BPS in 2016 Description of the Test: The Professional Profile 2 (PP2) is a personality inventory intended for use in the workplace. Its areas of use include recruitment, work placement, career development and team selection, and is targeted towards a range of groups including executives, employees, job-seekers and graduates. It measures seven personality …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 1st April 2017 Description of the Test: PROPHET is a business-focused tool to be used for development purposes with employees especially those in executive roles. It looks at aspects of personal approach and style, and links these to the broad roles that should come easily to a person in terms of …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 18th August 2006 Description of the Test: The PPM is a set of nine sub-tests designed to be used as a differential aptitude battery. he distinction between ‘Power’ and ‘Performance’ is similar to that between ‘fluid’ and ‘crystallised’ ability – and does not refer to the more obvious comparison with ‘power’ …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 31st August 2017 Description of the Test: The Profiling for Success (PfS) suite of ability tests include tests measuring three domains of reasoning: verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning and abstract/non−verbal reasoning. They have been designed for use in an Occupational setting or for guidance/career advice purposes. The tests exist in ‘open’ access …

Note: This test review was published by BPS in 2004 Description of the Test: The PTB is one of a number of general aptitude test batteries produced by SHL. The tests it contains have been designed for use with clerical, sales, secretarial and general office staff groups (or applicants for such positions). The second edition of the PTB contains nine …

Note: This test review was published by BPS in 2013 Description of the Test: The PI-5 is a short, 60-item personality questionnaire measuring five factors of personality. The PI-5 is the most recent revision of a tool originally known as the Personality Questionnaire (PQ). The five factors are: 1. Practical vs Imaginative – practical, grounded, solution oriented (low) or abstract, …