Note: This test review was published by BPS in 2003 Description of the Test: The Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) is a 24-item, self-completion, and multi-scale instrument, designed for the assessment of work-related dispositions. American in origin, the PPA is an integral part of a system for use by line managers in work interviews. A companion instrument, for completion by employers, …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 8th August 2011 Description of the Test: PeopleClues® is a short, general purpose, occupational assessment tool. Administration, scoring and reporting are entirely computer-based. It consists of two parts. The first is a 70 item self assessment personality inventory which provides scores on seven scales. The first five of these scales provide …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 3rd February 2009 Description of the Test: People Mapper is a personality questionnaire designed for HR practitioners and line managers to assess certain useful aspects of personal work style. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive mapping of normal adult personality. It can be used in a selection or developmental …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 1oth December 2004 Description of the Test: The PASAT 2000 is a multi-scale personality inventory designed specifically to measure those personality attributes that have a direct relevance to success in sales roles. The original item set was derived from job analysis of a range of representative sales positions. Self-report scores on …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 1st March 2006 Description of the Test: PAPI is a personality questionnaire designed to elicit behaviours and preferences which are appropriate to the workplace. Its theoretical foundations are drawn from Murray’s need-press theory of personality (1938). Max Kostick originally designed the PAPI as an ipsative measure in the 1960s for use …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 1st March 2014 Description of the Test: The Personality and Preference Inventory (PAPI) is an online, international, work-related assessment tool.  The core version measures 22 work-related scales based on the ideas of American psychologist Max Kostick in the 1960s to measure psychological characteristics relevant to effective performance in the workplace. The …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 24th April 2008 Description of the Test: Orpheus is a 190-item questionnaires where the items are answered on a 1-5 scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. It can be completed either by computer or by pencil and paper. Scoring must be performed by computer and if the pencil-and-paper form …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 10th December 2004 Description of the Test: The OAD Organisation Survey is a self-report word-list inventory constructed in a free choice format providing scores converted to centile ranges. The respondent chooses which of 110 words describes him/herself. The words used are of easy to moderate difficulty. The survey measures seven work …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 1st May 2019 Description of the Test: OPTO was developed to provide a comprehensive personality measure for working age population (18-70 years) based on the Five Factor Model (FFM). It is used for selection, recruitment, development and personal assessment across the majority of vocations and primarily aimed at specialists, managers and …

Note: This test review was published by BPS on 20th December 2004 Description of the Test: The OSB was designed to bridge a gap between traditional clerical tests and workplace simulations. It is intended to be used for the selection of office administrators and office managers. The OSB contains six tests, the contents of which are derived from a common …