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For every item in each of the tests choose one answer by circling option A, B or C. Remember, in the cause of accuracy of assessment, you should circle the action closest to what you would do, or have been doing. Do not opt for what you now think is the best or most admirable thing to do. After all, to want to put yourself in the most favourable light is hardly an emotionally intelligent way of responding. A key is provided at the end of the tests, which will enable you to score your answers.


Test 1

  1. You feel frustrated and irritated by a difficult task that you have been asked to do. How do you respond?
    Take a short break from it to clear your mind and to devise a plan for tackling the job       effectively.
    Keep your frustration to yourself, and get on with it as best you can.
    Grumble about it to anyone who will listen and get it over with as quickly as you can.

  2. You are working on an important task which you used to find interesting but you have done it so often that you are now bored with it. How do you respond?
    Think out a way of doing it as quickly and effectively as possible on this occasion, and       then explore the possibility of a 'job swap'.
    Put it to the bottom of the pile and get on with other, more interesting things.
    Get on with it, but give minimal time and attention to it.

  3. You have worked hard to achieve your targets and find that you have exceeded them. How do you respond?
    Enjoy the moment and then sit back and rest on your laurels.
    Build on your success by setting yourself some new goals to aim for.
    Maintain your effort so that your performance does not slip back from the standard you       have established.

  4. You have come up with some ideas for solving a problem but have been told by others that your ideas have little chance of success. How do you respond?
    Think about what the others have said, modify your ideas, and then take a calculated       risk of putting them into practice.
    Bow to the others' superior judgement and forget all about it.
    Ignore their advice, trust your own judgement and get on with it.

  5. You have been working on something for a period of time and are having difficulty in judging how well you are doing and how you might improve. How do you respond?
    Just carryon with what you were doing because no one to date has criticized your       performance.
    Trust your own judgement and modify your actions accordingly.
    Carry out a self-evaluation, discuss it with someone whose judgement you trust, and       modify your actions accordingly.

  6. You are checking through some data with a view to making a decision and realize that some important bits of information are missing. How do you respond?
    Assume that the missing data is unimportant and make a decision on the basis of the       information at your disposal.
    Take the trouble to chase up the missing data and only make a decision when all of it is       available to you.
    Make an informed guess about the missing information and
          make your decision accordingly.

 

Test 2

  1. You have been asked to work on a task you dislike intensely. How do you respond?
    Do it as quickly as you can but with minimum effort.
    Keep putting it off in favour of tasks on which you prefer to work.
    Get on with it to the best of your ability, giving it as much
          time and effort as you are able.

  2. You are working on an important task and your colleagues ask you to break off to go for an early-evening drink. How do you respond?
    Thank them for asking and explain why you can't go with them on this occasion.
    Turn down their invitation flat without thanks.
    Say that you will join them later if you can, even though you
          have no intention of doing so.

  3. You are faced with a long and difficult task that requires hard work and painstaking attention to detail to achieve your goal. Someone suggests a quick and easy way of doing it. How do you respond?
    Give careful consideration to the advice, but reject anything that might jeopardize the       standard of your work.
    Ignore the advice and stick to the tried and true method of doing the job irrespective       of how long it takes.
    Take up the suggestion immediately and get the job done as quickly as you can.

  4. You have been asked to take on an extra responsibility that you know is important to your team, but you think that you will find the new role difficult. How do you respond?
    Agree to take it on, but with no intention of giving it priority over your existing       commitments.
    Turn down the request on the grounds that you have more than enough to do       already.
    Say that despite the hard work that the extra responsibility entails, you are ready to       face up to the new challenge.

  5. The team of which you are a member has been successful even though your part in its achievements has been minor. How do you respond? .
    Show your pleasure at the team's achievements and pride in your own contribution,       however minor.
    Congratulate your team-mates and then get on with what you were doing, leaving       them to celebrate their achievement.
    Refuse to join in the celebrations on the grounds that you had little to do with the       team's success.

  6. You have been working very hard over a period of months in an attempt to improve your performance, but with little evidence to date that you are succeeding. How do you respond?
    Keep going in the belief that you are right to set yourself high goals and that you wil       reach them in due course.
    Reduce your efforts on the grounds that you can perform at a level that satisfies other       people without having to try so hard.
    Reaffirm your commitment to achieving your goals, but seek to improve the methods       you are using to achieve them.

Test 3

  1. A problem has come to light in something on which your team is working and you think you can help them to resolve it. How do you respond?
    Put forward your ideas before anyone else has a chance to get in ahead of you.
    Wait to be asked if you have any ideas for solving the problem.
    Set out your ideas to the team with confidence and ask them to help you to       implement them.

  2. You are a member of a group in which no one will volunteer to take on an important task. You are confident that you could do it well. How do you respond?
    Do nothing - wait to be asked.
    Let it be known to the group that you would be willing to
          take on the task, and that with their support you are confident in your ability to do it       well.
    Don't hesitate - volunteer to do the job without consulting anyone.

  3. A vacancy has occurred for a job that would require you to take on extra work and responsibility. How do you respond?
    Don't apply - you can do without the hassle.
    Show that you have confidence in your own ability by submitting your application for       the job.
    Wait to see if someone more experienced or better qualified than you are decides to       apply.
  4. A high-profile working party is being set up to investigate ways of tackling a problem. You have not been asked to join, but understand that volunteers may be considered. How do you respond?
    Don't volunteer on the grounds that if you haven't been asked to join already,       someone must think that you are not really cut out for it.
    Put your name forward to serve on the group and let it be known that you are       confident in your ability to make a positive contribution to its work.
    Let it be known that if no one else volunteers you will be
          willing to do so.

  5. You can see that a crisis is developing and no one present seems willing to take control of the situation. How do you respond?
    Take the initiative yourself by assuming control of the situation until the necessary       support arrives.
    As quickly as you can find someone who is capable of taking control of the situation.
    Mind your own business - you don't want to get the blame if something goes seriously       wrong.

  6. You have been asked if you would be willing to attend an event as back-up to the main team even though the chances are that you will not be called upon to do anything. How do you respond?
    Accept the invitation as a chance to be involved and to learn from what will be a new       experience.
    Turn down the invitation on the grounds that your time would be better spent doing       something more productive.
    Accept the invitation but let it be known that you would rather be doing something       else.

 

Test 4

  1. Some unexpected bad news has left you and your colleagues feeling anxious and depressed about future prospects. How do you respond?
    Suggest that you all go out for the evening and forget about it while you have a good       time.
    Allow yourself to be drawn into the general mood of pessimism.
    Do your best to stay cheerful and concentrate your thoughts on trying to find ways of       turning the situation to your advantage.

  2. You have been given some negative feedback on your performance, which you were not expecting. How do you respond?
    Listen to the criticisms without comment, but inwardly reject them.
    Flatly refuse to accept the evidence on which the feedback is
          based.
    Listen carefully to the feedback and consider ways in which you can use it alongside       your own evaluation to improve your performance.

  3. Despite your best efforts you are persistently failing to meet the performance targets you have set for yourself. How do you respond?
    Stick to your performance targets, but re-examine the ways in which you are seeking       to achieve them, if necessary increasing your efforts.
    Refuse to give up and resolve to try harder in future.
    Reschedule your performance targets downwards to a level that you know you can       achieve.

  4. Without warning, you have been asked to change the role in the team you are familiar with for one that will be new to you. How do you respond?
    Turn it down on the grounds that it is unfair to expect you to take on new       responsibilities at short notice.
    Discuss what the new role would entail, then after due consideration back your own       ability to respond to the challenge by accepting the job.
    Agree to do the job for a trial period if certain conditions are met.

  5. You are working to a strict deadline on an important projectwhen you run into an unexpected problem. How do you respond?
    Do what it takes to complete the project on time to the highest possible standard.
    Explain the circumstances and make a plea for extra time to complete the work to your       satisfaction.
    Keep quiet about it and settle for doing the best that you can in the circumstances,       cutting corners if necessary.

  6. You have had a job interview, but were unsuccessful even though you appeared to be the best-qualified candidate. How do you respond?
    Say that you thought that you had a good interview, and that you must have come up       against somebody who happened to perform better than you did on the day.
    Blame yourself for not having done sufficient preparation for the interview.
    Pretend that you under-performed in the interview because you did not really want the       job.