How Personality Print works
Each question gives you the start of a statement and two ways to finish it. You pick a point from 1 to 6 to show which ending matches you better and how strongly. Choosing a point moves you straight to the next question, and you cannot go back to change an answer.
The Hourly version, used for high-volume roles in areas such as contact centres, retail and hospitality, has 67 questions and reports 11 traits. Working covers Follow Through, Multitasking, Organization, Preference for Direction, Resilience and Work Intensity; Relating covers Agreeableness, Assertiveness, Empathy and Sociability; Thinking covers Learning Focused. The Professional version, for graduate and professional roles, has 146 questions and 22 traits.
On vacancies built from Harver’s ready-made job profiles, Personality Print is compulsory, because the match score is built on it. The employer sees how each trait sits against the range for the role, and Harver tells employers that high scores are not necessarily better and low scores are not necessarily bad. You are compared with a norm group from the region where the job is.
How to answer Personality Print
There are no right answers, but there are better habits:
- Read both endings every time rather than assuming which side is which.
- Answer as you are at work now, not as you think the job wants. Each role has its own range, and you cannot see it.
- Use the ends of the scale when an ending clearly fits. There is no middle point, so every answer leans one way.
- Keep a steady pace and go with your first honest reaction.
Example question
“When I have a lot to do at work, I prefer to...” with the endings “...finish one task before I start the next” at 1 and “...switch between tasks as they come up” at 6.
If you always work through a list in order, choose 1 or 2. If you lean towards juggling but like some order, choose 4. A question like this feeds a trait such as Multitasking, where neither end is better: a role full of interruptions may suit one end, and a role that needs long focus the other.
Tips for the real Personality Print
- Do it in one sitting. You can log out between sections, but leaving one halfway means starting it again.
- Expect interview questions about it. Harver’s report gives employers a follow-up question for each trait that falls outside the role’s range.
- If the employer sends Harver’s feedback report, it shows each trait in one of three bands, such as Firm, Balanced or Cooperative for Agreeableness, with no scores and no fit rating.
Practise Personality Print on CogniPrep
Our version is the Hourly form: 67 questions, each a sentence start with two endings, answered from 1 to 6 with no middle. Your answer moves you on and there is no going back. It is untimed and takes about seven minutes. At the end you see all 11 traits in three bands, on our own scale rather than Harver’s regional norms. One question appears twice to check that your answers are consistent.