How the Hogan MVPI works
The MVPI measures the goals, values and interests that shape what you want from work, rather than how you behave. Hogan says employers use it to see what motivates a candidate and where they will be most productive and satisfied.
Each of the ten values is measured through five themes: lifestyles, beliefs, occupational preferences, aversions and preferred associates. So a value comes up from several angles: how you like to live, what you believe, what work you enjoy, what you dislike and who you like to work with.
Each value is a scale with two meaningful ends. Science, for example, runs from a preference for people over technology at one end to a preference for analysis and data at the other. Hogan says it takes 15 to 20 minutes.
How to answer the MVPI
Values have no right answers, so the only aim is accuracy:
- Answer for what you actually want, not what sounds admirable. Wanting money, recognition or a predictable routine are all fine.
- Answer the statements about life outside work too. They are part of how each value is measured.
- Do not shape your answers to the employer’s stated culture. A fit built on answers that are not yours lands you in a job that does not suit you.
- Keep a steady pace. Each value is asked about from several directions, so consistency matters more than any single answer.
Tips for the real MVPI
- Before you start, think about what you enjoyed and disliked in past jobs or study. It makes the statements quicker to answer.
- Read the result as information for you as well as the employer. A poor match describes a setting you may not enjoy.
- Take it in your strongest language. The MVPI is available in more than 40.
Practise the MVPI on CogniPrep
Our MVPI practice has 70 statements of our own across the ten values, one at a time, with Disagree and Agree buttons, no clock and no going back, so it is much shorter than the real inventory. At the end you see a 0 to 100 score for each value, with notes on your strongest and lowest. There is no pass mark and no Hogan report.