How the LTP personality questionnaire works
You see 99 statements about how you usually behave, one after another, each with a seven-point scale: Helemaal mee oneens, Mee oneens, Beetje mee oneens, Neutraal, Beetje mee eens, Mee eens and Helemaal mee eens.
When you finish, LTP shows any questions left unanswered, and you can go back into the questionnaire to change answers before you submit.
LTP reports five factors, each with a name at both ends: Extraversie, Vriendelijkheid (task oriented to people oriented), Emotionele stabiliteit, Zorgvuldigheid and Openheid van geest. Each one is shown as below average, average or above average for the comparison group.
How to answer
LTP’s own instructions are the best guide:
- Answer for yourself, as you are, not as you think the job wants.
- Do not think too long, but let each statement sink in before you choose.
- Think of situations from the last two years, mainly at work.
- Do not base an answer on one extreme event from long ago or on something very recent.
- Use the whole scale where you genuinely lean one way. Answering Neutraal throughout gives a flat profile that says little about you.
Tips for the real questionnaire
- Read each statement fully. Some are worded the other way round, and a quick skim leads to answers that contradict each other.
- Use the finish screen to check for blanks before you submit.
- Expect questions about your profile in the interview. Think of a work example for each factor where you scored high or low.
- The questionnaire is not a test with right answers, so there is nothing to revise. Do it rested and in one go.
Practise the LTP questionnaire on CogniPrep
Our version has 99 statements of our own on the same seven-point scale, untimed, one at a time. Unlike the real one, each answer is final. At the end you see where your answers place you on the five factors, with notes on how much you used the middle and the ends of the scale. It is a profile, not a score.