How The Bridge Personality test works
Each screen shows six statements about how you work, such as “I can cope well with stress”. You rate each on a nine point scale from very strongly disagree to very strongly agree, with Unclear in the middle. There are 40 screens, 240 statements in all.
If you give the same rating to two or more statements on a screen, those statements come back on a second screen. There you choose which applies to you most and which least. You can change a rating while you are on a screen, but once you press Next you cannot go back.
TestGroup combines the free ratings (normatief) with the forced choices (ipsatief) into a sten from 1 to 10 for each of 34 dimensions, grouped into four clusters: Besturen, Uitvoer, Houding and Mentaal. Where the two halves differ by more than three stens on a dimension, the report flags it. The report also shows how socially desirable your answers were.
The 16 Jung types and the four colours (4-kleuren) are report options calculated from the same answers, so an invitation to either is an invitation to this questionnaire.
How to approach the questionnaire
There is nothing to solve, but how you answer shapes the report:
- Answer from a work perspective, as the manual asks, and as you actually behave rather than as you would like to.
- Use the whole scale. Rating many statements the same gives you more forced-choice screens and a flatter profile.
- Expect statements that look like ones you have already answered. The manual says there is always a difference, so answer each on its own.
- Do not try to look perfect. The report measures social desirability and flags where your ratings and forced choices disagree.
Tips for the real Bridge Personality test
- Turn off your pop-up blocker before you start. The manual says the platform works with pop-ups on purpose.
- Find a quiet place and do it alone, as the manual asks.
- Prepare to talk about the result. At GP Groot, for example, candidates take the test after a first interview and the results are discussed in the second.
- Think of a real work example for anything the report might show as extreme, so you can explain it.
- If you lose your connection and cannot log back in, the manual says to contact support@testgroup.eu.
Practise The Bridge Personality on CogniPrep
Our version runs 18 screens of six statements instead of 40, with the same nine point scale, the same most-and-least screen after tied ratings and no going back. It takes about 20 minutes with no clock. At the end you see a profile across the four clusters and 34 dimensions, a Jung type and a leading Bridge colour, plus notes where your ratings and forced choices pulled apart. Use it to get used to the format, not to aim for a score.