Project Manager
This personality test for project managers ensures you hire energetic employees that make your projects run on time and on budget.
Pre-Employment Test
Purpose:
RA’s tests for Project Managers can help identify energetic team leaders who make your projects run on time and on budget. A personality profile assesses best fit behaviors like conscientiousness, detail mindedness, assertiveness, stress tolerance and the ability to coordinate tasks and communicate effectively with all levels of your organization. The addition of aptitude and sentence completion components evaluate general reasoning and analytic abilities, workplace attitudes and motivators.
Select From These Options:
Project Manager
Express
$30
- smaller number of personality trait measures targeting behaviors specific to this role
- A timed test of General Reasoning
Project Manager
Core
$35
- An untimed personality assessment targeting behaviors specific to this type of job.
- An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)
Project Manager
Core+
$45
- An untimed personality assessment targets behaviors specific to this type of job.
- An untimed General Cognitive Aptitude Test (includes verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning)
- An untimed set of open-ended statements to which the candidate has to type in a short answer
What the Report Gives You:
A graphical display of personality trait scores, feedback regarding strengths and developmental concerns, an explanation of aptitude results, a display of narrative responses given to the open-ended statements, and suggested interview questions.
Testing Process:
- Immediate score report upon completion.
- Proctoring desirable but not required.
- The use of mobile phones is discouraged.
Target Group:
We recommend using this test for the position of Project Manager, as well as Project Administrator, Project Coordinator, Project Lead, Project Leader, or other key positions in similar roles.
Sample Personality Item:
| For the statement on the left |
| For the statement on the right | |||||
Successful managers give their employees freedom to do their work and don’t insult them by looking over their shoulders all the time. |
Successful managers regularly monitor their employees’ work to make sure they are doing what they are supposed to do and not making costly mistakes. |
Sample Questions for General Cognitive Aptitude Test:
Sample verbal reasoning item: House is to dwelling as car is to ____________. | (A) transportation | ||
Sample numerical reasoning item: Which number comes next in this series? 3 6 9 19 22 25 | (A) 32 | ||
Sample abstract reasoning item:
Which figure would come next in the series? |
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Sample Question for Open-Ended Statement:
The three things I want most from my job are... |
(Sample questions differ from actual test appearance and do not contain real test content.)
The Project Manager Evaluates:
| Less Desirable Behaviors | Test Content | Desirable Behaviors |
|---|---|---|
| Slow to learn new tasks, handles limited amount of information at one time | General Cognitive Aptitude* | Quick learner, make complex decisions easily |
| Slow to learn new tasks, handles limited amount of information at one time | General Reasoning† | Quick learner, make complex decisions easily |
| Simplistic thoughts, negative attitudes, grammatical mistakes | Open-ended Statements / Short Answer | Articulate, meaningful comments, expresses positive attitudes, no grammatical mistakes |
| Argumentative, contentious | Agreeableness | Easy to get along with, amiable |
| Does not want to be responsible for the work of others | Assertive Leadership*† | Comfortable directing and controlling work of others |
| Fails to live up to promises | Conscientiousness / Dependability*† | Reliable, dependable |
| More concerned about self than customers. Stingy with time and service | Customer Service / Responsiveness* | Concerned about customer satisfaction, giving and helpful |
| Interested in his their tasks; does not care much about how their work impacts others ability to get their job done |
Customer Responsiveness† | Attuned to what others’ need in the workplace; cares about helping others who depend on them |
| Doesn’t like detailed tasks | Detail Mindedness | Like working on detailed tasks |
| Overreacts to stress, gets upset easily | Emotional Stability*† | Calm, level-headed, handles stress well |
| Doesn’t want to have to deal with people | Extroversion* | Likes people involvement at work |
| Blunt, unsophisticated, politically naive | Impression Management | Socially sensitive, polite, diplomatic |
| Bends rules to suit self | Integrity*† | Strong ethical principles |
| Doesn’t feel responsible for how employees feel about their jobs | Managerial Human Relations* | Good motivator for others, tries to help others succeed in their careers |
| Sticks with tried-and-true approaches, resistant to new ideas | Openness | Enjoys learning and new ideas, innovative |
| Gives up easily, complains | Optimism | Cheeful, positive, “can-do” attitude |
| Careless, disorganized | Orderliness | Organized, planful |
| Lacks confidence in own decisions | Self-Confidence | Confident of own decisions |
| Does not stay on top of tasks that have been assigned to others | Task Structuring*† | Stays on top of details that have been assigned to others |
| Prefers working on own | Teamwork / Collaboration*† | Enjoys working in collaborative fashion |
| Focus on day-to-day problems | Visionary Leadership | Focus on strategic, big picture, long term issues |
| Does the minimum | Work Drive*† | Willing to go the extra mile |
(Note: the asterisk (*) denotes that the personality dimension is included in the Core version of the test; the dagger (†) denotes that the personality dimension is included in the Express version of the test.)
