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Role-Specific Soft Skills Questionnaires

Assess your candidates' soft skills across 12 different role-specific questionnaires in around 10 minutes.

Key Benefits

  • grey information icon Measures key soft skills and behavioural competencies
  • grey list icon 12 role-specific assessments
  • grey clock icon Untimed. Typically takes around 10 minutes
  • grey anonymous profile icon Suitable for all levels
  • grey 4 point zig-zag chart with trend going up icon Industry-leading computer adaptive questionnaire
  • grey man with arms outstretched and raised icon Reduce adverse impact
  • grey eye icon Supervised or unsupervised
  • grey spanner icon Customise to your role
  • grey clock icon Measure your candidates' soft skills
  • grey briefcase icon Designed for all sectors
  • grey folder sharing icon Volume recruitment, personal development, coaching, talent analytics
  • grey 3-bars bar chart icon Role-specific norm groups available
  • grey laptop and phone icon PC, Mac, Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Mobile

Our Soft Skills Questionnaires are suitable for:

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Volume Recruitment

Historically, volume recruitment has relied heavily on ability tests, leaving soft skills out of the picture.

 

Test Partnership's Soft Skills Questionnaires allow organisation to measure the specific soft skills that underpin performance and job-fit in each role.

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Development & Coaching

Our Soft Skills Questionnaires can be applied across both recruitment and development.

 

Our Soft Skills Questionnaires can help structure coaching or personal development discussions and includes a specialised candidate feedback report which can be used with employees to enhance their development.

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Talent Analytics

Our talent analytics allows employers to scientifically-identify the key determiners of almost any workplace relevant outcome. This could be for example: performance; retention; engagement; job satisfaction; and more.

 

Test Partnership's Soft Skills Questionnaires are the perfect addition to any talent analytics project, providing an enhanced level of predictive power.

Key features

  • Adaptive Algorithm
  • Fully Customisable
  • Secure
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  • Norms & Benchmarks
  • Candidate Experience
  • Mobile Responsive
  • Fair & Inclusive
  • Professionally Validated

The Test Partnership Soft Skills Questionnaires

As all hiring manager and HR practitioners are aware, soft skills are essential to performance at work, but are also notoriously difficult to measure using interviews alone.

The Test Partnership Soft Skills Questionnaires are designed to quickly measure the soft skills which are especially important for each role, while providing best-in-class candidate experience.

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Hiring the right people is the most important thing your organisation will do.

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Fair and inclusive selection

For improved diversity and inclusion, Test Partnership has optimised all our tests to achieve industry-beating low adverse impact.

All our tests are designed to identify high-performance whilst minimising adverse impact. We achieve this by trialling and re-trialling against tens of thousands of participants from all backgrounds.

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  • Kaplan
  • Allianz
  • Roche
  • Unilever
  • Save The Children
  • Clear Score
  • Deloitte
  • AIG
  • Prudential
  • Opus Energy
  • Glencore
  • Marsh
  • Anglia Ruskin University
  • Schneider Electric
  • Talk talk
  • Land Securities
  • Fujifilm
  • Baker Tilly
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Soft Skills Questionnaires

Below is the full list of all the role-specific Soft Skills Questionnaire currently available, and the specific soft skills they measure

Administrative Roles

  • Process-Orientation

    An administrative professional’s disposition towards systems, procedures, and formal processes


    Measures the following sub-traits: Cheerful, Cooperative, Empathetic, Social Tact.

  • Organised and Focused

    An administrative professional’s propensity to manage their workload, avoid distractions, and use their time efficiently.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Initiative, Energetic, Methodical, Goal Focus.

  • Trustworthy

    An administrative professional’s propensity towards honesty, fairness, and adherence to one’s moral principles.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Fairness, Honesty, Principled, Trusting.

  • Teamwork

    An administrative professional's propensity to form interpersonal connections with their team members.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Cooperative, Sociable, Positive Expression, Connection Seeking.

  • Interpersonal Skills

    An administrative professional’s propensity towards effective, careful, and goal directed interpersonal communication.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Negative Expression, Positive Expression,Social Tact,Socially Comfortable.

Apprentice Roles

  • Willing to Learn

    An apprentice’s propensity towards intellectual curiosity, flexible thinking, and a drive to acquire knowledge.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Inquisitive, Free-Thinking, Curiosity, Cognitive Flexibility.

  • Work Ethic

    An apprentice’s propensity towards a high level of effort, achievement motivation, and a drive to succeed.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Drive, Goal Focus, Initiative, Perseverance.

  • Adaptability and Resilience

    An apprentice’s propensity towards effective stress management, an acceptance of change, and a willingness to change personally.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem.

  • Problem Solving

    An apprentice’s propensity towards innovation, idea generation, and outside the box thinking.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Long-term focused, Creativity, Innovation, Need for Cognition.

  • Interpersonal Skills

    An apprentice’s propensity towards effective, careful, and goal directed interpersonal communication.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Social Tact, Socially Comfortable, Positive Expression, Outgoing.

Customer Service Roles

  • Providing Great Service

    A customer service professional’s propensity to connect with their customers, understand their challenges, and to make their customers’ needs their number one priority.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Cooperative, Altruistic, Sympathetic, Empathetic

  • Organised and Thorough

    A customer service professional’s propensity to remain focused, diligent, and proactive. It also ensures that customer service professionals pay attention to detail, displaying a careful approach to tasks.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Diligence, Discipline, Methodical, Initiative.

  • Positivity and Optimism

    A customer service professional’s propensity to remain positive, cheerful, and energetic.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Positivity, Cheerful, Energetic, Emotional Awareness.

  • Communication and Listening

    A customer service professional’s proclivity towards interpersonal communication.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Positive Expression, Assertive, Outgoing, Sociable.

  • Resilience and Stress Management

    A customer service professional’s propensity to remain emotionally consistent, optimistic, and in-control during periods of stress.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem.

Engineering Roles

  • Focused and Organised

    An engineering professional’s propensity to remain consistent and diligent throughout their work.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Diligence, Discipline, Methodical, Initiative.

  • Adaptability and Resilience

    An engineering professional’s propensity to cope with stress and remain level-headed during particularly trying times.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem.

  • Teamwork

    An engineering professional’s propensity to form interpersonal connections with their team members.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Cooperative, Sociable, Positive Expression, Connection Seeking.

  • Analytical

    An engineering professional’s propensity to carefully analyse and evaluate information.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Free-Thinking, Inquisitive, Methodical, Vigilance.

  • Dedication and Commitment

    An engineering professional’s motivation and staying power when completing difficult tasks.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Drive, Perseverance, Persistence, Goal Focus.

Finance Roles

  • Achievement-Oriented

    A finance professional's level of drive, motivation, and desire to achieve their set objectives.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Drive Goal, Focus, Perseverance, Persistence.

  • Resilient and Adaptable

    A finance professional's propensity to manage stress, avoid burnout, and adapt to disruptive change.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem.

  • Objective and Rational

    A finance professional's propensity to think clearly, unencumbered by irrational thoughts or hot cognition.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Free-Thinking, Inquisitive, Complexity, Perspective.

  • Planning and Organising

    A finance professional's propensity to display a structured, methodical, and organised approach to their work.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Diligence, Discipline, Methodical, Vigilance.

  • Communication and Influence

    A finance professional's propensity to express themselves clearly and confidently.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Positive Expression, Assertive, Outgoing, Social Tact.

Graduate Roles

  • Willing to Learn

    A graduate’s propensity towards intellectual curiosity, flexible thinking, and a drive to acquire knowledge


    Measures the following sub-traits: Inquisitive, Free-Thinking, Curiosity, Cognitive Flexibility.

  • Work Ethic

    A graduate’s propensity towards a high level of effort, achievement motivation, and a drive to succeed.


    Measures the following sub-traits:

  • Adaptability and Resilience

    A graduate’s propensity towards effective stress management, an acceptance of change, and a willingness to change personally.


    Measures the following sub-traits:

  • Problem Solving

    A graduate’s propensity towards innovation, idea generation, and outside the box thinking.


    Measures the following sub-traits:

  • Interpersonal Skills

    A graduate’s propensity towards effective, careful, and goal directed interpersonal communication.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Social Tact, Socially Comfortable, Positive Expression, Outgoing.

Human Resources Roles

  • Interpersonal Skills

    A human resources professional’s propensity to communicate carefully, effectively, and diplomatically with other people.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Negative Expression, Positive Expression, Social Tact, Socially Comfortable.

  • Process-Orientation

    A human resources professional’s disposition towards systems, procedures, and formal processes.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Fairness, Discipline, Vigilance, Routine-Orientated.

  • Principles and Ethics

    A human resources professional’s disposition towards morality and adherence to ethical principles.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Principled, Fairness, Honesty, Consideration.

  • Emotional Intelligence

    A human resources professional’s propensity to understand emotion and interpersonal communication.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Empathetic, Emotional Awareness, Intuitive, Sympathetic.

  • Organised and Focused

    A human resources professional’s propensity to manage their workload, avoid distractions, and use their time efficiently.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Initiative, Energetic, Methodical, Goal Focus.

IT and Tech Roles

  • Problem Solving

    An IT professional’s propensity to persist when solving problems, ensuring that solutions are reached no matter what.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Negative Expression, Positive Expression, Social Tact, Socially Comfortable.

  • Analytical

    An IT professional’s propensity to engage in objective and purposeful evaluation, allowing them to understand complexity.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Fairness, Discipline, Vigilance, Routine-Orientated.

  • Focused and Thorough

    An IT professional’s propensity to concentrate and dedicate significant attention to important tasks.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Principled, Fairness, Honesty, Consideration.

  • Innovative

    An IT professional’s propensity to generate novel, unconventional, and unorthodox ideas.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Empathetic, Emotional Awareness, Intuitive, Sympathetic.

  • Project Management

    An IT professional’s propensity to mobilise resources and gear them towards completing a project.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Initiative, Energetic, Methodical, Goal Focus.

Sales Roles

  • Client Focus

    A sales professional’s propensity to build a meaningful rapport with their clients, make the client’s needs a high priority, and take a genuine interest in the issues that they face.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Cheerful, Cooperative, Empathetic, Social Tact.

  • Enterprising

    A sales professional’s motivation to achieve their goals and display a competitive spirit.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Drive, Goal Focus, Perseverance, Persistence.

  • Proactive and Attentive

    A sales professional’s propensity to remain focused, diligent, and consistent on a daily basis.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Initiative, Diligence, Discipline, Methodical.

  • Adaptable and Resilient

    A sales professional’s propensity to manage stress and handle pressure in high-stakes sales roles.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem.

  • Communicative and Engaging

    A sales professional’s interpersonal skills, their propensity to exert their influence to convince others.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Positive Expression, Sociable, Outgoing, Assertive.

Legal Roles

  • Confidence and Presence

    A legal professional’s level of interpersonal assertiveness and social confidence.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Self-Confidence, Assertive, Socially Comfortable, Social Confidence.

  • Attention to Detail

    A legal professional's propensity towards careful and deliberate working.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Methodical, Diligence, Discipline, Initiative.

  • Resilience and Stress Management

    A legal professional’s propensity to manage stress and pressure.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem

  • Principles and Ethics

    A legal professional’s propensity to follow a moral code and to play by the rules.


    Measures the following sub-traits:

  • Communication and Influence

    A legal professional’s propensity to speak their mind, express their opinions, and convince other people.


    Measures the following sub-traits:

Management Roles

  • Influential

    A manager’s propensity to exert influence, control social situations, and carefully navigate the interpersonal realm.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Self-Confidence, Assertive, Socially Comfortable, Social Confidence.

  • Adaptable and Flexible

    A manager’s propensity to deal with stress, accept transformational change, and adapt during times of high pressure.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Methodical, Diligence, Discipline, Initiative.

  • Organisation

    A manager's propensity to adopt a structured, planned, and systematic approach to their work.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Collected, Confidence, Self-Directed, Self-Esteem.

  • Emotional Intelligence

    A manager's propensity to understand emotions and interpersonal interaction.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Fairness, Honesty, Principled, Empathetic.

  • Industrious

    A manager's propensity towards hard work, achievement motivation, and persistence in their efforts.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Social Tact, Outgoing, Sociable, Influence.

Marketing Roles

  • Creative

    A marketing professional's propensity to generate novel, interesting, or unusual ideas and concepts.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Artistic, Free-Thinking, Imaginative, Inquisitive.

  • Communicative and Expressive

    A marketing professional’s propensity to effectively express their thoughts, opinions, and ideas.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Assertive, Energetic, Sociable, Outgoing.

  • Detail-Oriented

    A marketing professional’s propensity to display a careful, methodical, and cautious workstyle.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Diligence, Discipline, Methodical, Vigilance.

  • Flexible and Adaptable

    A marketing professional’s ability to deal with change, stress, and uncertainty.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Long-term focused, Confidence, Self-Esteem, Self-Directed.

  • Lateral Thinking

    A marketing professional’s intellectual curiosity and level of abstract thinking.


    Measures the following sub-traits: Need for Cognition, Innovation, Complexity, Adventurous.

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About Soft Skills

Soft skills are a range of behavioural competencies which underpin performance and job-fit in specific roles. As these competencies are behavioural in nature, they require dedicated behavioural assessments to measure them. Additionally, the particular soft skills which underpin performance will vary based on the role, and may differ significantly between roles.

The Test Partnership Soft Skills Assessments

Our soft skills assessments are among the most powerful on the market today. Like our ability tests, the Soft Skills Questionnaires also uses computer adaptive testing technology to maximise reliability and reduce questionnaire length. By administering only psychometrically-optimal questions for each candidate, the Soft Skills Questionnaires can reach an equal or greater level of reliability than comparable assessments, but in less than half the time.

FAQs

Commonly asked questions.

  • How much does it cost?

    We charge on a per-candidate basis, not on a per-assessment basis. Please visit our pricing page for more information.

  • When should I use a soft skills assessment?

    Any stage of selection. Soft skills questionnaires can form part of your initial sift or, more commonly, they are one element of a process you have for shortlisted candidates. For example in senior roles it is common to ask shortlisted candidates to complete the questionnaire remotely and then come in for a structured interview.

  • What level are these assessments designed for?

    All levels. This is one of the advantages of our adaptive test technology; our Soft Skills Questionnaires are suitable for all levels as they dynamically adapt to each candidate's responses.

  • How do you protect candidate data?

    We're glad you asked! This is something Test Partnership are quite passionate about and we have implemented privacy by design principles throughout our organisation. We have a whole host of safeguards including: access control; encryption; firewalls; retention policies; and anonymisation. To see all the steps we take please see our GDPR page.

Candidate tips

Soft skills assessments are designed to assess your level of certain behavioural competencies which are important in the workplace in the workplace. There are no right or wrong answers in a soft skills questionnaire and high scores do not necessarily mean better scores. This is the key difference with other psychometric tests or exams, such as aptitude tests, that you may have taken before.

The scale responses (i.e. Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree) will appear next to the questions, so you can check your responses and make sure you haven't made a silly mistake.

Always be as honest as possible during a soft skills assessment. Don't try to provide the responses that you think the employer will want to see, as you might not know exactly what they are looking for.

Make sure you read all of the questions properly. You can take time to reflect on them if you wish, but generally speaking your gut response will usually be most accurate.

Check you have everything you might need: an environment where you can concentrate properly, and your glasses etc. soft skills questionnaires are untimed, so you can take as long as you need to complete them. If you lose internet connection during the test, don't worry, simply log back in and continue from where you were.

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Maximum compatibility and maximum candidate engagement with minimum drop-out rates.

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How Pricing works

Test Partnership offers two pricing options: 1) pay-as-you-go, or 2) unlimited use subscriptions. On our pay-as-you-go pricing, candidates can complete any combination of assessments for the same cost, as we charge on a per-candidate basis not a per-assessment basis. On our unlimited usage subscriptions, you can test an unlimited number of candidates, using any combination of assessments for a fixed monthly or annual cost.

You can see a full list of our prices on our pricing page.

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