Personality questionnaire · Behaviours under pressure
Spot the behaviours that can help or hinder, before they cost you
The Development Dimensions Survey (DDS) looks beneath everyday personality at 8 traits that can become strengths or risks at work. It gives you a deeper, more rounded view of someone for recruitment and feedback.
Why organisations choose the DDS
See the risks early
Describes the range of personality from non-problematic to problematic, so you can explore potential risks before they become problems.
Grounded in recognised frameworks
Draws on the dimensional frameworks of DSM-5 and ICD-11, adapted for the workplace.
Interview-ready
The Profile Report gives normed scores, interpretation, typical feedback comments and interview questions.
Constructive for candidates
The Candidate Report gives accessible behavioural feedback with no scores or technical information.
What the DDS measures
Our CARE model groups the 8 scales into 4 themes: Connect, Appraise, React and Excel. Each scale has 3 sub-scales for greater detail.
Connect
How we balance emotional expression with social interaction.
Appraise
How we manage impulses and fairness in judgement.
React
How we experience and express emotions.
Excel
How we rely on our own judgement and strive for excellence.
A full suite of reports
Seven reports from a single completion of the questionnaire, each presenting the eight scales through the CARE model.
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Profile Report
Recruiters, assessors and interviewers
- The eight DDS scales presented in CARE order (Connect, Appraise, React, Excel) with a CARE model page
- Summary Profile radar with risk bands, grouped by CARE area
- Per scale: score interpretation, typical feedback, three subscales and Exploring the Results questions
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Candidate Report
The person who completed the DDS (no scores shown)
- Personalised feedback written directly to the individual, with no scores or percentiles
- The CARE model: Connect, Appraise, React and Excel
- Your outcomes: one constructive paragraph per CARE area
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Competency Report
Interviewers and assessors
- Summary Profile radar grouped by CARE area
- Potential strengths and potential challenges for each scale, with its three subscales
- Competencies to explore at interview for every scale
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Development Report
Individuals, coaches and line managers in development
- The eight scales in CARE order with a CARE model page
- Score interpretation and development suggestions for each scale, plus subscale insight
- Coaching questions on behaviours, thinking and feelings
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Leadership Risk Report
Leaders, leadership coaches and senior-hire assessors
- Your leadership risk pattern for each scale, in CARE order
- Potential leadership impact (possible strengths and potential risks) and risk triggers
- Development focus and subscale insight for every scale
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Pressure & Derailment Report
Coaches, leaders and assessors of high-pressure roles
- Your pressure risk pattern for each scale, in CARE order
- Potential impact under pressure, with possible strengths and potential risks
- Lower and higher risk conditions, plus subscale insight
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Team Risk & Dynamics Report
Team leaders, HR and team coaches
- Your team dynamic pattern for each scale, in CARE order
- Potential team contributions and possible team friction
- Team environments where the style may thrive or be less effective, plus subscales
Want the detail? Read the DDS User Guide.
Where the DDS makes a difference
Recruitment and selection
Add depth to decisions for roles where behaviour under pressure really matters.
Feedback and development
Open up an honest, constructive conversation about what helps and what hinders.
Managing risk
Explore behaviours that can help or hinder someone at work, before they become a problem.
How it works
- 1
Invite
Send candidates or employees their link from the Viewpoint platform.
- 2
Complete
They rate short statements from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. It is untimed and takes about 10 minutes.
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Report
Download any of the 7 reports, from the Profile and Leadership Risk Reports to a Candidate Report with no scores.
Which personality questionnaire is right for you?
| Talent Dimensions | Development DimensionsThis page | Type Dimensions Profiler | Emotional Intelligence Survey | Wellbeing Dimensions Survey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Recruitment, development and coaching | Deeper insight into behaviours that can help or hinder | Team, leadership and coaching development | Recruitment, development and coaching where emotional style matters | Coaching, self-development and wellbeing |
| Model | Big Five: 10 traits in 5 TRACE themes | 8 traits in 4 CARE themes, each with 3 sub-scales | Jung's Psychological Types: 4 dichotomies, 16 types | 6 emotional style scales, each with 2 subscales | Big Five based: 5 factors, each with 2 subscales |
| Items | 105 statements | 150 statements | 60 paired statements | 72 statements | 75 statements |
| Typical time | About 7 minutes, untimed | About 10 minutes, untimed | About 7 minutes, untimed | About 10 minutes, untimed | About 7 minutes, untimed |
| Reports | 7: Profile, Candidate, Development, Competency, Career Guidance, Leadership Style, Culture & Environment | 7: Profile, Candidate, Competency, Development, Leadership Risk, Pressure & Derailment, Team Risk & Dynamics | 9: Introductory, Profile, Type Dynamics, Leadership, Coaching, Communication, Change, Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence | Recruitment, Development, Competency, Candidate | Development report with coaching questions |
Completing the questionnaire
Be yourself
Don't answer based on what you think is wanted; relax and answer honestly.
Try not to overthink
Answer the way that comes most naturally; overthinking makes results less representative of you.
Use the full rating scale
Apply the Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree scale consistently.
See the DDS for yourself
Try the questionnaire and see the reports your team would receive. Contact us for a free trial or a demonstration of the platform.
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