Personality questionnaire · Registered with the BPS
See how people really work, before you hire or develop them
Talent Dimensions measures 10 personality traits that matter at work, grouped into 5 clear TRACE themes. In about 7 minutes you get a suite of 7 reports, from recruitment and competency interviews to development, career guidance, leadership style and culture fit.
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Why organisations choose Talent Dimensions
Built on the Big Five
Based on the Big Five model of personality (Costa and McCrae), the most widely researched model of personality at work.
Interview-ready
The Profile Report gives normed scores, behavioural interpretation and interview questions for every scale.
Made for development
The Development Report adds development suggestions and coaching questions, ready for a feedback or coaching session.
Fair to candidates
Every candidate can receive accessible feedback in a Candidate Report, with no scores or technical information.
What Talent Dimensions measures
Our TRACE model pairs the 10 scales into 5 themes: Engage, Relate, Think, Achieve and Cope. Reading each pair together gives a more coherent, complete picture of how someone works.
Engage
How someone adapts to different situations.
Relate
How someone relates to others.
Think
How someone approaches tasks and situations.
Achieve
How someone gets things done.
Cope
How someone manages pressure and challenges.
A full suite of reports
Seven reports from a single completion of the questionnaire, each presenting the ten scales through the TRACE model.
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Profile Report
Recruiters, assessors and interviewers
- The ten TDS scales presented in TRACE order, with a TRACE model page and a Summary Profile radar grouped by theme
- A page per scale with percentile, score interpretation and typical feedback
- Exploring the Results questions on every scale to probe at interview
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Candidate Report
The person who completed the TDS (no scores shown)
- Personalised feedback written directly to the individual, with no scores, percentiles or bars
- The TRACE wheel: Engage, Relate, Think, Achieve and Cope
- Your outcomes: one supportive paragraph per TRACE theme, joining its two scales
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Development Report
Individuals, coaches and line managers in development
- Profile Chart and Summary Profile grouped by the five TRACE themes
- Score interpretation and development suggestions for each of the ten scales
- Coaching questions on behaviour, thinking and feelings for every scale
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Competency Report
Interviewers and assessors running competency-based interviews
- Summary Profile linking each scale to the competencies it informs, grouped by TRACE theme
- Potential strengths and potential challenges for each scale
- Competencies to explore, each with a behavioural interview question and space for evidence
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Career Guidance Report
Individuals and career coaches
- A short guide for career coaches and a development and action planner
- For each scale: your approach, cultural fit (where you thrive and where you struggle) and career direction
- Potential career paths and reflection questions, with scales presented in TRACE order
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Leadership Style Report
Leaders, leadership coaches and HR
- Summary Profile radar with the scales grouped into the five TRACE themes
- For each scale: your leadership style, leadership impact (strengths and risks) and leadership environment
- Leadership development actions and reflection questions on every scale
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Culture & Environment Report
Hiring managers, HR and team leaders
- Your workplace style for each scale, on a continuum between its two poles
- Cultural contribution (strengths and potential friction points) and environmental alignment
- Manager and team considerations with reflection questions, in TRACE order
Want the detail? Read the Talent Dimensions User Guide.
Where Talent Dimensions makes a difference
Recruitment and selection
Add evidence on behaviour and motivation to your shortlist, and go into interviews with the right questions.
Coaching and development
Give people a clear, constructive picture of their style and where to grow.
Understanding people at work
Understand the motivations, behaviours and preferences that shape how people work together.
How it works
- 1
Invite
Send candidates or employees their link from the Viewpoint platform.
- 2
Complete
They rate 105 short statements from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. It is untimed and takes about 7 minutes.
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Report
Download any of the 7 reports, including a Candidate Report with no scores, and use it straight away.
Which personality questionnaire is right for you?
| Talent DimensionsThis page | Development Dimensions | 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
Choose the right setting
Find a quiet, comfortable space where you can focus without interruptions.
Be honest with yourself
There are no right or wrong answers; answer as you really are, not as you think you should.
Use the full rating scale
Apply the Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree scale consistently.
Take your time
It's untimed, so make sure each answer reflects your true thoughts and feelings.
See Talent Dimensions 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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