PAPI assessment / personality test – the power of personality

Discover the power of personality with the PAPI personality test

With the Personality and Preference Inventory (PAPI) you can start exploring what makes people tick.

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Assess personality for role suitability and deep development

The Personality and Preference Inventory (PAPI) is a personality test packed with science and insight and has been successfully deployed by employers globally for decades. Quick to complete, you get a critical foundation for productive conversations in interviews and feedback sessions. PAPI provides you with a deeper understanding of what drives people and crucial insight into role suitability and employee development strategy, enabling better match to roles and more focused development activity.

Pivotal insight at all stages of the talent life cycle

Identify the best talent

Explore aspects of personality linked with potential.
Strengthen hiring decisions

Understand what new hires will bring to your organisation.
Discover talent for specialist roles

Focus on what’s crucial for success in specific roles, including sales and leadership positions.
Enhance insight for managers

Gain a deeper understanding of what motivates and inspires your people.
Develop your workforce

Understand how to support individual and team growth.

Why the PAPI personality test

Science

Be versatile – anywhere:

Roll out the perfect global solution, with an unparalleled range of languages and with cultural sensitivity by design.
Personalise to your audience:

Tailor your reports based on who they’re for: candidate, employee, hiring manager or HR professional.
Go deeper:

Our specialist reports allow you to understand someone’s motivators and demotivators, potential strengths and development areas, the interview questions you should ask, and more.

Flexibility

Engage your candidates:

Get a simple, clear and intuitive interface for both participants and administrators.
Discover dynamic reporting:

Instantly access the insights that matter most with our range of dynamic and concise reports, available in multiple formats.
Personalise and create impact:

Make the process uniquely yours by adding your employer branding and creating your own specific job profiles.

What you need to know about PAPI

20-30 minutes to complete
44-162 items, depending on version
Available in over 30 languages
Accreditation required
Measures work-related personality and preferred style of working

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Looks at 7 factors of personality, split into 26 need and role scales

Impact and drive
Organisation and structure
Ideas and change
Interaction
Work momentum
Composure
Engagement

By using PAPI, we get to the core issues easier and can focus quicker and better on the essential character traits for a specific position. Our interviews are more effective, and we can better inform our line managers about possible areas of concern.

Petra Dekker

Corporate Campus Recruiter, TATA Steel

Big-picture thinking

We can help you solve your talent challenges through our unique blend of psychology, technology and expertise. Talk to us today about how we can partner with you to build brilliant talent solutions.

To start using PAPI in your talent management process, talk to a Talogy talent expert today.

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Discover the power of personality with the PAPI personality test

Discover the power of personality with the PAPI personality test

Talk to a Talogy talent expert

Assess personality for role suitability and deep development

Pivotal insight at all stages of the talent life cycle

Identify the best talent

Strengthen hiring decisions

Discover talent for specialist roles

Enhance insight for managers

Develop your workforce

Why the PAPI personality test

Science

Be versatile – anywhere:

Personalise to your audience:

Go deeper:

Flexibility

Engage your candidates:

Discover dynamic reporting:

Personalise and create impact:

What you need to know about PAPI

Looks at 7 factors of personality, split into 26 need and role scales

Big-picture thinking

To start using PAPI in your talent management process, talk to a Talogy talent expert today.

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