A PERSONALITY TEST FOR
WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT
HOW DO OTHERS SEE THEM?



This is an actual personality test given by the Human Relations departments at many major corporations today to help the them gain better insight about their current and potential employees. The results will give you an idea of how others see you, and help you understand why they act and react the way they do. Remember that they all have their own business personas too.

Check off the best choice for each of the following ten questions as they apply to you now, not who you were in the past or would like to be in the future.

1) When do you feel your best?

a) In the morning
b) During the afternoon and early evening
c) Late at night

2) You usually walk:
a) Fairly fast, with long steps
b) Fairly fast, with short, quick steps
c) Less fast, head up, looking the world in the face
d) Less fast, head down
e) Very slowly

3) When talking to people you:

a) Stand with your arms folded
b) Have your hands clasped
c) Have one or both your hands on your hips
d) Touch or push the person to whom you are talking
e) Play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair

4) When relaxing, you sit with:

a) Your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b) Your legs crossed
c) Your legs stretched out or straight/td>
d) One leg curled under you

5) When something really amuses you, you react with:

a) A big, appreciative laugh
b) A laugh, but not a loud one
c) A quiet chuckle
d) A sheepish smile

6) When you go to a party or social gathering, you:

a) Make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) Make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c) Make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7) You’re working very hard, concentrating hard, and you’re interrupted. Do you:

a) Welcome the break
b) Feel extremely irritated
c) Vary between the two extremes

8) Which of the following colors do you like most?

a) Red or orange
b) Black
c) Yellow or light blue
e) Dark blue or purple
f) White
g) Brown or gray

9) When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep, you lie:

a) Stretched out on your back
b) Stretched out face down on your stomach
c) On your side, slightly curled
d) With your head on one arm
e) With your head under the covers

10) You often dream that you are:

a) Falling
b) Fighting or struggling
c) Searching for something or somebody
d) Flying or floating
e) You usually have dreamless sleep
f) Your dreams are always pleasant

Personality Test Scoring Sheet

1a 25a 69a 7
1b 45b 49b 6
1c 65c 39c 4
---5d 59d 2
---5e 29e 1

2a 66a 610a 4
2b 46b 410b 2
2c 76c 210c 3
2d 2---10d 5
2e 1---10e 6
------10f 1

3a 47a 6
3b 27b 2
3c 57c 4
3d 7---
3e 6---

4a 48a 6
4b 68b 7
4c 28c 5
4d 18d 4
---8e 3
---8f 2
---8g 1

Total Your Answers________


Interpreting Your Personality Test

IF YOU SCORED OVER 60 POINTS ON THE PERSONALITY TEST

Others see you as someone they should “handle with care.” You’re seen as vain, self-centered, and one who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don’t always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

IF YOU SCORED 51 TO 50 POINTS

Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader who is quick to make decisions though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS

Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who is constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate and understanding, someone who will always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS

Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful and practical. They see you as clever, gifted or talented, but modest. They see you as a person who doesn’t make friends too quickly or easily, but someone who is extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS

Others see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

IF YOU SCORED UNDER 21 POINTS ON THE PERSONALITY TEST

Others see you as shy, nervous and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn’t want to get involved with anyone or anything. They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don’t exist. Some people even think you are boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren’t.

SMILE! It was only a personality test, but you might want to rethink your career move into management.

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