Management Personality Tests: The Complete Preparation Resource You Need

The management personality test is a crucial step for determining whether you progress to a managerial position. JobTestPrep has the resources you need to pass and get hired. Read on to learn all about the test's format, the desirable character traits, scoring, test strategies, and everything else you need.

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  • Topics Covered: Personality Test
  • Includes: “Single Trait Practice," study guide & score report
Management Personality Test Practice
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  • Full-length, 233-question, professional personality test
  • "Single Trait Practice" – customized to your needs
  • Analysis of 30 traits seen on popular employment personality tests 
  • Adaptive reports to your specific position
  • The complete "How to Pass a Personality Test" guide
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  • Immediate online access, practice 24/7

Please use a desktop computer when using this pack, as the personality practice test is not fully supported on mobile devices.

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Management personality tests, like the majority of personality tests, contain questions of different varieties:

  • True/false questions – decide whether a statement regarding yourself is true or false
  • Scaled questions – choose your level of agreement (usually on a scale of 1-5) with a given statement
  • Multiple choice questions – choose the correct answer from a set of options
  • Ipsative – compare two or more desirable options and pick the one that is most preferred
  • Pymetrics - This new test format is a series of 12-16 games, intended to assess your actual behavior, making them more sophisticated and less prone to bias.

Get Prepared for the Management Personality Test

In this job market, it is essential to be well-prepared for the hiring process. JobTestPrep will help you get ready with our preparation pack complete with a full-length professional personality test, analysis of the 50 traits seen on popular employment personality tests, and a complete "How to Pass a Personality Test" guide, among other features. Our "Single Trait Practice" is customized to your needs. Read on to learn more about this and all that we offer in our Management Personality Test PrepPack™.


"Single Trait Practice"

Our "Single Trait Practice" for all 50 traits offers the following benefits:

  • You can work on each trait independently at your own pace and as you see fit.
  • You can practice each trait to understand its nature and optimize your answer accordingly on the real test.
  • You can save precious time by practicing only the trait for which you need to optimize your answer.
  • You can use our professional guide to receive the full answer breakdown for each one of the traits.
  • You can optimize the way you present yourself on every aspect of your personality profile.

Strategies for Acing the Test

Tip #1 - Think Like a Manager

A commonly heard complaint regarding personality tests is that the questions can be answered in different ways based one's mood, role, etc. The first tip in taking the management personality test is that you must think like a manager only. Answer the questions with only that role in mind to optimize your answers to the position.

Tip #2 - The Time Element

While some management personality tests are timed, there is no need to worry about not having enough time. The test is timed so that it is difficult to spend too long on each question, which prevents "gaming" the test by fabricating answers. If you take the test as it is supposed to be taken, you should have more than enough time.

See our personality test tips page for more information.


Interpreting the Score Report

On the management personality test, the traits are measured through the use of scales. Each scale has a predetermined "ideal" range based on the characteristics that are predicted to lead to success in a management position. The ideal range is often marked in green, the neutral range in yellow, and the non-ideal range in red. Below is a sample of managerial characteristics, their definition as they relate to the manager's role, and the ideal ranges. Unlock the full list of characteristics, definitions, and scales in the complete personality test prep pack.


Decoding the Questions

Although the management personality test may appear to be daunting, it becomes quite simple once you understand what each question is really asking. Generally, leadership qualities are being examined in various ways; once you identify these essential traits, you will understand what the purpose of each question is, and consequently, how to approach the test.


Desirable Personality Traits for Managers

There is a variety of characteristics that are indicators of future success as a manager. The manager personality assessment focuses on the traits below in determining a candidate's potential future success in this job role. There are also different levels of managers, and there are different core personality traits for each one. JobTestPrep's reports give customized feedback according to the managerial level:

  • Faith in People
  • Decisiveness
  • Adaptability
  • Dominance
  • Independent Mindedness
  • Routine Aversion
  • Sensitivity
  • Empathy
  • Artistic Ability
  • Directness
  • Ambitiousness
  • Conscientiousness


For the full list of characteristics, get our complete personality test pack.