Personality type quiz

The focus of your attention

Read the following statements and decide which of the two options best describes how you prefer to do things.

There's no right or wrong, just follow your first instinct!

Find out what type of role or organisation will suit you best.

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1. When trying to understand a situation, are you most likely to focus on:

2. When you recall the last book you read or film you saw, do you find it easier to:

3. If you bought a new piece of flat pack furniture for your student house, do you first:

4. You have a part time job where you've got to do quite repetitive tasks. Do you enjoy the initial challenge of:

5. When given instructions for a project or assignment, do you prefer:

A

Facts and figures, data. What you can see or have experienced in the past.

B

'Gut response', intuition, imagination of what COULD be, the possibilities.

A

Remember the detail, the plot, characters and what happened, the specifics.

B

Recall an impression or the 'big picture' overview of the storyline and themes. See patterns or meanings or even see connections to other similar books or films.

A

Get out the instructions, count the screws, check all the pieces are there and unbroken and follow the instructions step by step.

B

Check the instructions, get an overall general impression and then get started!

A

Following the suggested procedures for completing the task but try to do the job better, quicker and improve your personal targets.

B

Exploring how the job could be done differently and trying to find ways to improve the system or protocols to improve efficiency.

A

Information that is accurate and precise with a set approach to completing the task.

B

The ambiguity and potential to creatively complete the assignment.

Your results: Mostly A's

Based on your responses, you are more likely to enjoy working in a role or organisation where you can:

Follow instructions and deal with data, facts or information
Have an attention to detail and work in a methodical way
Develop new ideas that have a practical application
Have a clear remit, roles and responsibilities and these are relatively fixed and stable
Refer to past experience, and data to see how things can be improved or implemented
Do things in the right way
Focus on the present

Your results: Mostly B's

Based on your responses, you are more likely to enjoy working in an environment where you:

Have flexibility, creativity and can use your intuition to try new things
Can improve things and find new ways of doing things
Feel comfortable with change or uncertainty - even relishing change and variety
Can do things your own way
Learn new things
Focus on the future

Personality type quiz

1. When trying to understand a situation, are you most likely to focus on:

2. When you recall the last book you read or film you saw, do you find it easier to:

3. If you bought a new piece of flat pack furniture for your student house, do you first:

4. You have a part time job where you've got to do quite repetitive tasks. Do you enjoy the initial challenge of:

5. When given instructions for a project or assignment, do you prefer:

A

Facts and figures, data. What you can see or have experienced in the past.

B

'Gut response', intuition, imagination of what COULD be, the possibilities.

A

Remember the detail, the plot, characters and what happened, the specifics.

B

Recall an impression or the 'big picture' overview of the storyline and themes. See patterns or meanings or even see connections to other similar books or films.

A

Get out the instructions, count the screws, check all the pieces are there and unbroken and follow the instructions step by step.

B

Check the instructions, get an overall general impression and then get started!

A

Following the suggested procedures for completing the task but try to do the job better, quicker and improve your personal targets.

B

Exploring how the job could be done differently and trying to find ways to improve the system or protocols to improve efficiency.

A

Information that is accurate and precise with a set approach to completing the task.

B

The ambiguity and potential to creatively complete the assignment.

Your results: Mostly A's

Based on your responses, you are more likely to enjoy working in a role or organisation where you can:

Follow instructions and deal with data, facts or information

Have an attention to detail and work in a methodical way

Develop new ideas that have a practical application

Have a clear remit, roles and responsibilities and these are relatively fixed and stable

Refer to past experience, and data to see how things can be improved or implemented

Do things in the right way

Focus on the present

Your results: Mostly B's

Based on your responses, you are more likely to enjoy working in an environment where you:

Have flexibility, creativity and can use your intuition to try new things

Can improve things and find new ways of doing things

Feel comfortable with change or uncertainty - even relishing change and variety

Can do things your own way

Learn new things

Focus on the future