The MAP personality test provides a picture of different aspects of your personality, such as how determined, outgoing and open you are.

You don’t need to worry about giving the ‘wrong’ answers when you take the test, as no personality is better or worse than any other.

MAP is one of the most common personality tests on the market and measures different aspects of an individual’s personality.

The web-based self-assessment questionnaire contains 200 statements. Your task is to rate how well these statements apply to you.

What does MAP measure?

Conscientiousness
How do you approach tasks and goals? Do you prefer structure, persistence, and well-considered decisions, and how important is it for you to meet standards?

Emotional Stability
How do you react when facing setbacks or challenges? To what extent do you remain calm, confident, and optimistic, and how much control do you feel over your emotions?

Openness
How open are you to change and new ideas? To what degree do you value variety, creativity, and intellectual curiosity in your approach to the world?

Extraversion
How comfortable are you being the center of attention? How much do you seek out social connections, positive experiences, and a fast pace of work?

Agreeableness
How much do you trust others, and to what extent do you show empathy, seek harmony, and avoid conflict in your interactions?

There is no such thing as the ‘right’ personality

In recruitment, candidates’ test results are usually matched against a requirements profile for the role.

Depending on the role in question, certain characteristics are more important than others.

In some professional roles, for example, you may need to be highly extroverted and determined to succeed, while in other professional roles this is not as important.

There is no advantage in being dishonest or thinking too much about how you might be expected to answer when taking the test. Ultimately, you don’t want a job that doesn’t suit your personality.

Some behaviours come easily and naturally to us, while others require more energy.

If you find yourself in a role where you constantly have to make an effort, for example by maintaining a lot of customer contacts even though you are not outgoing, there is a risk that over time you will become overly stressed and insecure and therefore neither perform well nor feel good.

What do you gain from taking the MAP personality test?

In addition to giving you a chance to show different sides of yourself during the recruitment process, the test results can also contribute to increased self-insight.

Perhaps there are behaviours you want to change, and others you want to highlight and take advantage of.

If you have a clear picture of your personality, it is easier to see which jobs and contexts suit you.

Read more about our MAP personality test here.