Free · 12 minutes

Work Style Profile

Twelve minutes, thirty-two questions, and a straight answer about how you work best — plus the kinds of roles that tend to suit it.

Answer for how you actually are at work, not how you would like to be. There are no better or worse results.
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1A busy office with people talking around me helps me work, rather than distracts me.

Disagree Agree

2After a long day of meetings I usually feel energised rather than drained.

Disagree Agree

3I do my clearest thinking alone, before I say anything out loud.

Disagree Agree

4I would rather call someone than send a long message.

Disagree Agree

5In a group discussion I tend to speak only once I have something worked out.

Disagree Agree

6I find it easy to start a conversation with someone I have just met.

Disagree Agree

7A quiet weekend at home restores me more than going out.

Disagree Agree

8I prefer a few close working relationships to a wide network.

Disagree Agree

9I trust what has been tested and proven more than a promising new idea.

Disagree Agree

10I notice practical details that others walk past.

Disagree Agree

11I am drawn to how things could be more than to how they are.

Disagree Agree

12Give me clear step-by-step instructions over a general direction.

Disagree Agree

13I often connect ideas from unrelated areas.

Disagree Agree

14I get restless doing the same task the same way for long.

Disagree Agree

15I would rather improve something that works than start over.

Disagree Agree

16I enjoy imagining several ways a project could go before choosing one.

Disagree Agree

17When I disagree with a decision, I argue the logic rather than how it feels.

Disagree Agree

18Before deciding, I think about who will be affected and how they will take it.

Disagree Agree

19I would rather be told the honest problem than have it softened.

Disagree Agree

20Keeping the team on good terms matters as much as reaching the right answer.

Disagree Agree

21I can hold a position that is unpopular if I believe the reasoning is sound.

Disagree Agree

22I find it hard to give critical feedback without worrying about the person.

Disagree Agree

23Fairness means the same rule applied to everyone.

Disagree Agree

24Fairness means taking each person's situation into account.

Disagree Agree

25I feel calmer once a plan is agreed and the dates are fixed.

Disagree Agree

26I do my best work close to the deadline.

Disagree Agree

27I keep a list, and I like crossing things off it.

Disagree Agree

28A day that changes shape as it goes suits me fine.

Disagree Agree

29Leaving a decision open bothers me more than making the wrong call.

Disagree Agree

30I would rather keep options open than commit early.

Disagree Agree

31I like to finish one task properly before starting the next.

Disagree Agree

32I usually have several things on the go at once.

Disagree Agree
HOW TO READ YOUR RESULT

This is a reflection tool, not a test you pass or fail, and not a medical or psychological assessment.

Four-letter work style questionnaires are popular because they are readable and easy to talk about. They are also imprecise: research consistently finds that a significant share of people get a different result when they retake one weeks later, because most people sit near the middle of at least one axis rather than firmly on one side.

So treat the result as a starting point for thinking, never as a verdict. If a description does not sound like you, it is the description that is wrong.

WHAT IT IS GOOD FOR

- Putting words to something you already suspected about how you work
- Preparing for interview questions about working style and teamwork
- Noticing where your natural approach costs you, and planning around it

WHAT IT IS NOT FOR

- Deciding whether to hire someone. We do not let employers search by result, and we never will
- Ruling yourself out of a career. Every type succeeds in every field
- Explaining away a habit you would rather change
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