How to add a personality assessment for hiring
To add a personality assessment in Truffle, switch on Assessments with Personality chosen on Build position, pick Standard or Express, and set a direction, Balanced or Not important for each of five work-style traits. Results come back as High, Mid or Low against what the role needs, next to everything else you know about the candidate, and you decide.
Key takeaways
- Personality looks at work style. Switch on Assessments on Build position and choose Personality. It can run on its own or alongside resume screening, a one-way interview and the other assessments.
- Standard is 50 statements and about 5 minutes, the usual choice for most roles. Express is 20 statements and about 3 minutes, for high-volume roles where speed matters.
- You set the five traits yourself, and Truffle never suggests a direction. Each direction is shown with its own trade-off, so there is no profile marked best.
- Balanced scores a trait without picking a side and flags extremes either way. Not important leaves it unscored. Every trait needs a choice, and at least one must be scored.
- Results come back as High, Mid or Low against what you chose, with an interview prompt for each gap. The result rejects no one.
- Assessments cost 2 credits per candidate, charged when a candidate completes them.
Add a personality assessment to a position in Truffle, set up in about a minute.
You switch on Assessments and choose Personality, pick a length, and set what the role needs on five work-style traits. Truffle never suggests these. Candidates rate statements about how they work, and the result shows how their tendencies line up with what you chose, as High, Mid or Low, with an interview prompt for every gap.
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Here’s a personality assessment on a position, set up in a few minutes. Let’s add one. Start a position as usual. On Build position, switch on Assessments, and choose Personality. It looks at work style. Assessments cost two credits per candidate. And the budget bar shows the candidate’s time: about five minutes. On Configure screening, you choose what the role needs. Truffle never suggests these. There are five traits, like how someone handles detail, other people, and pressure. For each, pick a direction, Balanced, or Not important. Last, review your setup, and activate. Results come back as High, Mid or Low, against what the role needs, shown next to everything else. You decide. Start free at hiretruffle.com.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Truffle choose the traits for me?
- No. Truffle can suggest switching Personality on and which length fits the role, but it never suggests a trait direction. You choose a direction, Balanced or Not important for each of the five traits.
- Should I pick Standard or Express?
- Standard is 50 statements and about 5 minutes, and the product describes it as more reliable and the usual choice for most roles. Express is 20 statements and about 3 minutes, for high-volume roles where speed matters.
- What do Balanced and Not important do?
- Balanced scores the trait without preferring a direction and flags extremes either way. Not important leaves the trait out of the result, which shows it as Not scored. You need a choice on all five traits, and at least one must be something other than Not important.
- Does a personality result reject candidates?
- No. The result shows how a candidate's tendencies line up with what you chose, with interview prompts for the gaps. It rejects no one. The only automatic rejection in Truffle is a qualification check you set to Reject automatically.
- Is the personality assessment validated?
- It is built on the Big Five personality model, using validated, public-domain research. Candidates rate statements about how they work. Results describe tendencies and how they compare with your preferences. They do not label a candidate with a personality type.
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