SHL Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ)

  • Work preference assessment trusted by top employers worldwide
  • Get clear reports interpreted by our certified experts
  • Select the best-fit candidates for your role

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Overview

Discover candidate work personality, motivations, and behaviors with the SHL Occupational Personality Questionnaire, one of the world’s most trusted personality tests in hiring.

Interpreted by OPQ trained experts and tailored reports for your role, the SHL OPQ is designed to reduce risk and timeto-hire through identifying the best-fit candidates for your company culture.

Gain actionable insights to hire fairer and boost retention with this engaging assessment experience.

BENEFITS

BESPOKE COST-
EFFECTIVE HIRING

Simplified feedback sessions and detailed candidate reports to ensure you hire the best-fit employees for your business’ culture and evolving needs.

REDUCED RISK
OF MIS-HIRES

The SHL OPQ is scientifically proven to predict job fit. Aligned with the right work environment for them, candidates will perform better and stay longer.

REDUCED
BIAS

The OPQ selects candidates based on personality traits and job fit rather than bias; promoting fair, compliant hiring and a diverse, inclusive workforce.

TAILORED TO THE ROLE AND COMPANY

Customize the OPQ for your personality framework, company culture, and team preferences. Flexibly quantify reporting for an overall job-fit score.

Make informed hiring decisions that foster a strong, cohesive team. GET IN TOUCH

SMARTER, FASTER, AND MORE EFFECTIVE HIRING STARTS NOW

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HEAR WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US

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Sergey

Director, Talent Management

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Well received by the recruitment community. The assessments were easy to use, easy to setup and easy to understand. The reports were also very clear to read and integrated with our current assessments such as Hogan.
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Jason Steers

Digital Lead

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Assess Candidates’ Situational Judgment Test helped to expand our recruitment process and provided extra insights into our candidates. It also provided valuable candidate experience during a key part of the recruitment process which proved beneficial to them in their role.
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TIPS WHEN USING
THE SHL OPQ

  • At later stages of recruitment, accompany the SHL Occupational Personality test with other candidate selection tools, such as structured job interviews and assessment center exercises
    • These can delve deeper into candidates’ preferences and personality traits which are first highlighted in the personality questionnaire
  • Research shows using multiple assessment methods increases the validity of results significantly
  • This ensures fully-informed, objective hiring decisions

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