In today's world, almost all jobs require collaboration with others. Use the module "Working with others" to assess how candidates typically work with colleagues, customers, or reports.
<aside> 🚓 This module uses a bias-reducing question technique.
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<aside> 👩🔬 This module is enabled by recent scientific research.
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For thousands of years, circles have been used in various ways to map the breadth of human behavior. For example, ancient Greek astrology divided the sky into twelve equal parts of a circle and derived the star signs. Do you remember yours? ♈ ♊ 🔮
The "Interpersonal Circle" is not as well known, but is based on the same tradition of circles. The difference between the two? The Interpersonal Circle is much more effective in predicting and describing human behavior than its ancient predecessor. Convince yourself, either by browsing the huge amount of Google Scholar publications on the topic or start with one of our top scholarly references.
The interpersonal circle tells us that we can describe all sorts of interpersonal behaviors (like making someone laugh) as a mixture of extraversion and agreeableness. Seems very simple at first glance but is also very powerful and deep. By combining both overall traits we can find out how candidates interact with others.
Here is an example to illustrate how we can use the model to assess candidates:
Any mix of🧑✈️ and ❤️ brings benefits and challenges. Candidates who have strong assertiveness and compassion can engage and persuade others quite well, according to the interpersonal circle. However, it also shows that others may find the candidates intrusive, too talkative, or too open. Using the Interpersonal Circle as a basis for evaluating candidates, you can uncover the two sides of the coin.
The module includes four short comparison questions. The comparisons are based on validated psychometric measurement instruments, such as the BFAS and IPIP-IPC. HiPeople's twist: Each comparison represents positive aspects of opposite characteristics. For example, "avoids being the center of attention" is a typical behavior for people who are not assertive, while "does most of the talking" is the direct opposite, as it is a sign of assertiveness.