Think Talent
Personality
Inventory
(TTPI)
Explainer Note
January 2023
First created on 28 November 2022
About TTPI
No personality type is better than one another. But a complete awareness about your personality
helps in highlighting your key strengths and that in turn helps in better life decisions.
• Think Talent Personality Inventory (TTPI) is an online
Created in
150K
self-rated Psychometric Personality Test [1 ] . 2015 participants
• Based on globally popular ‘Big Five Personality Theory’
Validated by industry- Only in 2022, deployed more
by Costa and McCrae. leading Subject Matter than 25,000+ TTPI
Experts assessments.
• The instrument is designed to provide insights on an
individual’s orientation on key workplace success
factors [2] given as a personality profile [3] . 10+ 150+
countries organisations
[1] A psychome t r ic t e st is an y st an dar dize d te st use d t o asse ss inte lle ct, skills, ability, aptitude , inte r e sts, o r pe r sonality .
Deployed for participants in Used in industries like
[2 ] The instr umen t is aime d t o pr o vide additional insights into the Par ticipant’s over all pr ofil e and shouldn’t be conside r e d India and across the globe. Manufacturing, Banking, IT,
in isolation whe n t akin g wo r kplace de cisions. BPO, Pharma, Healthcare etc.
[3] The pe r sonalit y pr o file co n sist s o f 2 0 ke y tr aits which affe ct wor k pe r for mance .
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History of the Big Five (the OCEAN Model)
Personality refers to an individual's distinct way of thinking,
feeling, and acting. These patterns are usually persistent over
time.
Openness
After decades of research on personality, the general taxonomy
of personality traits emerged in 1980s, i.e., the Big Five
personality dimensions, also known as the “Big Five” or the
Neuroticism Conscientiousness
‘OCEAN Model’ - Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion,
Agreeableness & Neuroticism. Personality
These dimensions are highly broad in nature. Each of the
dimensions encapsulates a wide range of distinct, more
specific personality traits.
Agreeableness Extraversion
While there is no single instrument that represents the gold
standard of Personality measurement, Costa and McCrae's
NEO-PI is the most comprehensive measure (1985), which is
also the base for the TTPI Instrument.
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Mapping TTPI Reported Traits to Big Five
Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism
Imagination and insight Thoughtfulness, impulse control, Excitability, sociability, Trust, altruism, kindness, and Sadness, moodiness, and
and goal-directed talkativeness, and assertiveness affection emotional instability
People with a high level of openness
tend to have a diverse set of interests. Highly conscientious people are Extraverts are outgoing and tend to People with high agreeableness tend to Individuals with high neuroticism are
They are fascinated by the world and organized and detail-oriented. They gain energy in social situations. Being be more cooperative, whereas those prone to mood swings, anxiety,
other people, and they are eager to plan ahead of time, consider how their in the company of others makes them with low agreeableness tend to be irritability, and sadness. Those with low
learn new things and have new actions affect others, and keep feel energized and excited. more competitive. neuroticism are more stable and
experiences. deadlines in mind. emotionally resilient.
Meticulous
Adaptable Persuasive Co-operative Time Conscious
Achievement
Creative Optimism Empathy Self-Conscious
Orientation
Inquisitive Outgoing Transparent Stress Management
Dependable
Risk Taking Dynamic Modest Temperamental
Focused
TTPI Personality Traits
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TTPI Personality Traits - Description
Trait Description Low Score High Score
Relates to the drive to set and achieve ambitious
Unambitious, Sets targets low, Tends to go Ambitious, Achieving, Thrives on
Achievement Orientation goals, and the willingness to take on challenges to
raise the bar in terms of work commitment. with the flow Challenges
Focuses on the flexibility and openness to change,
Inflexible Behavior patterns, Resistant to Embraces change, Enjoys learning new
Adaptable their willingness and ability to adapt to new
situations and environments Change things
Explores one's inclination towards collaboration,
Individualistic and Self-Centered, Prefers Collaborative and Consultative, Able to
Co-operative consultation and putting others' interests ahead of
their own to work Independently get along with others
Explores one's level of creativity, innovative
Mundane, Doesn't innovate or seek Innovative, Generates new ideas and
Creative thinking, and ability to find experimental and novel
solutions alternatives solutions
Focuses on one's responsibility seeking behaviour,
Avoids Responsibility, Not concerned Takes Responsibility, Inherently rule
Dependable adherence to rules and ability to work with minimal
supervision about rules following
Relates to the energy level, focus of activity and Low energy, Easily fatigued, Likes to work
Dynamic Energetic, and Tireless, Multi-tasker
ability to handle high-stress levels of an individual on one task at a time
Explores one's depth and insight of relationships,
Limited ability to understand and bond Sympathetic, Able to understand other’s
Empathy sensitivity to others' feelings and ability to see
issues from another person's perspective with others point of view
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TTPI Personality Traits - Description
Trait Description Low Score High Score
Focuses on the attention span, concentration level, High level of concentration, Will keep
Focused Low Attention, Gets easily Distracted
and susceptibility to distractions focusing on a single task till its completed
Explores an individual's curiosity, openness to new Not curious, Sticks to the familiar, tried Curious, Open to new ideas, Thinks deeply
Inquisitive
ideas and willingness to probe issues and tested methods about issues
Relates to one’s preference for structure, methodical Unplanned and Unstructured, Planned and Highly Systematic, Gets into
Meticulous
way of working and attention to detail Spontaneous, Unconcerned with details very fine details
Focuses on humility, unassuming nature, and Boastful ,Center of Attention, Likes to .Unassuming, Humble, Avoids talking
Modest
willingness to avoid being in the centre of attention discuss Personal Success about own Success
Relates to the outlook on life, whether they expect
Pessimistic, Expects the worst to happen, Positive Outlook, Sees the good in any
Optimism things to work out for the best and level of
preparation for the worst Always anticipates pitfalls situation, Ignores potential Pitfalls
Explores one’s sociability, outgoing nature,
Reserved, Stays aloof, Likes to work Sociable, Makes new contacts easily,
Outgoing preference for social and work-related networking
and interactive work environment independently Prefers to work with others
Identifies the impact and assertiveness,
Unassertive, Prefers a low key style, Assertive and Impactful, Gets others to
Persuasive effectiveness at convincing others and changing
mindsets Uncomfortable pushing own opinions agree with own point of view
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TTPI Personality Traits - Description
Trait Description Low Score High Score
Relates to impulsiveness, intuitive decision-making Safe and Cautious Approach, Avoids taking Follows the “Gut feeling”, Takes decision
Risk Taking
style, acceptance of failure and level of caution Risks based on intuition than logic or data
Identifies one’s sensitivity to taking offense, ability Thick-skinned, Difficult to offend, Open to Easily Offended, Sensitive to Criticism and
Self-Conscious
to laugh at oneself and openness to criticism Criticism and Personal feedback Personal Feedback
Explores the ability to handle stress, manage Anxious, Constant Worrying, deals poorly Calm, Assured, Resilient, Can handle
Stress Management
emotions and recover from setbacks with stress pressure
Focuses on the level of emotional investment in
Placid, logical, Little Expression of Highly Emotional, Lets feelings impact
Temperamental issues, ease of understanding emotions, and
tendency to act on feelings rather than logic Emotion Judgment and Decisions
Explores one's concern for meeting deadlines, time
Casual about Deadlines, Poor Time Strictly adheres to Timelines, Deadline-
Time Conscious management skills and ability to complete tasks on
time Management Focused
Relates to one’s level of secrecy and willingness to Secretive, Guarded and suspicious of
Transparent Open, Straightforward and Trusting
share information, and trust in others' motives others' motives
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TTPI Instrument Overview
TTPI is a self-rated assessment designed as an ipsative (forced-choice) questionnaire. It takes about 15-20 minutes to
complete the TTPI assessment.
The participant is presented with 120 statements – divided in 30 sets. Each set contains four statements. For each set, the
participant is required to choose which statement is the most true for them and which statement is the least true for them.
They must choose ‘one most’ and ‘one least’ in every set even if, in some cases, there is not a very strong preference.
Upon completion of the assessment, the individual report can be accessed by the participant, the coach or the HR
manager immediately.
DID YOU KNOW?
All Think Talent
Assessments are
compatible with
multiple Indian and
global languages.
A snapshot from the TTPI instrument as hosted on Think Talent Next Platform. Click here to experience Next platform.
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TTPI Development Report Overview
The TTPI Development Report is based on Sten scores. A Sten score represents the strength of each trait for the participant
compared with the norm group [1] . Sten scores are depicted as scores on a 1 to 10 scale. The TTPI Report has two sections -
Profile Overview is a one-page visual representation of the Trait-wise Interpretation narrates the meaning of the
individual across all twenty personality traits. The central participant’s Sten score on each specific trait. Note that
band (Sten 5 and 6) represents the average. Scores to the left each score is described independently and inter-
and right indicate more pronounced behavioral tendencies. relations between traits are not considered.
A snapshot from the profile overview as presented in a participant’s TTPI report. A snapshot from the Trait-wise Interpretation as presented in a participant’s TTPI report.
[1]TTPI is nor me d o n In dian po pulat io n be twe e n the age s o f 2 0 – 60 ye ar s. The Cr onbach A lpha (r e liability coe fficie nt) for the TTPI tr aits ar e nor mally distr ibute d in the r ange o f 0.6 t o 0.8 . 8
Applications of TTPI
Career Developmental
Self-awareness
Guidance Tool
Recruitment Managerial Training Needs
and Selection Effectiveness Analysis
Leadership Executive
Development Coaching
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