Assesments
At TAI, we leverage over 30 years of experience in selection science to enhance the hiring process for organizations. Our founders, a team of senior academics and HR practitioners, have developed proprietary assessments based on rigorous research, focusing on the Big 5 personality traits, cognitive abilities, and competency-based evaluations. We aim to minimize selection errors by applying Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, ensuring a reliable and objective process. By integrating modern online assessments and ongoing development resources, TAI helps organizations make informed hiring decisions, improve candidate experience, and achieve their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.
JAQ — Job Analysis Questionnaire
The Job Analysis Questionnaire (JAQ) is designed to pinpoint the key skills needed for a job, making it easier to find the right candidates. It enhances the accuracy of candidate selection and can be tailored for different job families. The JAQ efficiently gathers insights from experts and offers detailed behavioral assessments. It also helps validate the competencies needed for interviews, reducing hiring mistakes and ultimately streamlining the hiring process to boost overall organizational efficiency.
CAQ — Cognitive Ability Questionnaire
The CAQ 2 focuses on assessing essential cognitive skills, not language, so non-native speakers aren’t at a disadvantage. It tests both analytical and creative thinking through numerical and abstract reasoning, helping predict how well candidates will handle complex tasks. It can also be customized with additional skills tests like mechanical reasoning or IT, depending on the job. The test is timed to see how candidates perform under pressure, and those who score well are less likely to rely on others for problem-solving. Overall, it provides a fair and accurate assessment of a candidate’s potential.
PAQ — Professional Alignment Questionnaire
The PAQ assesses candidates for non-managerial professional roles, ensuring they are qualified, motivated, and aligned with organizational needs. It’s tailored for senior analytical positions like accountants and engineers, evaluating key personality traits across the Big Five domains. The PAQ minimizes response distortion for more accurate results and complements behavioral interviews, providing insights into a candidate’s ability, commitment, and cultural fit. It also identifies potential future leaders for long-term development. Only certified TAI Test Administrators interpret the results, ensuring professionalism and accuracy.
SAQ — The Sales Alignment Questionnaire
The SAQ improves hiring for sales roles by assessing candidates through 15 scales based on the Big Five personality traits. It reduces response distortion for reliable insights and focuses on strengths and areas for development, rather than labeling candidates as "good" or "bad." Taking just 15-20 minutes to complete online, the SAQ helps interviewers prepare effectively. Results are interpreted by certified TAI Test Administrators, ensuring accuracy and proper use of assessment data.
MAQ — Management Alignment Questionnaire
The MAQ aids in hiring effective leaders by evaluating 22 personality facets based on the Big Five traits. It minimizes response distortion for accurate assessments and offers insights into candidates' alignment with organizational culture and their potential for success.
Taking 20-25 minutes to complete, the assessment includes measures for self-report accuracy and generates detailed reports with comprehensive ratings. Only certified TAI Test Administrators interpret the results, ensuring reliable insights for informed hiring decisions.
LAQ — Leadership Alignment Questionnaire
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing work environment, traditional skills are no longer enough. Organizations need employees who can adapt quickly, learn on the fly, and effectively tackle new challenges. This is where Learning Agility Quotient (LAQ) comes in. LAQ is an essential metric that measures an individual’s ability to learn, adapt, and apply new knowledge and skills across various situations.
360° Competency Based Questionnaires
360° Competency-Based Questionnaires are a comprehensive assessment tool designed to evaluate an individual’s competencies from multiple perspectives. This method gathers feedback from a variety of sources—self-assessments, peers, subordinates, supervisors, and sometimes external stakeholders—offering a well-rounded view of an employee's skills and behaviors. By focusing on competencies, it measures not only what individuals do but how they do it, highlighting both strengths and areas for development.
Big 5 Based Personality Questionnaires
Big 5 Based Personality Questionnaires are a widely recognized tool for assessing the core dimensions of an individual’s personality. This assessment is rooted in the Five Factor Model (FFM), which evaluates individuals based on five key traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability. By examining these traits, organizations can gain valuable insights into how a person is likely to behave in different work environments, interact with others, and respond to various challenges. It’s a powerful tool for understanding not just how people perform, but also what drives them and influences their behavior.