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Psychometric tests help you understand a candidate’s personality and behavioral traits, not just their technical skills. Equip offers the two most widely used psychometric tests in hiring: DISC and OCEAN. Both are standardized and ready to add to any assessment.

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Available Psychometric Tests

Psychometric tests carry no points and do not contribute to the overall assessment score. Use them to understand candidates, not to rank them.
Psychometric tests work on mobile devices and have no enforced time limit. The durations above are typical completion times.

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DISC

The DISC test measures a candidate’s behavior and personality across four dimensions:
  • Dominance
  • Influence
  • Steadiness
  • Conscientiousness
DISC focuses on how a candidate behaves and communicates. It is a good fit when you care about working style, collaboration, and how someone interacts with a team.
Not sure which test to pick? Read DISC vs OCEAN on the Equip blog.

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OCEAN (Big Five)

The OCEAN test, also known as the Big Five or Five Factor Personality Model, evaluates five core traits:
  • Openness
  • Conscientiousness
  • Extraversion
  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism
OCEAN goes deeper than behaviour. It profiles the stable personality traits that shape how a candidate thinks and works over the long term.
Both tests are standardized, so you cannot add, remove, or view individual questions. To ask your own behavioral questions, create a custom quiz with MCQs instead.

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Add a Psychometric Test to an Assessment

1

Open the assessment builder

Create a new assessment from the Assessments Dashboard, or open the settings of an existing one.
2

Select the Psychometric test type

In the Tests tab, choose Psychometric, then pick DISC or OCEAN.
3

Save and invite candidates

Save the assessment, then invite candidates by email or share the assessment link. Each test costs 1 credit per candidate.
Add Psychometric Test dialog in the assessment builder listing the DISC test and the OCEAN (Big Five Personality) test, each with a short description and an Add button

The Add Psychometric Test dialog offers DISC and OCEAN

You can freely combine a psychometric test with skill tests like quizzes or coding challenges in the same assessment.

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Reading the Results

Instead of a score, each candidate’s result shows a personality graph. Hover over the graph to see each trait’s description and an interpretation of the candidate’s result.
Want to see what candidates and hiring managers get? Download a sample psychometric report (PDF).

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Testing Already Shortlisted Candidates

Candidates cannot retake or extend a finished assessment, so if you want shortlisted candidates to take a psychometric test, invite them to a second assessment.
1

Export your shortlist

Open the Shortlisted tab of your assessment results and click Export Results to download the candidate list.
2

Create a psychometric assessment

Create a new assessment containing just the DISC or OCEAN test.
3

Invite the shortlisted candidates

Send email invitations to the addresses in the export.