Managerial and Professional Assessment

Ability Tests

Supra Series – Advanced Problem Solving

The Advanced Problem Solving Tests in the Supra Series are very high-level ability measures designed for senior executives, managers and professionals, as well as exceptional graduates with high potential.

This battery consists of:

• Verbal Critical Reasoning Test – the ability to identify logic (or the lack of it) in verbal data and avoid making assumptions or jumping to conclusions.
• Numerical Critical Reasoning Test – the ability to manipulate and integrate numerical, financial and graphical data.
• Creative Problem Solving Test – the ability to consider problems from different angles, generate many ideas and think laterally.

Prima Series – Critical Reasoning for Managers and Graduates

With rapid administration times, the Prima Series critical reasoning tests are effective screening tools for managers and graduates.

• Short Verbal Test (SVT) – the ability to understand and work logically with written data, avoiding unwarranted assumptions.
• Short Numerical Test (SNT) – the ability to deal with work-related numerical, financial and graphical data.

View SVT example question

View SNT example question

Personality & Values / Motivation

The Managerial and Professional Profiler (MAPP)

MAPP is an integrated questionnaire assessing both nineteen personality traits and fourteen values / motivation factors relevant to managerial and professional roles.

Conventional personality questionnaires do not assess values, and therefore offer considerably less than MAPP. The questionnaire provides insights into interpersonal style, approach to tasks, emotional resilience, fit with job content and organisational culture, as well as predictions of leadership style, team behaviours and management competencies.

The MAPP scales have a median reliability coefficient of 0.82, and validity studies have shown MAPP to be a valid predictor of job performance, absenteeism and employee turnover.

MAPP is administered online, with a typical completion time of 25–30 minutes for Part 1 (Personality) and 15–20 minutes for Part 2 (Values).

It is also available in Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Russian, Spanish and US English.

View sample MAPP Profile

View MAPP Interview Report

View MAPP Team Profile

Competencies & Simulation Activities

Simulation Activity Series

KCP’s Simulation Activity Series is designed for assessment, development and coaching contexts. Drawing on over 40 years’ experience in both public and private sectors, all activities are based around modern, realistic scenarios that provide participants with the opportunity to demonstrate samples of their typical behaviour and skills at work.

Group Activities

Research consistently demonstrates that group activities are strong predictors of work behaviour, particularly in relation to interpersonal characteristics such as leadership, influencing style and team awareness. Our group activities focus on interpersonal behaviours, and many also explore business awareness, problem solving and innovation.

E-Tray Activities

E-tray exercises are ideal for exploring cognitive competences such as planning, strategic and operational awareness, problem solving and decision making. We recommend follow-up interviews wherever possible to gain deeper insight into the thought processes underpinning candidates’ responses.

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