Questionnaire Guide

How To Get An Accurate Profile Result

Please take the test in one sitting, and only start once you have a clear 45 mins set aside. There is no option to save your progress, therefore if the questionnaire is not completed then there will be no result.

There are 77 multiple choice questions in this questionnaire and each question needs to be answered sequentially. You have a 45 minute time limit to complete it. This should be enough for you to spend approx. 35 seconds on each question. If you run out of time you will score a zero on the questionnaire.

To get value from this tool you should answer the questions as honestly as possible. The purpose of the profiling system is to reduce the probability that you are working ín a job that doesn't match your strengths and interests. This is good for both you and your current company or prospective employer.

If in doubt choose the answer that is closest to what you think. Many of the questions have no right or wrong answer. It is impossible for someone to score highly across all of the dimensions being assessed, so there will be some questions you don't know the answer to or simply don’t like. For example, if you are a data scientist, it is highly probable you will not know the answers to many of the data engineering questions, and vice versa. It's also quite likely that you think some of the questions are strange or difficult to answer. Part of the questionnaire is attempting to understand how people think about their work so some of the questions are deliberately designed to .

NB - Job seekers who are in a recruitment process with Data Science Talent recruiters - No decision to progress or reject your application with Data Science Talent will be made without you discussing your profile results with a recruiter who has been trained to use the system first.