How does APPQ compare to other Personality Questionnaires?

 

APPQ is the world’s only personality questionnaire designed specifically for accountants, using the most widely accepted personality model (Big-5/OCEAN), with reports worded to address strengths and concerns in the personality traits associated with success in the profession, by the profession.

It is therefore unsurprising that APPQ outperforms most of the commonly used personality questionnaires in the market in the assessment of Accountants and Bookkeepers:

 

Most competitors are simplistic ‘Type Indicators’ that don’t use norm groups, let alone accountant-specific norm groups, and leave career-critical traits of Stress Tolerance, Emotional Stability, Apprehension and Calmness uncovered, rendering them all but useless in determining whether someone is likely to cope with peaks in workloads, emotionally challenging situations and have the self-belief to take on challenges that make or break a career in accounting.

Popular Big-5/OCEAN model personality questionnaires that do cover Stress Tolerance would include 16PF, Hogan and SHL’s OPQ32.None of these have accounting-specific reporting.

 See a our full APPQ Handbook here