I thought you might be amused by this. This is the result of a professionally-prepared “behavior assessment” my employer commissioned for me and a selection of other employees.
David is a very verbal, animated and stimulating communicator, poised, and capable of projecting enthusiasm and warmth. A fluent, lively, forceful talker, he is able to sell ideas with assurance and intensity.
He has a strong sense of urgency, initiative and competitive drive to get things done, with emphasis on working with and through people in the process. He understands people well and uses that understanding effectively in persuading others to do willingly what he wants them to do.
Impatient for results, David is a confident and ambitious “doer” and decision-maker, a self-starter who can delegate responsibility and authority when necessary. Having a distinctly low level of interest in details which are not pertinent to his goals, he will delegate them whenever possible, relying on persuasion, rather than close follow-up, to assure completion of such work. Venturesome and rather freewheeling, David is uninhibited in expressing and acting on his own ideas, which he will do without very much concern for traditional, established policies. Skillful at “selling” his ideas to others, he is also determined and persistent in expressing and acting on them.
At ease and self-assured with groups or in making new contacts, David is gregarious and extraverted, has a compelling impact on people, and is always “selling” in a general sense. He learns and reacts quickly and functions at a faster-than-average pace. Able to adapt quickly to change and variety in his work, he will become impatient and less effective if required to work with repetitive routines and details or to do structured work under close supervision.
I would quibble with some of the findings but note that it is an evaluation of personality and preference rather than performance. As a first order approximation I think it’s fair.
I have no idea what my employer intends to use this for but I strongly suspect its findings will be misapplied.
I would never hire that guy, he’d be after MY job.
You know, that was my reaction, too.