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Understanding Personalities

How to Complete

The McQuaig Word Survey®

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SURVEY FORM CAREFULLY…THE FOLLOWING NOTES ARE FOR YOUR ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.

IT’S NOT A TEST – THERE ARE NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS.

ALTHOUGH NOT TIMED, IT USUALLY TAKES 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE.

PLEASE USE THE DEFINITIONS SHEET IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF A WORD.

THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE A, ONE B, ONE C AND ONE D FOR EACH SET OF FOUR STATEMENTS.

THIS WILL SIMPLY TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO ON THE JOB AND HOW YOU LIKE TO DO IT.

COMPLETE BOTH SIDES.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO BLANK SPACES OR DUPLICATE LETTERSIN ANY OF THE GROUPS OF FOUR WORDS.

PLEASE USE UPPERCASE LETTERS.

Strong willed /

B

/ Believable /

A

/ Restful / 4
Full of enthusiasm /

A

/ Composed / C / Safety first / 3
Dependable /

C

/ Wary /

C

/ Will to win / 1
Easily influenced /

D

/ Relentless /

C

/ Liking people / 2
Giving to others / Make things happen / Motivating others
Putting on pressure / Make friends easily / Stable
Socially skilled / Reliable / Grateful
Temperate / Pliant / Dauntless

Understanding Personalities

Name Sex (M/F) Date

In each of the following groups of four words, rank each of the words either A, B, C, or D in accordance with “how you think other people think of you”. In doing this consider how you believe your present or immediate past business associates, boss, subordinates, friends etc think of you. After the word, which describes you, best put an A. After the second best description put a B. After the third and fourth best descriptions put a C and a D respectively.

Please do not leave any blank spaces or use any letter twice in one group. There must only be one A, one B, one C and one D in each section.

Strong willed / Believable / Restful
Full of enthusiasm / Composed / Safety first
Dependable / Wary / Will to win
Easily influenced / Relentless / Liking people
Giving to others / Make things happen / Motivating others
Putting on pressure / Make friends easily / Stable
Socially skilled / Reliable / Grateful
Temperate / Pliant / Dauntless
Conservative / Kind hearted / Fearless
Flexible / Enterprising / Making friends
Fighting spirit / Spellbinder / Predictable
Happy / Steadfast / Devoted
Liked by others / Unchanging / Thankful
Methodical / Faith to others / Stubborn
Yielding to others / Plenty of fight / Extroverted
Tenacious / Influencing others / Unhurried
Person of action / Fluent talker / Unruffled
Articulate / Comfortable / Appreciative
Unemotional / Easy on others / Individualist
Perfectionist / Plenty of drive / Personality plus
Obeying orders / Very ambitious / Mixing with people
Pushing for results / Affable / Easily pleased
Entertaining / Good humoured / Willing to help
Enjoying routine / Following the rules / Taking command
Faithful / Thorough / Opportunist
Systematic / Venturesome / Expressive
Leader / Lively / Free and easy
Genial / Constant / Good follower

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Understanding Personalities

Name

Now Rank these words or statements according to “what you are really like”.

Fearless / Liked by others / Unchanging
Making Friends / Methodical / Faith in others
Predictable / Yielding to others / Plenty of fight
Devoted / Tenacious / Influencing others
Kind Hearted / Strong-willed / Believable
Enterprising / Full Of Enthusiasm / Composed
Spellbinder / Dependable / Wary
Steadfast / Easy Influenced / Relentless
Unruffled / Thorough / Opportunist
Appreciative / Venturesome / Expressive
Individualist / Lively / Free and easy
Personality plus / Constant / Good follower
Fluent talker / Faithful / Obeying orders
Comfortable / Systematic / Pushing for results
Easy on others / Leader / Entertaining
Plenty of drive / Genial / Enjoying routine
Very ambitious / Mixing with people / Conservative
Affable / Easily pleased / Flexible
Good humoured / Willing to help / Fighting spirit
Following the rules / Taking command / Happy
Thankful / Person of action / Motivating others
Stubborn / Articulate / Stable
Extroverted / Unemotional / Grateful
Unhurried / Perfectionist / Dauntless
Restful / Giving to others / Make things happen
Safety first / Putting on pressure / Make friends easily
Will to win / Socially skilled / Reliable
Liking people / Temperate / Pliant

Thank You

The McQuaig Word Survey

Definitions

Phrase or Word

Meaning

Affable / Pleasant and at ease in talking to others
Appreciative / Shows admiration, approval or gratitude
Articulate / Able to speak and express oneself clearly
Believable / Capable of being believed or trusted
Comfortable / Gives or enjoys contentment and security
Composed / Free from agitation, calm
Conservative / Keeps existing views or institutions
Constant / Has a firm resolve or faithfulness
Dauntless / Unwavering, especially in the face of stress
Dependable / Capable of being relied upon
Devoted / Wholly dedicated to a cause, use, end or person
Easily influenced / Readily swayed
Easily pleased / Readily gratified
Easy on others / Does not put undue pressures or demands on others
Enjoying Routine / Liking things to stay the same
Enterprising / Independent and ready to try new things
Entertaining / Being amusing
Expressive / Easy to understand
Extroverted / Interested mostly in what is outside yourself
Faith in others / Belief in other people
Faithful / Loyal
Fearless / Has no fear
Fighting Spirit / Full of energy and courage
Flexible / Capable of changing
Fluent talker / Capable of talking easily and smoothly
Following the rules / Easily accepting authority
Free and easy / Informal and unrestrained
Full of enthusiasm / Full of zeal, fervour and zest
Genial / Friendly and kind
Giving to others / Helping or contributing to other people
Good follower / One who does what one is told to do
Good humoured / Good natured, cheerful
Grateful / Appreciative, much obliged
Happy / Glad, joyful
Individualist / One who lives life in his/her own way
Influencing others / Getting others to do something
Kind hearted / Understanding of and open to others
Leader / One who directs others
Liked by others / Having qualities that others enjoy
Liking people / Being attracted to others
Lively / Alert and energetic
Make friends easily / Get people to like you
Make things happen / Cause things to change or improve
Making friends / Becoming friendly with other people
Methodical / Follows a systematic procedure or habit
Mixing with people / Able to get along with others
Motivating others / Providing others with incentive and drive

Phrase or Word

Meaning

Obeying orders / Doing what one is told to do
Opportunist / One who takes advantage of a favourite event/time
Perfectionist / Seeing anything short of perfect as unacceptable
Person of action / One who acts or takes action
Personality plus / A person with extraordinary social traits
Plenty of drive / Lots of inner pressure or force to do things
Plenty of fight / Willing to struggle to win
Pliant / Easily influenced, yielding
Predictable / Easily forecasted behaviour
Pushing for results / Pressing to achieve
Putting on pressure / Imparting a sense of urgency to oneself and others
Relentless / Persistent, unrelenting
Reliable / Capable of being depended upon
Restful / Being at peace
Safety first / Protecting against failure, breakage or accident
Socially skilled / Gets along well with others
Spellbinder / A fascinating speaker
Stable / Firmly established, fixed
Steadfast / Firm in belief and determination
Strong-willed / Determined
Stubborn / Refuses to give
Systematic / Orderly in procedure or plan
Taking command / Taking charge
Temperate / Moderate (not extreme)
Tenacious / Able to hold tight to a task or idea
Thankful / Well pleased
Thorough / Careful about detail
Unchanging / Firm, fixed, steady
Unemotional / Not likely to show feelings
Unhurried / Not rushing
Unruffled / Calm, especially in the face of setbacks
Venturesome / Daring, inclined to take risks
Very ambitious / Wanting rank, money, fame or power
Wary / Careful to detect and escape danger
Will to win / Wanting to gain the victory
Willing to help / Willing to give assistance
Yielding to others / Giving in to others