• Manchester Personality Questionnaire

    Personality Assessment
    Manchester Personality Questionnaire
  • Date*
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  • Instructions : 

    This questionnaire contains statements about how you act, think or feel in different situations.

    Please indicate the extent to which each statement applies to you using the rating scale below.

    Try to avoid using the middle rating - Fairly Often.

  • Rating Scale :
  • Rating Scale :
  • 1. I seem to have the same ideas as other people.*
  • 2. I tend to follow the rules.*
  • 3. I dislike discussing theories and concepts.*
  • 4. I fail to push my own views and ideas.*
  • 5. I find it hard to put people at ease.*
  • 6. I forget to ask people what they think.*
  • 7. I keep my personal emotions under control.*
  • 8. I tend to dislike working on my own.*
  • 9. I make decisions without gathering a lot of information.*
  • 10. I dislike successful people.*
  • 11. I find my values clash with those of my colleagues.*
  • 12. I leave jobs unfinished.*
  • 13. I find it hard to take decisions.*
  • 14. I can handle criticism without getting defensive.*
  • 15. I dislike planning ahead.*
  • 16. I invent new ways of doing things.*
  • 17. I am prepared to ignore rules and procedures.*
  • 18. I like to let my imagination run free.*
  • 19. I tend to argue my own point of view.*
  • 20. I find other people support my ideas.*
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  • 21. I praise people for their efforts.*
  • 22. I express my feelings rather than keep them to myself.*
  • 23. I like to solve my open problems.*
  • 24. I weigh up different options before taking decisions.*
  • 25. I set myself challenges.*
  • 26. I tend to feel a strong sense of duty.*
  • 27. I set myself high standards.*
  • 28. I feel in full control of things.*
  • 29. I worry about what others think of me.*
  • 30. I am keen to try new approaches.*
  • 31. I find it hard to see how to improve things.*
  • 32. I prefer established methods to new approaches.*
  • 33. I tend to approach tasks from the usual angles.*
  • 34. I find it difficult to hold my ground against a group.*
  • 35. I find it difficult to mix in social situations.*
  • 36. I tend to ignore other people's feelings.*
  • 37. I keep my personal views about people to myself.*
  • 38. I work best as a member of a team.*
  • 39. I take decisions without necessarily establishing the facts.*
  • 40. I think a lot about the present rather than the future.*
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  • 41. I am apt to treat people with authority insensitively.*
  • 42. I forget to check the quality of my work.*
  • 43. I take decisions slowly.*
  • 44. I can take unpopular decisions without any difficult.*
  • 45. I tend to be unrealistic about what I can achieve .*
  • 46. I am a person who originates changes.*
  • 47. I tend to challenge rules and procedures.*
  • 48. I am interested in new ideas and innovations.*
  • 49. I have strong views on how things should be done.*
  • 50. People seem to ask for my advice.*
  • 51. In a group, I acknowledge good points other people make.*
  • 52. I let people know how I feel about things.*
  • 53. I require a lot of personal space.*
  • 54. I tend to check the logic of my thinking.*
  • 55. I need to feel I am accomplishing something.*
  • 56. People have a responsibility to work hard for society.*
  • 57. I tend to be a perfectionist in my work.*
  • 58. I take action when I see what needs to be done.*
  • 59. I feel threatened by people who don't like me.*
  • 60. I remain calm in difficult situations.*
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  • 61. I have to work hard to make things happen.*
  • 62. I am inclined to do things in fairly conventional ways.*
  • 63. I dislike tackling complex tasks.*
  • 64. I hold back if I suspect people won't like what I say.*
  • 65. I tend to be unsure of the impact I have in people.*
  • 66. I forget to check people's views.*
  • 67. I keep quite about my ambitions.*
  • 68. I enjoy working closely with people.*
  • 69. I fail to predict the consequences of my actions.*
  • 70. I dislike the competitive aspect of work.*
  • 71. Traditions prevent progress in modern society.*
  • 72. I miss deadlines.*
  • 73. I dislike being in charge.*
  • 74. I feel content about what I am achieving.*
  • 75. I tend to boast about my achievements.*
  • 76. I seem to have original ideas.*
  • 77. I am apt to make things up as I go along.*
  • 78. I tend to need change to stay interested.*
  • 79. I am inclined to look critically at people in charge.*
  • 80. I tend to take control when others are uncertain what to do.*
  • Rating Scale :
  • 81. I apologize when I have made a mistake.*
  • 82. I share my problems with other people.*
  • 83. I prefer to find out things myself.*
  • 84. I approach things in a logical manner.*
  • 85. I like to win.*
  • 86. Attitude and respect is the way to win people's hearts.*
  • 87. I work harder than the average person.*
  • 88. I manage to cope with stress.*
  • 89. I feel a need to please others.*
  • 90. I treat people as my equal.*
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