Emotional Intelligence is one of the key concepts of modern management. Indeed, the "logical" intelligence is not enough when it comes to managing people and being effective in the corporate world. Higher positions come with greater responsibilities that ask for more developed emotional competencies and people with higher emotional intelligence have a greater probability to be successful.

This test provides a comprehensive assessment of emotional intelligence (on 12 facets) and gives a norm based EQ score enabling the test taker to compare himself/herself with his/her reference group.

EQ test (corporate version) is specially designed for recruitment at all levels (this test has social desirability index to assess validity of the responses).This test equally can be used for training, coaching, mentoring, career management and personal development as it provides a comprehensive assessment and personalized development advice.

KEY FEATURES OF THE TEST

• Provides norm based EQ scores (in the same fashion as IQ).
• Social desirability indicator to assess validity of the responses.
• In built mechanism to control desirability.
• Assessment of 12 emotional competencies covering entire domain relevant to business setting.
• Rooted in classic theory of emotional intelligence and covers all the recent theoretical developments.
• Summary of emotional profile with developmental advice.
• Administrator Manual covering details of development and psychometric properties.

• OBJECTIVES
  Measures the ability to understand one`s own emotions and those of others, and manage them in a timely manner.
• APPLICABILITY
  The EQ Test-corporate version can be used in a variety of contexts including recruitment, coaching, mentoring, career management, training, personal development ...
• TARGET GROUPS:All profiles in corporate setting including B-Schools .
• BTOB AVAILABILITY
  This test is reserved exclusively for our business customers (HRD, schools, recruitment & training agencies, etc.).. and not available for general public.
• QUESTIONNAIRE
  The questionnaire consists of 97 questions, 85 questions are on a scale 1 to 4 points and remaining 12 are in forced choice format with 3 options (the respondent is required to select one that is most like him and one that is least like him.) The time required to take the test is estimated at 15 to 20 minutes. As with all personality tests, this test is not timed.
• SAMPLE QUESTIONS
  1. I do not easily accept my faults.
     • I seriously agree.
     • I agree.
     • I disagree.
     • I seriously disagree.
  2. If a salesperson gives me much time to explain a product to me, I found it very difficult to leave him without buying anything.
     • I seriously agree.
     • I agree.
     • I disagree.
     • I seriously disagree.
• SOCIAL DESIRABILITY
  • All the questions on 1 to 4 scale show acceptable level of variance and their distributions are close to normal.
  • Items that were carrying high social desirability but were effective from measurement perspective are grouped together in force choice format to counter balance social desirability.
  • A 10 item social desirability scale is used in the test to identify conscious impression management.
• ELEMENTAL FACTORS
  • Self-awareness, Self-control,Self-motivation,
  • Adaptability and Self-esteem.
  • Optimism
  • Resilience, Self-confidence, Relational ease
  • Assertiveness and Empathy
  • Influence
• 4 GLOBAL CLUSTERS OF FACTOR:
  • Intrapersonal Intelligence
  • Flexibility
  • Self Assertion
  • Relationship management
• Presentation of the Results (View Sample)
  • Time taken to complete the test, EQ Score of the test-taker, Social desirability score, Bar chart of 12 factor scores, Personalised comments, General emotional competency profile and Personalised summary of the profile (Strengths/ Weaknesses/ Developmental advice)
  • Theortical foundation of the test.
• THEORETICAL FOUNDATION:
  Theories of emotional intelligence propagated by Salovey & Mayer, Goleman and Bar-On