Applicant Relations Assesment Test
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This questionnaire will test your skills and traits that are essential for any successful entrepreneur.
- 1.Gender
- A.
Male
- B.
Female
- 2.Age
- 3.Marital status
- A.
Single
- B.
Married
- C.
Divorced
- 4.Do you have any children?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.How are you feeling right now?
- A.
Excellent
- B.
Good
- C.
Fair
- D.
Bad
- 6.How do you deal with ambiguity?
- A.
I see it as a challenge to overcome
- B.
I get annoyed
- C.
There is no such thing as ambiguity in my life
- D.
I will do everything in my power to prevent ambiguity in my business
- 7.If all of the sudden your current career would change, how would you feel?
- A.
Upset
- B.
Excited
- C.
Ambivalent
- D.
Scared
- 8.Where do you see your business in 6 months?
- 9.How often do you brain storm about your business ideas?
- A.
Once a month over a beer with my friends
- B.
At least once a day
- C.
Once a week or less
- D.
Never
- 10.How much research did you do on you present business idea? How much research have you completed on the business that you would like to present to Tilt 23?
- A.
I searched for similar businesses online
- B.
I searched online and went to the library to do in depth research
- C.
Extensive...I'm border line obsessed
- D.
Looking to Titl23 for extensive research
- 11.How do you deal with failure?
- A.
I rarely fail
- B.
I learn from it and move on
- C.
I become very frustrated
- D.
I am quick to divert responsibility
- 12.Where do you see your business in 1 year?
- 13.This is the third time that you applied for an SBA loan for you business and got denied. What will you do?
- A.
What is SBA?
- B.
Give up
- C.
Revise a business plan and apply again
- D.
Apply in a different bank
- 14.This is a second time that your major supplier makes a mistake in your order. How would you handle it?
- A.
I would try to work it out with the supplier in order to make sure it does not happen again
- B.
I would threaten to terminate future business with this supplier
- C.
I will terminate this account right away
- D.
I would develop a more comprehensive understanding of the supplier and make sure it never happens in the first place
- 15.You have a problem that you cannot solve by yourself. What would you do?
- A.
There is nothing that I cannot solve.
- B.
I would work on it as long as it takes to solve it.
- C.
I would hesitate to ask somebody below me like a co-worker for help.
- D.
I would turn to a knowledgeable co-worker or a friend for an advice.
- 16.Your start-up is doing well. The phone does not stop ringing with new orders, you are outgrowing your warehouse, your daily planner is booked three months in advance, and you desk is piled with invoices. how would you prioritize all these tasks?A) Hire a personal assistant to answer calls.B) Move to a new place to expand the warehouseC) Meet potential new clients already scheduledD) Go through the invoices on my desk
- A.
A,b,c,d
- B.
A,d,c,b
- C.
D,c,b,a
- D.
B,c,d,a
- 17.The personal assistant you just hired is exceeding your expectations. Not only does she/he answers the multitude of phone calls but she/he is also finding time to sift through invoices, organize appointments, and look for new locations in which to expand. Unfortunately, because of personal reasons, she can no longer work full-time. What would you do?
- A.
Make all adjustments necessary to keep her 'on board'.
- B.
Retain her as part-time, until I find someone to fill in the full time position.
- C.
Try to convince her to keep working full time.
- D.
Deal with her only working part-time.
- 18.How are you feeling right now?
- A.
Excellent
- B.
Good
- C.
Fair
- D.
Bad
- 19.Do you recall pursuing entrepreneurial activities at a young age?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
I don't remember
- 20.Where do you see your business in 3 years?
- 21.Conceptual ability refers to how a leader processes, organizes and retrieves information, makes sense of it and acts on it. In relation to your own skills and preferences, how do you prefer to make sense of concepts or problems and act on them?
- A.
Straight forward, concrete problems and look for one black and white answer.
- B.
Construct a series of mental pictures, taking into account time and other variables, so that you have series of concrete problems.
- C.
Attempt to see concept as a whole or part of a whole. Try to see the larger system that created the problem,and the system the problem effects. gaps in information are overlooked, accounted for, or filled with assumed answers.
- D.
Using experience, intuition, and creating relationships between apparently unrelated information
- 22.You have been working on your real estate website start-up idea for quite some time now. You even planned everything to a small detail. But when you launched your business, you saw that you got it all wrong. There was no real demand for this kind of website. You also saw a business opportunity in video sharing market. What will you do?
- A.
My business is real estate. My interest in the video sharing market is minimal.
- B.
I will definitely look into the video sharing market and consider adaptations.
- C.
I will make the effort to switch immediately and get out of the real estate website market
- D.
I will pass it on to my friend who is looking for a business idea, but will continue what I started working on.
- 23.Your goal was to reach $1,000,000 in sales by the end of this year. Instead, you reached it in 9 months. What would you do next?
- A.
Since I reached my goal for this year early, I can be more conservative with work load and spend more time on relationships.
- B.
So what if I reached the goal early?! I should set even a greater goal and try to achieve more sales than I originally planned.
- C.
My sales force is largely responsible for the success of the company. I should give them all a bonus and additional vacation time.
- D.
I will take a vacation.
- 24.Do you prefer working alone or in a group?
- A.
I prefer working alone. This way nobody interferes with my progress.
- B.
I prefer working in a group. This way we can bounce ideas off each other and increase productivity.
- C.
I prefer working in a group, where I am in charge. This way I get largest portion of responsibility, and ultimately accomplish more.
- D.
I prefer working in a group where I have others tell me what to do so I can think less.
- 25.Do you tackle issues within a project right away or do you analyze the situation first to figure out the best possible solution?
- A.
I try to tackle project issues right away
- B.
I usually do my research and evaluations before I jump into tackling a project.
- C.
I try to plan every detail of the project before confronting it.
- D.
I don't like working on projects
- 26.How much time do you usually spend on making personal calls, socializing with your co-workers, or checking your personal email during working hours?
- A.
Once a day, for a couple hours
- B.
Several times a day, when ever I have free time
- C.
This is a waste of time. There are much more important things I can do.
- D.
I could not do it on my previous job. But if I could I would certainly do that.
- 27.What sport do you most enjoy?
- A.
Hiking, snowshoeing.
- B.
Individual sports such as golf, skiing, or tennis.
- C.
Team sports like football, basketball, or baseball.
- D.
I don't like doing sports.
- 28.How much trust do you put in what you hear on the news or read in a newspaper?
- A.
I think these are reliable sources.
- B.
I think this is garbage. I never rely on the media.
- C.
I am on top of the news, but I would seek other sources to verify the information.
- D.
I would only read or watch news from one source I trust.
- 29.Do you often feel embarrassed when someone praises you for your highly successful business?
- A.
I am "The Man". Why would I be embarrassed?!
- B.
I would rather people praise my successful business and not me.
- C.
I would probably never say it, but I do like it. It definitely helps to elevate my self-confidence.
- D.
My business is successful because of my employees. They are the ones that should be praised.
- 30.How much do you rely on what people tell you?
- A.
If I think that they know more than I do, I would definitely rely on their advice.
- B.
No way, who are they to tell me how to run my business?!
- C.
I would listen to them but conduct research to double check the information they provided me.
- D.
I would never turn to somebody else for help.
- 31.Do you often find yourself spending long hours on solving minor problems?
- A.
Yes. Sometimes I spend too much time that seems like a waste.
- B.
No. Why would I do that?
- C.
I have to prioritize the little time I have. Of course not.
- D.
I do, but when I realize I cannot solve it, I give up
- 32.At your past job, how may times did you stay past normal office hours to complete the job at hand?
- A.
My previous job did not pay me extra for overtime. Thus I never stayed over my regular hours.
- B.
I had a stressful job and would look at the clock waiting to punch out and leave as soon as I could. I would never do it.
- C.
I would stay when necessary, especially when the project was due the next morning.
- D.
I stayed on many occasions. When I have a project at hand I will try to finish it the same day and not postpone it.
- 33.Do you agree with the following statement?If I make a detailed and realistic plan to achieve my goals, I believe I have control as to whether my plan will work or not.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 34.Do you agree with the following statement?I regularly evaluate my progress when I work toward a goal.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 35.Hypothetically, you fail in something that is new to you. What do you say to yourself?
- A.
The odds were against me
- B.
I gave it my best try
- C.
At least I learned from the failure and I am one step closer to succeeding next time.
- 36.Do you agree with the following statement?Before trying to accomplish a goal, I think about obstacles that could get in my way and how I could rise above these obstacles.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 37.Do you think that you possess the necessary skill set to achieve what you want?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 38.When playing games with friends or in competitions, do you feel and think you are going to win?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 39.In general, what do you think about "opportunities"?
- A.
Opportunities just happen
- B.
Opportunities have to be created
- 40.How are you feeling right now?
- A.
Excellent
- B.
Good
- C.
Fair
- D.
Bad
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