Universal Skills Profiler test
Summary of The Universal Skills Profiler test
The Universal Skills Profiler assesses a candidate’s competencies in getting things done, relating to others, and using their inner resources. This test evaluates 21 universal business, interpersonal, and self-management competencies and behaviors.
Covered skills
Focus on objectives (How you get things done)
Business savvy
Strategic perspective
Customer focus
Navigating complexity
Agile decision making
Embracing innovation
Planning and prioritizing
Organizing resources
Driving results
Managing one's self (How you use your inner resources)
Showing resilience
Navigating ambiguity
Self awareness
Self development
Earning trust
Being bold
Working with people (How you relate to others)
Working collaboratively
Social agility
Communicating effectively
Handling conflict
Valuing diversity
Developing others
Use the Universal Skills Profiler test to hire
All job roles. Use the Universal Skills Profiler to identify candidates who can deliver on objectives, foster interpersonal connections, and adapt their behaviors to reliably deliver exceptional results.
About the Universal Skills Profiler test
Finding the right people is tough. You need more than just technical skills; you need individuals who can adapt, collaborate, and truly thrive. That's where our Universal Skills Profiler comes in. It helps you look beyond the resume and identify the essential qualities that make someone a true asset to your team.
This test measures 21 key behavioral competencies—the kind of skills that actually predict workplace success. Workplace behaviors like how someone focuses on goals, how they work with others, and how they manage their own performance. In the test, the statements are broken down into three core areas: Focusing on Objectives, Working with People, and Managing Oneself. Candidates will rate themselves, per competency area, on a sliding scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.
The result? You'll discover a candidate's strengths, see where they might need some support, and understand how they can uniquely contribute to your organization. Easy-to-interpret reports help you identify high-potential employees and evaluate future-proof skills often missed by traditional methods.
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Reliability: Composite reliability = .93, with individual scale reliabilities ranging between .80 – .91 (N = 986).
Face validity: Candidates rated this test as accurately measuring their skills (average score of 4.11 out of 5.00, N = 986).
Criterion-related validity: Individual USP scale scores showed substantial to high correlations with self-rated and manager-rated performance scores (r = .21 – .37, N = 986).
For an in-depth look at interpreting test results, please take a look at our Science series articles:How to interpret test fact sheets (part 1): Reliability, and How to interpret test fact sheets (part 2): Validity.
For an explanation of the various terms, please refer to our Science glossary.
Reliability and validity | Sufficient data available to conduct analyses and checks | Analyses and checks conducted | Acceptable Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
Reliability | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Content validity | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Face validity | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Construct validity | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Criterion-related validity | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Group differences | |||
Age differences | Pending | Pending | Pending |
Gender differences | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Ethnicity differences | Pending | Pending | Pending |
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