Pre-Employment
Teamwork Tests

Why Teamwork is Important in the Workplace

Teamwork is crucial to every workplace for obvious reasons. A company is, in essence, a team made up of individuals with a common goal. Teamwork is essential for cultivating a harmonious work environment and ultimately for maintaining a successful business. Most jobs require employees to interact with each other on a daily basis to complete projects, discuss ideas, or make decisions. Employees who are able to successfully work within a group are also usually cooperative, agreeable, and sociable. Conversely, employees who are extremely competitive and independent may have a harder time collaborating with others. Depending on the type of position, teamwork may or may not be a priority, and certain personality traits are more associated with teamwork.

Personality tests, such as the Employee Personality Profile (EPP), can assess how well a job candidate possesses the traits associated with teamwork in the workplace. The EPP is a general personality inventory that provides valuable insights into a person's work styles and how they are likely to interact with co-workers, supervisors, and customers. It measures twelve traits: Achievement, Assertiveness, Competitiveness, Conscientiousness, Cooperativeness, Extroversion, Managerial, Motivation, Openness, Patience, Self-Confidence, and Stress Tolerance. Several of these traits can help predict an employee’s ability to work within a team, including competitiveness, cooperativeness, extroversion, and patience.

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