Personal Characteristics Inventory® (PCI)

Link "Big 5" personality traits to job performance.

Description

The Personal Characteristics Inventory (PCI) measures the personality traits deemed desirable by most employers. Developed by personality experts Murray Barrick, Ph.D. and Michael Mount, Ph.D., the PCI predicts successful job performance using five primary dimensions of personality, or personality traits, known as the “Big Five.”

Content

A highly effective pre-employment screening tool, the PCI focuses on person-job compatibility by identifying a job applicant’s standing on the following:

Big 5 Personality Traits:

  • Extraversion
  • Agreeableness
  • Conscientiousness
  • Stability
  • Openness to Experience

Four Success Scales:

  • Teamwork
  • Commitment to Work
  • Integrity
  • Learning Orientation

Five Occupational Scores:

  • Manager
  • Sales
  • Production
  • Clerical
  • Driver

Twelve Subscales:

  • Sociability
  • Need for Recognition
  • Leadership Orientation
  • Cooperation
  • Consideration
  • Dependability
  • Efficiency
  • Even-Temperament
  • Achievement Striving
  • Self-Confidence
  • Abstract Thinking
  • Creative Thinking

Purpose

The PCI is used for hiring employees or when personality testing is needed for workforce development purposes. When used for pre-employment screening, it helps forecast workplace behavior and identifies how an individual’s personality is likely to impact their performance. The core personality traits measured by the PCI are critical factors to long-term employee and organizational success.