# How to add a personality assessment to a position in Truffle > Add a personality assessment in Truffle: switch on Personality, pick the length, set a direction for each of five traits, and read each candidate's results. Source: https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/add-a-personality-assessment Last verified against the product: 2026-10-05 Time required: 8 min Every screenshot and label below was captured from the live product. **Outcome.** By the end you have a live position that runs the Personality assessment against the traits you chose, and you know where to read each candidate's results. ## Before you start - A Truffle account. The 7-day free trial works: 30 credits, no credit card. - A position description of at least 200 characters. A position cannot go live on less. - A view on the work style the role needs. You set a direction for five traits yourself, and Truffle does not suggest them. ## Steps ### 1. Describe the work style in the role brief Start a new position. On **Define the role**, enter a **Position title** and a **Position description**. Then open **Role brief** and answer its three questions: **What does winning look like in the first 90 days?**, **Who would nail this position?** and **Who would struggle, even if their resume looks great?** Name the work style the role needs, such as organized and persistent, steady after a run of no-answers. Truffle reads the role brief when it suggests the screen. Choose **Next: Build position**. > Note: The role brief is optional. In our capture, with no role brief, Personality arrived switched off with a line saying to turn it on if you add work-style traits. You can always switch it on yourself. ### 2. Switch on Personality **Build the screen** arrives with Truffle's suggestions already switched on. **Assessments** costs **2 credits per candidate** and has a switch for each assessment, with the time it takes a candidate: **Personality** (**5 min**), **Work Scenarios** (**6 min**) and **Environment Fit** (**2 min**). Here Personality arrives on, marked **Suggested**, with a line that ties it to the work style in your role brief. Check that the Personality switch is on. ### 3. Decide what else runs Personality can run on its own. This guide switches off **Resume**, **Video Interview**, **Work Scenarios** and **Environment Fit**, and keeps **Assessments** and **Personality** on. **How this position runs** shows the flow: Candidate arrives, Completes assessments, You review. The footer shows the candidate's time (5 minutes) and the credits charged as candidates finish (2). Choose **Next: Configure**. > Note: Keeping a one-way interview or resume screening on is fine. If every component is off, the page reads **Nothing is on. Turn on at least one component.** and Next: Configure stays off. ### 4. Choose the assessment length **Configure screening** opens on **Personality**, marked **needs you** in the list of sections on the left. Under **Assessment length**, **Standard** is **50 questions · 5 min**: _More reliable results. The usual choice for most roles._ **Express** is **20 questions · 3 min**: _Faster for candidates. Best for high-volume roles where speed matters._ Truffle adds a line on which length fits the role. Here it suggested Standard. This guide keeps **Standard**. ### 5. Set a direction for each trait Below the length are five traits: **Conscientiousness**, **Agreeableness**, **Emotional Stability**, **Extraversion** and **Openness**. Truffle never suggests these. You choose. Each trait card offers two directions, each with its trade-off. For Conscientiousness, **Structured & thorough** carries _Trade-off: May be slower or resist shortcuts._ and **Flexible & adaptable** carries _Trade-off: May miss details or skip steps._ **Balanced** (_Flag extremes in either direction_) scores the trait without picking a side. **Not important** (_Don't score this trait_) leaves it out. Choosing an option moves you to the next trait. ### 6. Finish all five traits The counter runs from **0 of 5 traits configured** to **5 of 5 traits configured** and **All set**, and the section turns **Set**. For this Sales Development Representative we chose Structured & thorough, Balanced on Agreeableness, **Calm & steady**, **Outgoing & assertive**, and Not important on Openness. > Note: Every trait needs a choice. If you move on early, the section reads, for example, **4 traits still need your selection before saving.** At least one trait must be scored: with all five on Not important, it reads **At least one trait must be set to something other than "Not important."** ### 7. Review and activate Choose **Next: Review and activate**. Under **Review your setup**, **Personality assessment** reads **Set**. Choose **Activate position**, or **Save as draft** to finish later. Activating opens **Get candidates**, which reads **Your position is live**, with a **Shareable link** to send to candidates. ### 8. What candidates see first The welcome page lists **Personality assessment**, _Rate statements about your work style._, and **~5 minutes**. After their details, candidates see an intro: **~5 minutes · 50 statements**, _Rate each statement on a 5-point scale._, and **No right or wrong answers**. It tells them their responses help the employer understand their natural work style, and that results are shared as general tendencies, not rigid labels. They choose **Begin assessment**. ### 9. How candidates answer Candidates rate each statement from **Very Inaccurate** to **Very Accurate**, ten statements to a page, with a progress bar (**Page 1 of 5**). They move on with **Next** and finish with **Complete**. **Finish later** saves their answers so they can come back with the same link and email address. When they finish, they see **Screening complete** and **Personality assessment completed**. ### 10. Read the result on the candidate Results appear as soon as a candidate completes the assessment. Open the candidate. On **Overview**, the **Personality** card reads **Traits vs. your preferences**, with how closely the candidate matches what you chose (here **Mid alignment**), the traits that are a gap, and a line for each gap, here **Emotional Stability: Scored low, you wanted Calm & steady**. The **Assessments** tab carries the assessment signal, High, Mid or Low (here **Mid**). ### 11. See each trait against what you chose Open the **Assessments** tab. Each trait you scored gets a row: **Gap**, **Close** or **Aligned**, with **You wanted:** and where the candidate leans, such as **You wanted: Calm & steady · Leans sensitive & responsive**. A trait you set to Not important reads **Not scored**, with where the candidate leans anyway. ### 12. Use a gap as an interview question Open a trait row. A bar runs between the trait's two directions and marks the **Candidate** against **Your preference**. Below it is a plain description of the tendency. Gaps and close calls add an **Interview prompt**, here _Tell me about a time you had to stay calm in a stressful situation. What helped you manage?_ Use it to talk the gap through. The result is one input to your decision. It rejects no one. > Note: On the position's candidate list, the **ASSESS** column shows the same signal for every candidate, so you can compare them. ## FAQ **Does Truffle choose the traits for me?** No. Truffle can suggest switching Personality on and which length fits, but it never suggests a trait direction. You choose a direction, Balanced or Not important for each of the five traits. **Should I pick Standard or Express?** Standard is 50 questions and about 5 minutes, and the product describes it as more reliable and the usual choice for most roles. Express is 20 questions and about 3 minutes, for high-volume roles where speed matters. **What do Balanced and Not important do?** Balanced scores the trait without preferring a direction and flags extremes either way. Not important leaves the trait out of the result, which shows it as Not scored. You need a choice on all five traits, and at least one must be something other than Not important. **Does a personality result reject candidates?** No. The result shows how a candidate's tendencies line up with what you chose, with interview prompts for the gaps. It rejects no one. The only automatic rejection in Truffle is a qualification check you set to Reject automatically. **How long does it take candidates?** Personality takes about 5 minutes at Standard length (50 statements) and about 3 minutes at Express (20). Build position lists Work Scenarios at 6 minutes and Environment Fit at 2, so all three assessments together take about 12 to 13 minutes. **What does it cost?** Assessments cost 2 credits per candidate, charged when a candidate completes them. A candidate who never starts costs nothing. The 7-day free trial includes 30 credits, with no credit card. **Can I run Personality without a resume screen or video interview?** Yes. A position can run Personality on its own, as this guide does, or alongside resume screening, a one-way interview and the other assessments. **Is the Personality assessment validated?** It is built on the Big Five personality model, using validated, public-domain research. Candidates rate statements about how they work. Results describe tendencies and how they compare to your preferences. They do not label a candidate with a personality type. ## Exact labels in the product These strings are captured from the live product and verified automatically, so they can be quoted directly: `Define the role` · `Build position` · `Configure screening` · `Review and activate` · `Role brief` · `What does winning look like in the first 90 days?` · `Who would nail this position?` · `Who would struggle, even if their resume looks great?` · `Next: Build position` · `Build the screen` · `Assessments2 credits per candidateSuggested` · `PersonalitySuggested` · `Work Scenarios` · `Environment Fit` · `5 min` · `6 min` · `2 min` · `Nothing is on. Turn on at least one component.` · `Completes assessments` · `Next: Configure` · `needs you` · `Choose a direction for each trait. Truffle never suggests these` · `Assessment length` · `Standard50 questions · 5 min` · `More reliable results. The usual choice for most roles.` · `Express20 questions · 3 min` · `Faster for candidates. Best for high-volume roles where speed matters.` · `Conscientiousness` · `Agreeableness` · `Emotional Stability` · `Extraversion` · `Openness` · `Structured & thorough` · `Trade-off: May be slower or resist shortcuts.` · `Flexible & adaptable` · `Trade-off: May miss details or skip steps.` · `Balanced` · `Flag extremes in either direction` · `Not important` · `Don't score this trait` · `Calm & steady` · `Outgoing & assertive` · `0 of 5 traits configured` · `5 of 5 traits configured` · `All set` · `4 traits still need your selection before saving.` · `At least one trait must be set to something other than` · `Next: Review and activate` · `Review your setup` · `Personality assessment` · `Set` · `Activate position` · `Save as draft` · `Your position is live` · `Shareable link` · `Rate statements about your work style.` · `~5 minutes` · `~5 minutes · 50 statements` · `Rate each statement on a 5-point scale.` · `No right or wrong answers` · `Begin assessment` · `Very Inaccurate` · `Very Accurate` · `Page 1 of 5` · `Complete` · `Finish later` · `Screening complete` · `Personality assessment completed` · `Overview` · `Traits vs. your preferences` · `Mid alignment` · `Emotional Stability: Scored low, you wanted Calm & steady` · `Mid` · `Gap` · `Close` · `Aligned` · `Not scored` · `You wanted: Calm & steady · Leans sensitive & responsive` · `Candidate` · `Your preference` · `Interview prompt` · `ASSESS` ## Video How to add a personality assessment to your hiring process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8JSA8ixJ7g - 0:00 Build the position - 0:23 Configure screening - 0:41 Review and activate, then what happens next Transcript: Here's a personality assessment on a position, set up in a few minutes. Let's add one. Start a position as usual. On Build position, switch on Assessments, and choose Personality. It looks at work style. Assessments cost two credits per candidate. And the budget bar shows the candidate's time: about five minutes. On Configure screening, you choose what the role needs. Truffle never suggests these. There are five traits, like how someone handles detail, other people, and pressure. For each, pick a direction, Balanced, or Not important. Last, review your setup, and activate. Results come back as High, Mid or Low, against what the role needs, shown next to everything else. You decide. Start free at hiretruffle.com. ## Related - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/assessments - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/reviewing - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/what-candidates-see - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/add-work-scenario-questions - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/set-up-a-one-way-video-interview --- Truffle is an AI screening platform for small teams doing high-volume hiring: resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments, working with job boards like Indeed or an existing ATS. AI surfaces the evidence and you make every decision. Scores never reject a candidate; the only automatic rejection is a qualification rule the employer writes. https://www.hiretruffle.com