Take the Hogan personality test with professional feedback
The Hogan Personality Assessment is a powerful way to understand how your personality is likely to show up at work. It can help you explore your strengths, your leadership style, how others may experience you, what may happen when you are under pressure, and the kind of work environment that is most likely to motivate you.
Many people come to personality assessments through tools such as MBTI or the 16 personality types. These can be helpful for understanding personality preferences and communication style. Hogan is different. It does not give you a personality type. Instead, it provides detailed insight into your likely workplace behaviour, your potential risks under pressure, and the values that shape what you find rewarding and meaningful.
If you want deeper, work-based self-awareness, the Hogan assessment can provide a practical and evidence-based starting point for personal development.
What is the Hogan Personality Assessment?
The Hogan Personality Assessment is a professional psychometric assessment used in leadership development, executive coaching, career development and personal insight.
It is especially useful for people who want to understand more about themselves at work. This may include how they tend to relate to others, how they make decisions, how they respond to pressure, what others may value in their style, and where their strengths could become less helpful if overused.
Rather than putting you in a box, Hogan gives you a more rounded view of your personality at work. It can help you understand what you are likely to bring to a role, what may get in your way, and what kind of environment is most likely to bring out your best contribution.
Take the Hogan Personality Assessment Online
If you would like to take the Hogan personality test online, our Hogan Insights bundle gives you a complete view of your workplace personality, pressure risks and core motivators.
You will complete the HPI, HDS and MVPI questionnaires online and receive a remote 60-minute feedback session to help you understand and apply your results.
Please note that this is not an automatic service. We will be in touch, via the email provided at checkout, with your joining information and next steps.
£290 excluding VAT (VAT applied to UK only)
What is included?
We offer the Hogan assessment with remote feedback.
This includes all three Hogan questionnaires:
- Hogan Personality Inventory — HPI
- Hogan Development Survey — HDS
- Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory — MVPI
You will complete all three questionnaires online. Each questionnaire usually takes around 20 minutes, so you should allow around 60 minutes in total.
Your package includes:
- online completion of the HPI, HDS and MVPI questionnaires;
- Hogan Insights reports covering all three assessments;
- a remote 60-minute feedback session with a qualified practitioner;
- practical discussion of what your results mean for your work, relationships, leadership style and development.
The feedback session is an important part of the process. Hogan reports are detailed, and the real value comes from understanding what the results mean in your own context.
What does Hogan measure?
The Hogan Insights bundle gives you three connected views of your personality at work: your everyday style, your potential risks under pressure, and your deeper values and motivators.
Hogan Personality Inventory — HPI
The Hogan Personality Inventory looks at the bright side of personality. This is how you are likely to behave when you are at your best.
It explores areas such as emotional composure, ambition, sociability, interpersonal style, dependability, curiosity and learning approach.
The HPI can help you understand your natural strengths, your everyday working style, how you tend to approach relationships, and what others may see as your usual leadership or professional style.
Hogan Development Survey — HDS
The Hogan Development Survey looks at possible risks under pressure.
These are behaviours that may appear when you are stressed, tired, overused, under-challenged or working in a difficult environment. The HDS can help you understand how strengths may become less helpful when taken too far.
For example, confidence may become overconfidence. Independence may become distance from others. High standards may become micromanagement. Careful judgement may become hesitation or excessive caution.
The HDS is often one of the most useful parts of Hogan because it helps you spot patterns that may affect your relationships, reputation or effectiveness at work.
Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory — MVPI
The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory explores what drives and motivates you.
It helps identify the kind of work, culture and environment that you are likely to find energising, meaningful and rewarding. It can also help explain why some roles, teams or organisations may feel like a natural fit, while others may feel frustrating or draining.
The MVPI is particularly useful for career reflection, leadership development, job satisfaction and understanding the kind of workplace culture in which you are most likely to thrive.
Why take the Hogan personality assessment?
People choose to take the Hogan personality assessment for many different reasons. You may be preparing for a new role, reflecting on your career, receiving coaching, developing as a leader, or simply wanting to understand yourself more clearly.
The Hogan Insights bundle can help you:
- understand your natural strengths at work;
- explore your likely leadership or professional style;
- understand how others may experience you;
- recognise what may happen when you are under pressure;
- identify behaviours that could help or hinder your effectiveness;
- understand what motivates and drives you;
- reflect on career direction and role fit;
- build a more practical personal development plan.
The assessment is particularly useful if you want insight that is deeper than a simple personality type. Hogan helps you think about how your personality may affect your work, your relationships, your reputation and your future development.
Hogan, MBTI or 16pf — which test is right for me?
Different personality assessments answer different questions.
If you want to understand your personality preferences and communication style, MBTI may be a good starting point.
If you want a broader trait-based view of personality, 16pf can provide detailed insight into your personality characteristics and likely behaviour.
If you want to understand your workplace impact, leadership style, pressure risks and core motivators, Hogan is likely to be the stronger option.
In simple terms:
MBTI helps you understand your personality preferences.
16pf helps you understand your personality traits.
Hogan helps you understand your likely workplace impact.
This is why Hogan can be especially helpful for professionals, managers, leaders and people who want deeper insight into how they show up at work.
Who is the Hogan assessment for?
This Hogan personality assessment service is for individuals who want to understand more about themselves.
It may be useful if you are:
- developing as a leader or manager;
- preparing for a new role or promotion;
- working with a coach;
- reflecting on your career direction;
- trying to understand feedback you have received;
- wanting to improve your self-awareness;
- interested in how your personality affects your work and relationships;
- looking for a deeper alternative to a personality type test.
You do not need to be in a senior role to benefit from Hogan. It can be valuable for anyone who wants practical, work-based insight into their personality, strengths, risks and motivators.
Is this suitable for recruitment or selection?
This online Hogan assessment package is designed for individuals who want to understand more about themselves. It is focused on self-awareness, personal development, leadership development and career reflection.
If you are an organisation wishing to use Hogan as part of a recruitment, selection or assessment process, please contact us directly. Selection work is a different service and needs to be designed, administered and interpreted in a different way.
How the process works
The process is simple and fully online.
Step 1: Buy the Hogan Insights bundle
You purchase the Hogan Personality Assessment package online.
Step 2: Complete the questionnaires
You will receive secure links to complete the HPI, HDS and MVPI questionnaires online. Each questionnaire usually takes around 20 minutes, so you should allow around 60 minutes in total.
Step 3: Receive your Hogan Insights reports
Once your questionnaires have been completed and processed, your Hogan Insights reports will be prepared.
Step 4: Attend your remote feedback session
You will have a remote 60-minute feedback session with a qualified practitioner. This session will help you understand your results, explore what they mean in your own context, and identify useful next steps.
Frequently asked questions
Can I take the Hogan personality test online?
Yes. You can complete the Hogan assessment online. You will receive secure links to complete the HPI, HDS and MVPI questionnaires remotely.
How long does the Hogan assessment take?
Each Hogan questionnaire usually takes around 20 minutes. As this package includes HPI, HDS and MVPI, you should allow around 60 minutes in total.
What Hogan reports are included?
This package includes the Hogan Insights bundle, covering HPI, HDS and MVPI.
Is feedback included?
Yes. A remote 60-minute feedback session is included. This helps you understand your results and apply them to your own work, career and development.
Is Hogan a personality test?
Many people search for Hogan as a personality test, but it is more accurately described as a professional personality assessment. It explores workplace behaviour, leadership style, possible risks under pressure and motivation.
What is the difference between Hogan and MBTI?
MBTI focuses on personality preferences and type. Hogan focuses on workplace behaviour, leadership impact, pressure risks and motivation. MBTI can be helpful for understanding communication and preferences. Hogan is often more useful when you want deeper work-based insight.
What is the difference between Hogan and 16pf?
The 16pf is a trait-based personality questionnaire that explores a broad range of personality factors. Hogan is also trait-based, but it is especially focused on workplace behaviour, leadership effectiveness, potential derailers and values.
Do I need to be a leader to take Hogan?
No. Hogan is often used in leadership development, but you do not need to be in a formal leadership role to benefit from it. It can be useful for any professional who wants to understand more about their personality at work.
Can Hogan help with career development?
Yes. Hogan can help you understand your strengths, your preferred working environment, your potential risks under pressure and the kinds of roles or cultures that may suit you best. This can make it useful for career reflection and development planning.
Can organisations use this for recruitment or selection?
This online package is designed for individuals who want personal insight and development. If you are an organisation looking to use Hogan as part of recruitment, selection or assessment, please contact us directly because this is a different service.