Coaching & Trainability Attitude Assessment

Use the Coaching & Trainability Attitude Assessment to assess applicants for their coachability, willingness to learn, accept feedback, criticism, and direction for a variety of roles.

Purpose

Coaching & Trainability Attitude Assessment will determine whether a person is coachable, willing to learn, and accept feedback, criticism, and direction.

What It’s Best Used For

This Class A validated screening tool is best utilized during pre-employment screening, internal promotion reviews, or employee development programs across a wide variety of corporate roles to identify flexible, growth-minded talent.

• Evaluating 7 Key Behavioral Scales: It tracks performance benchmarks across critical coaching metrics, including the ability to handle criticism, openness to learning, willingness to take direction, comfort with vulnerability, and drive to succeed.
• Flagging Defensive Attitudes: The test features a dedicated “Know-it-all-ism/Egotism” scale to identify candidates whose overconfidence might block future training or team alignment.
• Cross-Industry Benchmarking: It allows HR teams to instantly compare individual participant traits against general population averages or specific standards spanning 12 distinct industries.
• Streamlining Secondary Vetting: The platform generates an immediate online report packed with score graphs, trait summaries, and a targeted list of custom suggested interview questions.

The unproctored assessment aligns strictly with basic APA and EEOC standards and is fully legal for use in Canada.

Application

• Pre-employment
• Personal & Professional development
• Motivational Tool

Scales

• Ability to handle criticism
• Openness to learning and improvement
• Willingness to take direction
• Willingness to ask for help
• Comfort with vulnerability and admitting weakness
• Drive to Succeed
• Know-it-all-ism/Egotism

No. of questions: 62
Question type: Situational, self-report
Estimated completion time: 15 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards; EEOC standards (gender, age, ethnicity)
Validation Information:
Sample Size: 564
Cronbach’s Alpha range: 0.94

Coaching & Trainability Attitude Assessment Features

Benchmarks: Available (general population,12 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Report Includes

• Summary
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Strengths and Limitations
• Advice

Factors and Scales

Overall Score plus 7 scales:

• Ability to handle criticism: Assesses willingness to accept and use criticism to one’s advantage.
• Openness to learning and improvement: Assesses whether a person proactively strives to grow and develop.
• Willingness to take direction: Assesses an individual’s work ethic and ability to handle work-related tasks in an efficient manner.
• Comfort with vulnerability and admitting weakness: Assesses willingness to admit faults/deficiencies.
• Drive to Succeed: Assesses level of commitment to setting and achieving goals.
• Know-it-all-ism/Egotism: Assesses inclination toward know-it-all-ism, which could inhibit the coaching process.