What is Habitus?
Habitus is a scientifically validated workplace personality assessment that helps organisations hire better, develop stronger leaders, and make more informed talent decisions.
- 10-minute online assessment
- Reports written for non-psychologists
- Role matching across thousands of occupations
- Trusted by leading organisations
- Over 10,000 questionnaire completions
WHAT HABITUS MEASURES
Five key dimensions of workplace personality
Social Drive
Motivation, ambition and performance.
Connections
Collaboration, communication and relationship building.
Thinking
Adaptability, curiosity and openness to new ideas.
Work Style
Organisation, planning and attention to detail.
Emotions
Resilience, composure and emotional regulation.
Objective
insights
10 minute
assessment
Plain
language reports
Match to
thousands of roles
Reduce bias &
improve decisions
Built for hiring and leadership
One assessment. Two powerful use cases.
Leadership Development
Help leaders understand their strengths, development opportunities and leadership style.
- Identify strengths and potential blind spots
- Build self-awareness through strength-based reports
- Clear Hiring Manager Report for confident decisions
- Consistent, auditable and bias-aware process
Hiring & Recruitment
Strengthen your recruitment process with objective data that complements interviews and references checks.
- Objective personality profile of each candidate
- Role-fit scores linked to thousands of roles
- Clear Hiring Manager Report for confident decisions
- Consistent, auditable and bias-aware process
REPORTS FOR EVERY AUDIENCE
The right insights for every decision-maker
Hiring Manager Report
Clear, concise insights, plus ready-made interview questions for every trait, that help managers make confident hiring decisions.
Candidate Report
Strength-based feedback that supports coaching, self-awareness and professional development.
Trained User Report
The full data set for HR professionals and accredited practitioners, including under-pressure derailer risk factors not shown in other reports.
Trusted across industries
Proven across sectors. Built for any role.
Mining & Resources
Healthcare & Medical
Aged Care & Community
Government
Professional Services
Trusted by Leaders in Mining
over 5,000 Habitus completions
- Used for over 5 years
- First line leaders to Vice Presidents
- Scalable and customised leadership development solution
- Informs Talent and Workforce Strategy
Trusted by Leaders in Healthcare
Custom end-to-end solution
- Used to support >70 internal change agents
- Branded experience from online through to reports
- Tailored insights around St Vincent's values & strategic direction
- Practical development tips and suggestions to empower leader growth
How Habitus compares to other personality questionnaires
Compared to established providers like Hogan, SHL and Saville, Habitus has strong scientific credentials, plus increased flexibility and potential for advanced people analytics
Just like other modern personality questionnaires, Habitus has been built around the key pillars of a modern psychometric:
Valid
Habitus’ foundations were the NEO-PI R, often referred to as the ‘gold standard’ in personality measurement
Reliable
Habitus’ scales meet or exceed the expected industry standards for accuracy, plus using modern psychometrics, it is fast to complete
Fair
All scales have been checked for fairness on gender, ethnicity, age & education
Standardised
Professional norm group of thousands of people, largely from Asia Pacific, that can be filtered further to allow custom benchmarking
Unlike many modern personality questionnaires, Habitus is delivered in a pragmatic and flexible manner, for example:
One Assessment
Bright side and dark side are typically separate assessments with these providers, whereas Habitus produces similar outputs from the one assessment
Analysis Potential
Data exports from these providers are usually limited to percentile scores, which aren’t suitable for statistical analysis. Habitus exports can contain multiple scoring outputs that supports future analyses
Flexible Scoring
Scoring with these providers is typically fixed, in contrast Habitus can create customised scoring outputs, like a benchmarked Client Competency Model
Custom Reporting
Reports from these providers are typically fixed, whereas the Habitus report can be customised to any suitable framework already in use in the business
Frequently Asked Questions
general
What is Habitus?
Habitus is Latin for posture and reflects out take on personality. That is we all have a default personality posture that helps in some situations and can hinder in others. Habitus is a scientifically validated personality assessment that takes around 10 minutes to complete online. It’s built for two purposes: hiring and leadership development, and reports are written in plain language, so no psychology background is needed to understand what it means.
What does Habitus measure?
Five core dimensions of workplace personality: Drive & Confidence (Social Drive), Interpersonal Style (Connections), Openness & Reflection (Thinking), Discipline & Structure (Work Style), and Resilience & Emotional Expression (Emotions). Together they build a rounded picture of how someone is likely to think, feel and behave at work.
How is Habitus different from tools like MBTI, DISC or Hogan?
Many personality tools were built for individual self-discovery and later adapted for hiring. Habitus was designed from the ground up for workplace decisions — matching candidates against thousands of occupations and producing separate reports for hiring managers, candidates, and trained users, so everyone gets the level of detail that’s actually relevant to them.
Has Habitus been tested in real workplaces?
Yes. Habitus has over 10,000 completed assessments, including in demanding sectors like mining and healthcare, where getting role-fit right matters most. Habitus scales have been statistically linked to a variety of business outcomes for our clients.
How does Habitus compare to personality tools from Hogan, SHL or Saville?
Habitus is built on the same rigorous foundations as established providers like Hogan, SHL and Saville — valid, reliable, checked for fairness across gender, ethnicity, age and education, and benchmarked against a large professional norm group. Where it differs is flexibility: one assessment produces the insights that typically require two separate products elsewhere, data exports that support deeper statistical analysis, and both scoring and reporting can be customised to the look-and-feel in your business, plus map outputs to your competency model.
for candidates
Is there a right or wrong answer?
No, Habitus isn’t a pass/fail test. It’s a profile of your natural working style. The most useful outputs come from answering honestly and quickly, based on instinct rather than what you thinkthe “ideal” answer might be.
Can I improve my result by answering strategically?
It’s not in your best interest to try. Habitus is designed to match you to roles where your natural style is a genuine strength and answering to fit an assumed “ideal” profile just increases the odds of landing in a role that doesn’t actually suit you.
What happens to my results, and who sees them?
Habitus can produce up to three versions of a report: a Candidate report written for you, a Hiring Manager report summarising fit for a role, and a more detailed Trained User report for accredited practitioners. Exactly what’s shared, and with whom, depends on the process your employer or recruiter has set up.
Is my data kept private?
Yes. Habitus data is managed in line with the Australian Privacy Principles, and data is physically hosted in Australia.
for employers
Do I need to be certified to use Habitus?
Not for the standard Hiring Manager and Candidate reports. Both are written in plain language so any hiring manager can act on them with confidence. Accessing the more detailed Trained User report does require accreditation, which ensures that deeper data is interpreted correctly.
How does Habitus help reduce bias in hiring?
By giving every candidate an objective, standardised profile against a pre-determined job profile, Habitus gives hiring panels a consistent, evidence-based reference point to weigh alongside interviews, reducing reliance on gut feel or first impressions.
Is Habitus only for recruitment?
No. Beyond hiring, Habitus is also frequently used for leadership development to support existing team members and managers understand their own working style and how to flex it.
How much does Habitus cost?
Pricing depends on how you plan to use Habitus (one-off hiring decisions vs. ongoing development programs). Get in touch and we’ll put together a quote for your situation.
How do I get started?
Use the links above on this page to complete Habitus for free, check out a sample report, or contact us directly using the form below. We’ll work with you to find the right approach for your team.
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