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COMPASS Test Preparation

The CPP personality questionnaire and test-day strategy

Lesson 4 of 4•2 min read•1 exercise

Alongside the aptitude subtests, most COMPASS selections include the COMPASS Personality Profile — the questionnaire Transavia's own recruitment pages refer to as the CPP. COMPASS International states that it reports on 15 personality competencies, covering personal and interpersonal competencies and potential imbalances, followed by a conclusion and advice for the selectors.

How to approach the questionnaire

  • Answer honestly and consistently. Personality inventories of this kind include cross-checks, and an inconsistent or obviously idealised profile raises more concern than an honest one with rough edges.

  • Do not try to guess the 'pilot answer'. Selectors read the profile alongside your interview — contradictions between the two are what cost candidates, not individual traits.

  • Know your own profile before test day, so nothing in the interview discussion of it takes you by surprise.

Test-day strategy

  • Treat it like a flight: sleep properly, eat beforehand, arrive early and unrushed.

  • Read every instruction screen fully — subtests are unforgiving of candidates who start before understanding the task.

  • Accept that the test is calibrated so almost nobody finishes everything perfectly; a dropped item is not a failed test, so reset and move on.

  • Taper your practice: light familiarisation in the final two days, not new material.

How to prepare

Take the Big Five personality test on the practice page before your assessment. It is not the CPP, but it maps the same trait landscape, and reviewing your own results is the best way to arrive at the questionnaire — and the interview that follows it — self-aware and consistent.

What the test looks like

A worked example from each exercise in this lesson, exactly as the test presents it.

Example: what your result looks like

There are no right or wrong answers. When you finish, your responses are scored across the five domains and shown as a profile like the one below — a radar chart up top, then a card per domain with its band and percentage. Expand a card for a plain-language description or a facet-by-facet breakdown.

Domain overview

Score per domain as a percentage of the maximum. Hover a corner for the exact value; each domain is detailed below.

Openness To Experience

High
83%

Openness to Experience describes a dimension of cognitive style that distinguishes imaginative, creative people from down-to-earth, conventional people.

Your score on Openness to Experience is high, indicating you enjoy novelty, variety, and change. You are curious, imaginative, and creative.

Conscientiousness

Average
70%

Conscientiousness concerns the way in which we control, regulate, and direct our impulses.

Your score on Conscientiousness is average. This means you are reasonably reliable, organized, and self-controlled.

Extraversion

Average
53%

Extraversion is marked by pronounced engagement with the external world.

Your score on Extraversion is average, indicating you are neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox. You enjoy time with others but also time alone.

Agreeableness

High
80%

Agreeableness reflects individual differences in concern with cooperation and social harmony. Agreeable individuals value getting along with others.

Your high level of Agreeableness indicates a strong interest in others' needs and well-being. You are pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative.

Neuroticism

Low
33%

Neuroticism refers to the tendency to experience negative feelings.

Your score on Neuroticism is low, indicating that you are exceptionally calm, composed and unflappable. You do not react with intense emotions, even to situations that most people would describe as stressful.

This profile is an illustration, not a real score. A high or low band isn't "good" or "bad" — it just describes where your answers sit relative to most people.

Practice the relevant tests

Assessment-grade exercises to practice the relevant competences.

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