Knowledge Base

Use our Report Management Dashboard to send and review assessments and reports for candidates.

Utilize the bulk purchase option on our website to purchase more than one assessment at a time, and then send them to candidates as you like within the Report Management Dashboard.

Refer to this blog post when you encounter a candidate that is hesitant to take the assessment. Assure the candidate that you’re asking them to take the assessment so that you can get to know them as a person and so that you can see who they are beyond their resume.

Our assessment and PIR report help to minimize the bias of the hiring team and offer an equal chance for candidates to show who they really are besides what is written on the resume.

Ultimately, the goal is to enrich the interview process with more topics beyond their skills and experiences. You are not looking for a “robot” but someone who will fit right in your team, so let the potential candidate know the reasoning behind the assessment.

The PIC measures three crucial aspects of a candidate’s personality that give insight beyond their resume – Performance, Interpersonal Traits, and Challenges. Within each of these sections of the reports, there is a breakdown to explain in depth what each section means, how to interpret the section, and how to utilize each part of the report. You also receive valuable interview questions tailored to the candidate to help you during the interview process.

The web app is a valuable addition to your business. View your team’s strengths and biases in real-time with our Team Room function, and see how a potential candidate may fit in with your existing team. You can run 1-1 compatibility reports between team members, between an employee and their manager, or between a potential candidate and their supervisor to see compatibility levels and learn the best communication style for each individual.

Your free limited personality report includes your type name and a brief description of your personality type. To discover more about yourself, unlock your full report by downloading our app and meeting the milestones, or purchasing the report on our website at www.sumforteams.com.

Our brief assessment takes approximately 3 minutes to complete.

While there is not mobile applications currently available to download, our web app is fully mobile optimized and runs great on your mobile device!

Your information is always secure with SUM. We promise never to sell your personal information.

Our assessment and PIR report help to minimize the bias of the hiring team and offer an equal chance for candidates to show who they really are besides what is written on the resume. There is no right or wrong answer – and we mean that. Unlike other assessments where they say that, but there really IS a “right” or “wrong” answer that the company is looking for – your answers here aren’t right or wrong. There is a spectrum of personality, and there are strengths and challenges to all aspects of someone’s personality. We’re in the business of helping people understand each other right from the start of a relationship so that they can reduce conflict during the course of the working relationship, which will improve the overall outcome for both parties.

Signing in/Signing up for SUM

Begin by creating your account. Click on “Create Account” to create a new account. If you already have an account, you can enter your account information in the spaces provided and click on “Sign In” to continue.

If you have forgotten your password, click on “Forgot Password?” and follow the prompts to reset your password.

Once your account is created, a confirmation email will be sent to your inbox. Click the link in the email to confirm your email address, then return to the app to sign in.

Taking the assessment

Now that your account is set up, you are ready to take the assessment. The assessment is comprised of 70 questions. Each question has four answer options – Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree. Once you select your answer, click on “Next” to proceed to the next question.

You may click on “Previous” if you wish to change your last answer.

After answering the 70 questions, your assessment is completed and you will be taken to your personal dashboard to view the results.

My Report

Clicking on the “My Report” button will take you to a brief overview of your results. From here, you may choose to “Read More” of your COBI Personal Report or you may choose to have your full COBI Personal Report results. The free portion of the report is available by clicking on “Read More.”

To unlock your full COBI Personal Report, you must either complete the milestones listed on your Dashboard or you may purchase the full report in our e-store.

Milestones

Unlock your full COBI Personal report by completing some simple milestones. In order to access your free report, you must first complete the assessment, verify your email address, complete your profile information, invite at least two new Connections, and create a new Room. Once you have completed all of your milestones, you may access your full COBI Personal Report.

Adding new connections

You may add new connections by clicking on the “Add Connection” button in the top-left corner of the Connections page. You can manage your sent and received connection invitations by clicking on “Received” and “Sent” under Connections in the left-hand menu.

Connection Summary

The Connection Summary gives you an overview of your relationship with your Connection. It outlines your shared, two-way compatibility scores, as well as the pros and cons of your relationships. Your areas of compatibility are laid out on scales of perception, conception, and behavior, so you can see where you each land in areas like creativity vs. practicality, or your individual lens sizes.

Yes!

Our focus is not only on an individual’s endogenous tendencies but also on the interdependent relationship of how the individual perceives, conceptualizes, and makes conscious & sub-conscious decisions about their behavior from a higher perspective. We call this the ‘Perception, Conceptualization, Behavior (PCB) Model.’

Everyone has their unique cognitive orientation, or lens, when they perceive the world. Depending on the size of their lens and the shade of their filter, the way different people perceive and interpret their environment varies; ultimately, this impacts their decision-making process and behavior.

The COSEC (Cognitive Orientation and Social-Emotional Competency) Assessment is a survey-type neurocognition assessment tool designed primarily to determine the unique perception propensity of a brain during the cognitive process and characterize the aptitude and behavioral pattern of the individual based on 8,192 pattern variances.

It is the most in-depth analytic tool available today that can identify both the inherent nature of the cognitive processes of an individual and the contributions of their external environment.

Our COBI Report is based on our PCB Model – Our unique, multifaceted view of what makes you who you are.

Yes!

Our focus is not only on an individual’s endogenous tendencies but also on the interdependent relationship of how the individual perceives, conceptualizes, and makes conscious & sub-conscious decisions about their behavior from a higher perspective. We call this the ‘Perception, Conceptualization, Behavior (PCB) Model.’

Everyone has their unique cognitive orientation, or lens, when they perceive the world. Depending on the size of their lens and the shade of their filter, the way different people perceive and interpret their environment varies; ultimately, this impacts their decision-making process and behavior.

Traditional career aptitude assessments often focus on the candidate’s personality, using different personality assessment models to see how they will fit with the position. The supposed objective of personality assessments and psychometrics is to identify inherently human traits to understand and appreciate the uniqueness of an individual and the differences among people’s distinctive characteristics.

Traditional approaches to personality and aptitude, such as MBTI, Big-5, and other commonly known psychometrics, have led to contradictory results – the majority of subjects tested lie near the middle of a continuous curve, making them barely distinguishable from one another.

The biggest problem with existing approaches is that they only offer a limited explanation about an individual’s behavioral inconsistencies if they face the same situation at different times or if they were facing altogether different situations.

The COSEC (Cognitive Orientation and Social-Emotional Competency) Assessment is a survey-type neurocognition assessment tool designed primarily to determine the unique perception propensity of a brain during the cognitive process and characterize the aptitude and behavioral pattern of the individual based on 8,192 pattern variances. It is the most in-depth analytic tool available today that can identify both the inherent nature of the cognitive processes of an individual and the contributions of their external environment.

The PIC Report offers an in-depth view of their projected behavior at work in connection to their performance and interpersonal style. We also highlight some possible challenges that they may face depending on their cognitive and behavioral orientation.

It is recommended that this report be used exclusively as a supplement to a candidate’s resume, as an integral part of the hiring process. This report is intended to aid in hiring by helping to set unbiased guidelines for your decision-making process.

Ultimately, the PIC report recommends the best fit in terms of positions & roles suitability without any bias from sex, age, ethnicity, skills, degrees, or experience.

• These results are indicators of a subject’s tendencies, not definitive measurements of their personal effectiveness, or how skilled they are at a particular task.
• This report does not reveal the level of knowledge the candidate has for the position.
• This report does not validate any experience or expertise of the candidate.
• This report does not suggest that the candidate will perform any better or worse in any specific field or area.
• People are complicated, and there are many factors that affect behavior – consequently, there may be some areas of this report that you disagree with or see differently.