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[CPQ Nova](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en) # The CPQ Nova Library: Refined, Refreshed & Radiant ## An Introduction to our New Library of Personality Scales: The CPQ Nova. This article covers the rationale behind CPQ Nova, how it was developed, the conceptual model, and a full scales library overview. #### An Introduction First published in 1996, our original Legacy library, the Clevry Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) has been refined and polished into the '**CPQ Nova'**, our new shiny library of scales. Through a process of rigorous test development, user feedback, and millions of individual personality assessment completions, we are now ready to share our latest library with you. The CPQ Nova has been upgraded to provide an even better collection of flexible traits that represent all aspects of the modern workplace. All scales have been refreshed and reviewed to ensure they’re up to date with the latest contemporary understanding and experience of workplace personality. As such, we’ve ensured that our questionnaires are performing at the highest standard, with validity and reliability metrics better than ever. --- ### Personality in the Modern Workplace Our old CPQ Legacy Library (as great as it is) was not fully representing all aspects of workplace personality in the modern day. Some scales were slightly limited in the traits that they were measuring, which meant that some lovely human behaviours were not being captured. In 2025, The World Economic Forum released a report highlighting some of the most essential and sought-after skills at work: “**Analytical thinking** remains the most sought-after core skill among employers, with seven out of 10 companies considering it as essential in 2025. This is followed by **resilience, flexibility and agility, along with leadership and social influence**. ​AI and big data top the list of fastest-growing skills, followed closely by networks and cybersecurity as well as **technology literacy**. Complementing these technology-related skills**, creative thinking, resilience, flexibility and agility**, along with curiosity and lifelong learning, are also expected to continue to rise in importance over the 2025-2030 period.” The CPQ Nova Library assesses each of these skills. Take a sneak preview at some of the scales below: - Technology confidence - Innovation - Resilience - Adaptable - Leading - Persuading - Rational --- ### Development of the CPQ Nova Our psychometricians set out with a clear goal: to create a new version of the CPQ that captures the traits most relevant to the modern workplace, with enhanced reliability and validity. We began with an in-depth quantitative review of the CPQ Legacy, identifying which scales were performing well, which were popular with clients, and where improvements could be made. Next, we explored emerging workplace traits that were not yet assessed, combining extensive literature reviews with insights gained from working with clients across the UK and internationally. This process produced a comprehensive list of new scales – but the work didn’t stop there. Through multiple studies and detailed analyses, each scale was refined, tested, and shaped to maximise both reliability and validity. Some scales were revised, some added, some removed, and others retained as they were, ensuring that only the most robust and relevant measures remained. The result is a fully polished, modernised CPQ, ready for immediate use and designed to deliver the highest-quality insights for today’s workplace. --- ### The CPQ Nova Concept The Clevry Personality Questionnaire is unlike anything else on the market. We don’t subscribe to a one-size-fits-all approach to personality. Instead, our model offers unparalleled flexibility, allowing you to pick and choose the elements you want to measure. The CPQ Nova Library consists of 47 scales, split across five key areas of soft-skills and personality at work. These areas are: - **People soft-skills:** An individual’s preferred style, approach, and impact when interacting with others. - **Cognitive soft-skills:** An individual’s typical approach when dealing with tasks, challenges, problems, responsibilities, and decisions. - **Emotion soft-skills:** An individual’s emotions, temperament, and inner experience. - **Motivation values:** An individual’s values and motivations within an occupational context. - **Culture-fit values:** An individual’s motivation to perform particular tasks in particular ways, as well as the type of organisational culture they are likely to thrive in. - **Self-presentation:** An individual’s response style to the questionnaire. ![](https://help.clevry.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-11-2026-10-16-04-9061-AM.png?width=670&height=340&name=image-png-May-11-2026-10-16-04-9061-AM.png) The CPQ structure of personality is designed to explore personality at increasing levels of depth, and to understand how different areas of personality overlap with each other. Combining the different elements provides us with a holistic picture of someone’s personality. At the surface level, the CPQ assesses traits relating to behaviours (i.e., People and Cognitive soft skills). These are traits of personality that we are likely to see in others after a very short time of knowing them. At a deeper level of personality, emotional predispositions and styles that exist beneath the surface are measured (i.e., Emotion soft skills). It may take a couple of weeks to begin to see these sorts of traits in others. Finally, at the deepest level of personality the CPQ gauges values for individuals’ motivations and their culture fit. Such traits of personality may not be evident in other people until we have known them for a much longer time. --- ### The CPQ Nova Library ![](https://help.clevry.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-09-2026-02-03-36-9503-PM.png?width=783&height=877&name=image-png-Oct-09-2026-02-03-36-9503-PM.png) ### In a Nutshell - Gain powerful insights into the strengths, styles, and motivations of employees, presented through our engaging suite of reports. - Backed by 30 years of rigorous validation and trusted by leading employers worldwide. - Choose from comprehensive off-the-shelf questionnaires, industry-specific role assessments, or create your own bespoke personality tool. - Features occupationally-focused items, currently available in English, with more languages coming soon. - Self-report format with an intuitive 5-point rating scale. - Trait-based approach delivers detailed, actionable information for recruitment and development. - Fully responsive across desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. - Option for automatic feedback for every participant.   *If you would like to find out more information on how to start using the CPQ Nova, please speak to your Customer Success Manager, or contact our support team at* [*support@clevry.com*](mailto:support@clevry.com)*.* - [Using the Clevry Platform](https://help.clevry.com/using-the-clevry-platform?hsLang=en) - [Clevry Onboarding Training](https://help.clevry.com/clevry-onboarding-training?hsLang=en) - [Hiring Manager Training](https://help.clevry.com/hiring-manager-training?hsLang=en) - [Ability Tests](https://help.clevry.com/ability-tests?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Clevry's Ability Tests](https://help.clevry.com/ability-tests?hsLang=en#clevrys-ability-tests) - [Information on Ability Tests](https://help.clevry.com/ability-tests?hsLang=en#information-on-ability-tests) - [CPQ Nova](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Questionnaires](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en#questionnaires) - [Job-Matching](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en#job-matching) - [Interpretation & Feedback](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en#interpretation-feedback) - [Fairness & Inclusivity](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en#fairness-inclusivity) - [The Science](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-nova?hsLang=en#the-science) - [CPQ Legacy](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-legacy?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Clevry's Personality Model](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-legacy?hsLang=en#clevrys-personality-model) - [Clevry's Personality Questionnaires](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-legacy?hsLang=en#clevrys-personality-questionnaires) - [Job-Match Feature](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-legacy?hsLang=en#job-match-feature) - [Discussing & Interpreting Personality Results](https://help.clevry.com/cpq-legacy?hsLang=en#discussing-interpreting-personality-results) - [Scenario-Based Assessments](https://help.clevry.com/scenario-based-assessments?hsLang=en) - [Reports](https://help.clevry.com/reports?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Report Guides](https://help.clevry.com/reports?hsLang=en#report-guides) - [Interpreting results](https://help.clevry.com/reports?hsLang=en#interpreting-results) - [Group reports](https://help.clevry.com/reports?hsLang=en#group-reports) - [Sample Reports](https://help.clevry.com/reports?hsLang=en#sample-reports) - [The Science](https://help.clevry.com/the-science?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Norm Group Information](https://help.clevry.com/the-science?hsLang=en#norm-group-information) - [Technical Information](https://help.clevry.com/the-science?hsLang=en#technical-information) - [General FAQ's](https://help.clevry.com/general-faqs?hsLang=en) - [Projects](https://help.clevry.com/projects?hsLang=en#main-content) - [What are Projects?](https://help.clevry.com/projects?hsLang=en#what-are-projects) - [Account Management](https://help.clevry.com/projects?hsLang=en#account-management) - [Integration Guides](https://help.clevry.com/integration-guides?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Teamtailor](https://help.clevry.com/integration-guides?hsLang=en#teamtailor) - [The Clevry blog](https://www.clevry.com/en/blog/) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.clevry.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Clevry_Logo_RGB_Horizontal%20(1).png?width=141&height=55&name=Clevry_Logo_RGB_Horizontal%20(1).png "Chill listening crop-3")](http://www.clevry.com) **Need help with Clevry?** Contact our support team at support.uk@clevry.com or +44 1273 734 000 **Interested in Clevry for your organisation?** [Contact our team](https://hubs.la/Q04vbfnv0) Copyright © 2026, Clevry International Oy