A detailed report outlining my top character strengths; issued by Standard Chartered Bank after conducting an assessment as part of their recruitment process.
A detailed report outlining my top character strengths; issued by Standard Chartered Bank after conducting an assessment as part of their recruitment process.
A detailed report outlining my top character strengths; issued by Standard Chartered Bank after conducting an assessment as part of their recruitment process.
What is your superpower?
The Standard Chartered Strengths Report
Mr. Kashan Hanif,
Thank you for completing our Online Strengths Assessment. We use your responses to work out the things
that come naturally to you, things that give you energy, and make you unique, We like to think of them as the
Superpowers that represent you when you are at your best
Choosing the right graduate role is a big decision. A critical part of deciding on the right opportunity, is
knowing what your strenaths are, and how they might match up to the sort of work you will enjoy doing and
find motivating
To thank you for your time, we wanted to share what the Online Strengths Assessment told us about your
Superpowers.
Your Superpowers
Your Superpowers are the strenaths vou are likely to have possessed from a young age. These are thinas
that will probably feel easy for you, because they are natural strengths. You will typically see exceptional
results when you use these Superpowers and you are likely to feel really good when you apply them. You
should be looking to identify graduate opportunities that are going to give you the chance to use your
Superpowers as much as possible.
‘Your top two Superpowers from the Online Strengths Assessment were:
1. Adaptable
You love adapting your style to suit diverse groups of people. You are able to work with others because of
your natural ability to vary your social style. Your powers are being flexible, open and inclusive.
Unleashing your Superpower: What opportunities can you create that give you access to people at different
levels of seniorly and experience? Think about how you can use your adaptable style to benefit the projects
you work on,
Use your Superpower and seek out work that gives you access to a wide and varied group of clients,
customers or stakeholders.
Remember... Some people find it hard to adapt their style so you may find you are always the one doing the
adjusting. Itis important to be authentic and consistent when interacting with people professionally and
socially,
2. Network
You naturally develop 2 wide network of people and get to know them all well, You always know who to call
and ensure you stay meaningfully connected with everyone. Your professional and social network reaches,
far and wide. Your powers are being connected, supported and well known.
Unleashing your Superpower: Who else could you add to your existing network? Think of three new or
influential people that you would like to have as a connection and plan how you will start to build
relationships with them.
Use your Superpower and think about building out the parts of your network that will help you establish your
career.
Remember... It's about quality as well as quantity. There are always ways to deepen your existing
relationships to get the most out of your connection — for both of you.Areas of Potential
Your Aroas of Potential are the things you may need to practice and develop. These things may fee! less
natural to you because they are skills you have to work hard to get better at, or they may not energise you as
much. It might be that you want to develop capability in these areas, or consider them when thinking about
the type of work or job you might lke to do.
Your top two Areas of Potential from the Online Strengths Assessment were:
1. Analysis
You may not always enjoy analysing information or data, and might not find spotting patterns or trends that
motvating: It can be challenging when you are faced with lots of data to idenify Key messages and make
sense of ail the available information. You could develop more skills of analysis, investigation, and
questioning,
Developing your potential: Try to break down complex problems into simple parts. Make sure you always
give yourself enough time to investigate all options fully and focus your work around what you need to
accomplish.
Reflect on how developing in this area makes you feel and seek opportunities to practice critical thinking.
Remember... Summarising and exploring things that you find complicated will help you to fine tune your
analytical skills.
2. Advocate
You may find doing work that is 100% for the benefit of others draining. It can be difficult to strike a balance
between seeing things from other peoples perspective and bringing your own views and priorities to bear.
You could develop more in the areas of selfiess delivery, giving, and your overall professional style.
Developing your potential: How can you make serving others feel more rewarding? Proactively ask for client,
customer or stakeholder feedback and use it to help determine what great customer service means for you.
Reflect on how developing in this area makes you feel and the impact it has on your work.
Remember... Great service means repeat business. Working hard to exceed the expectations of others will
create future opportunities.How can | learn more about my Superpowers....?
We hope this report has allowed you to learn a little more about your own strengths, and maybe given you
some ideas as 'o how you could take them even further. It is important to note that there are many more
strengths than the ones we have detailed for you in this short report. If you are interested to learn more we
recommend the following resources and tips.
Learn about your strengths and how you can use them to achieve your goals, to learn more
about your personality and more.
1 Leam about strengths, developing greater self
insight and authentic happiness.
Our top 5 tips for spotting your strengths as you think about the right graduate role for you are:
1. Energy - What activities make you feel motivated and enthusiastic? These are likely to be drawing on
your strengths.
2. Ease - What activities do you find easy to do and excel at? I's likely you are using your strengths to
achieve these.
3. To dolists - What are the things that you never seem to get done? You might be avoiding them
because they don't draw on your natural strengths.
4. Attention - what activities do you get really absorbed in? When you are able to really concentrate on
something and naturally give it your full attention, itis likely that you are using strengths in some way.
5. Authenticity - When do you most fee! like the ‘real you?’ Remember strenaths are what make us unique
and fee! powerful, if you don't feel like yourself in a role; it's likely you are not using your strengths.
Thank you again for taking the time to fill out our Online Strengths Assessment,
The Standard Chartered Graduate Recruitment Team