Creativity When Facing a Deadlock
Evaluates your ability to move beyond conventional solutions, generate new ideas when facing obstacles and mobilize your creativity to unblock complex professional situations.
A workplace creativity test is not about whether you draw well or have an artistic temperament. It focuses on what happens when the usual solutions stop working: an insufficient budget, restrictive regulations, a team going round in circles, a proven method that no longer fits. In these moments, being able to open up other avenues, then make them concrete enough to convince others, is often what gets a stalled project moving again.
This online test presents a variety of deadlocks, individual or collective, and observes how candidates widen the range of options, choose which ideas to pursue and get them accepted within their organization. It serves professionals who want to break out of their habits, and recruiters who need people able to innovate in a real setting, with its constraints and its resistance.
What this test measures
- The ability to suggest new avenues when the usual approaches have run out
- How one revives the flow of ideas in a group that is losing momentum
- How a promising idea is turned into a testable solution and then actually implemented
- How one presents an unconventional proposal to cautious decision-makers
- How one reacts after a tested idea fails or a personal proposal is turned down
Examples of situations in the test
- 1A non-profit that wants to launch an ambitious project while every standard offer exceeds its budget
- 2A bank operating under strict regulations that still seeks to renew its range of services
- 3A marketing team that has been meeting for half an hour without producing a single new idea
- 4An engineering firm whose chosen approach fails when half of the allotted time has already passed
About this test
This test uses situational judgement tests (SJT), true/false questions and prioritisation exercises to assess your real behaviours. Each answer is weighted: there is no obvious "wrong" answer.
How to read your result
High result
A good result shows someone who stays flexible in the face of obstacles, explores several angles before settling on an option and knows how to turn an idea into a concrete project that others support.
Result to develop
A result that still needs developing indicates that habits or context are holding back the search for new solutions. The report specifies at which stage of the creative process the person gets stuck and suggests methods to broaden their range.
Roles where this skill is decisive
- Marketing manager
- R&D engineer
- Service designer
- Innovation officer
- Instructional designer
- Continuous improvement manager
Who is it for?
Candidates & Professionals
Assess your behavioural skills through realistic scenario-based questions. Get a detailed AI report on your strengths and development areas.
Recruiters & HR
Integrate this test into your selection process to objectively assess your candidates' soft skills.
Frequently asked questions
Does this creativity test assess artistic talent?
No. It deals with creativity applied to workplace problems: finding an alternative when resources are lacking, reviving a team that has run out of ideas, working around a constraint that cannot be lifted, getting an unusual proposal accepted. No drawing or writing is required: you respond to concrete work situations.
Does the test cover individual or team creativity?
Both. Some situations leave you alone facing a dead end, others ask you to lead a group or move an idea forward in an organization that is not very open to change. This variety helps identify whether your room for growth lies mainly in generating ideas, implementing them or championing them with others.
Why would a recruiter use it?
Creativity appears on many CVs but is hard to verify in an interview. Used in a recruitment campaign, the test puts every candidate in front of the same types of deadlocks and provides a behavioral report for each one. The company can then ask for a real-life example on the points the report highlights.
What does taking the test involve?
After signing in, you get 20 questions drawn at random from a larger bank, to complete in 35 minutes. They combine workplace scenarios, true/false statements and ranking exercises, with weighted answers. You can take the test in free mode to see where you stand. An AI-generated report then presents your strengths, development areas and recommendations.