If you’ve ever asked yourself “what personality profile should I look for in this role?”, now you have the answer.
We just launched the Roles & OCEAN+ Profiles Guide: a free tool with 187 personality profiles across 18 industries, now with variants by company size — from tech and product to mining, banking, and agribusiness, adapted to startups, SMBs, enterprises, and global corporations.
What is the Roles Guide?
It’s a library of psychometric profiles based on the OCEAN+ model (the Big Five personality factors plus Structure & Rhythm). For each role you’ll find:
- Ideal ranges across the 6 OCEAN+ dimensions — not a fixed number, but a range that reflects the real variability of the role
- Variants by company size — profiles tuned for Startup, SMB, Enterprise, and Global, because a Product Manager at a startup needs a different profile than one at a corporation
- Behavioral interview questions designed to assess each dimension, contextualized to the segment
- Red flags specific to each company type
- Career path with likely transitions, fit score, and origin roles
- Similar roles to explore nearby profiles
- Talento Index archetype — one of 10 workplace personality archetypes that sums up the profile in a memorable category
New: Profiles by Company Size
A Product Manager at a 10-person startup doesn’t need the same profile as one at a 500-person enterprise. Until now, most personality frameworks ignored this difference. We don’t.
Each role now has up to 4 variants adapted to the organizational context:
| Segment | Headcount | What changes? |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | 1-50 | High tolerance for ambiguity, versatility, fast execution |
| SMB | 51-200 | Balance between structure and flexibility, professionalization in progress |
| Enterprise | 201-1000 | Matrix navigation, cross-functional influence, defined processes |
| Global | 1001+ | Political intelligence, multicultural influence, distributed leadership |
The variants aren’t copies — each one has tuned OCEAN+ ranges, specific strengths, its own red flags, and contextualized interview questions. That’s 182 roles with automatic variants, which brings the guide to 938 pages.
Practical example: A Product Manager at a startup needs Openness 80-95 and Extraversion 65-85 (they have to sell the vision). At an enterprise, Openness drops to 70-85 and Conscientiousness rises to 75-90 (they have to navigate processes and stakeholders). Compare for yourself →
Why ranges and not fixed scores?
Because people aren’t formulas. A Product Manager with 70 in Openness can be just as effective as one with 85 — what matters is being within the healthy range for the role. Ranges capture that reality.
Each profile includes a radar chart that visualizes these ranges at a glance. Here’s what the base Product Manager profile looks like, for example:
Resilience in the face of shifting priorities, feedback, and business pressure
How to read the radar chart:
- Solid line — the ideal maximum of the range for that role
- Dotted line — the ideal minimum of the range
- Band between the two — the “green zone” where the ideal candidate should fall
A score outside the range doesn’t automatically disqualify anyone, but it’s a signal to dig deeper in the interview.
Explore the full profile: Product Manager →
The 6 OCEAN+ dimensions
The OCEAN+ model extends the 5 classic personality factors (Big Five) with a sixth dimension specific to the workplace context:
| Dimension | Code | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Openness | O | Curiosity, creativity, openness to new ideas |
| Conscientiousness | C | Organization, discipline, results orientation |
| Extraversion | E | Sociability, energy, communication |
| Agreeableness | A | Cooperation, empathy, teamwork |
| Emotional Stability | EE | Resilience, handling pressure, balance |
| Structure & Rhythm | ER | Preference for defined procedures, steady pace, tolerance for ambiguity |
18 industries, 187 roles, 938 pages
The guide covers roles in:
- Technology — Frontend, Backend, DevOps, ML, QA, SRE, Cloud, and more
- Artificial Intelligence — AI Engineer, Prompt Engineer, ML Ops, LLM Specialist, CAIO
- Product & Design — PM, UX, Growth, Product Owner
- Sales & Commercial — SDR, AE, Sales Manager, Revenue Ops
- Marketing — Growth, SEO, Content, Brand, Performance
- Leadership — CTO, VP, Director, Head of Engineering
- Finance — FP&A, Controller, CFO, Auditor
- Operations — Supply Chain, Facilities, Business Analyst
- BPO & Contact Centers — Agent, Team Lead, QA, WFM
- Banking & Insurance — Risk Analyst, Compliance, Bank Officer
- Mining, Oil & Gas, Construction — Safety, Geology, Projects
- Logistics, Pharma, Agribusiness, Healthcare — and more
Every profile is browsable with filters by industry, level (Entry, Mid, Senior, Director, Executive), and company size.
Connected career paths
One of the most powerful features: each role shows a visual career map with:
- Origin roles: Which positions do people come from to reach this role?
- Next steps: Where can someone grow from here?
- Fit score: How compatible is each transition based on OCEAN+ profiles?
This lets you understand not just what to look for today, but how to think about people’s growth within the organization.
How to use it?
For recruiters and HR managers
- Before posting a job: Check the role’s profile to define which personality traits to prioritize — and pick the variant that matches your company size
- During interviews: Use the behavioral interview questions contextualized to the segment
- When shortlisting: Compare OCEAN+ assessment results against the role’s ideal ranges for your type of organization
For hiring managers
- Define the ideal profile: If you don’t know how to describe what you’re looking for, the profile gives you a concrete starting point — adjusted to whether you’re a startup, SMB, or enterprise
- Assess team fit: Compare the role’s ranges with those of current team members
- Plan succession: Use the career paths to identify internal candidates
For candidates
- Self-awareness: Interested in a role? See if your profile falls within the ideal ranges for the type of company you want to work at
- Explore careers: Browse the career paths to understand which transitions are most likely
- Prepare for interviews: The behavioral questions tell you in advance what they’ll be assessing based on the organizational context
Talento Index Archetypes
Each profile now includes a workplace personality archetype — one of 10 Talento Index archetypes that sums up the role’s dominant work style. This makes communication between HR and hiring managers easier: instead of talking about “Openness 75-90 and Conscientiousness 70-85”, you can say “we’re looking for a Strategic Explorer profile”.
Archetypes are assigned automatically based on the role’s OCEAN+ ranges and its category. Each one has a visual badge that appears on the profile page.
Free access
The Roles & OCEAN+ Profiles Guide is completely free and open. No sign-up required.
Explore by company size: Startup · SMB · Enterprise · Global
And if you also want to assess candidates or teams using automated OCEAN+ assessments, start free with Talen.to.
Missing a role you need? Want to tune the ranges for your company? Write to us — we keep expanding the guide.
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