What's your Communication Style? Survey

1.Your project is almost due at work and you’re waiting for a co-worker to finish her part of it. You:(Required.)

a. Ask her why she hasn’t finished it yet

b. Wait so the deadline will be missed and then blame your co-worker

c. See if she needs any help completing it

d. Do it for her and don’t say anything

2.You arrive at the doctor’s office and the receptionist tells you you’re late when you’re actually early. You:(Required.)

a. Explain in a loud voice why she’s wrong

b. Ask what sort of schooling she’s had and whether she might need more

c. Tell her you’re early and see if you can figure out where the mistake was made

d. Just leave; you had other things to do today anyway

3.You’re playing a game and your opponent makes an illegal move. You:(Required.)

a. Move the piece back and tell him to try again

b. Laugh until he figures it out

c. Explain why the move is illegal and offer to wait while he takes his turn over

d. Let him make the illegal move and keep playing

4.You place a drive-through order and discover the food you get isn’t what you asked for. Even worse, the food they gave you could upset your stomach. You:(Required.)

a. Demand to speak to a manager

b. Block the drive-through lane until they fix it

c. Give the food back and follow their advice to park in front so they can bring your special order to you in a few minutes

d. Just eat it

5.Your best friend wants to try out for a talent show and asks you to critique her singing. It’s terrible. You:(Required.)

a. Tell her she should never, ever sing in front of anyone again

b. Suggest she perform for Simon, who you know will be blunt

c. Encourage her to think about singing lessons to take her to the next level

d. Nod, smile and change the subject

6.You’re in line at the grocery store and someone cuts in front of you. You:(Required.)

a. Insist she gets in the back of the line

b. Talk loudly to the person behind you about how rude it is when people cut in line

c. Ask if she was with the person in front of you

d. Don’t do anything

7.Your new teacher or boss pronounces your name wrong on the first day of class or work. You:(Required.)

a. Make a buzzer noise and tell her to try again

b. Say her name wrong back

c. Offer the correct pronunciation and mention it happens a lot

d. Let her keep saying it wrong

8.You want to ask a question in a training or class, and the teacher keeps calling on other people who haven’t had their hands raised as long as you have. You:(Required.)

a. Wave your hand around fast and clear your throat

b. Put your hand down and complain later that you were ignored

c. Straighten up in your chair and raise your hand a little higher

d. Put your hand down

9.You see a celebrity you love ordering a coffee. You:(Required.)

a. Run up and ask for an autograph

b. Don’t say anything but tell all your friends you met the person

c. Give a compliment and see if you can strike up a conversation

d. Try not to stare; you don’t want to bother the person

10.You find out your best friend lied to you about something important. You:(Required.)

a. Call just to say you’re no longer friends

b. Lie about something else to get even

c. Say you heard something different and ask why that might be

d. Never mention it

11.You’re really short on cash and your significant other spent a lot of money on your birthday present. You:(Required.)

a. Insist on taking it back to the store

b. Spend twice the amount on his or her next gift

c. Suggest a spending limit for future gifts

d. Just say thank you

12.A salesman stops you outside to make an annoying pitch. You:(Required.)

a. Say, “Not today!” and keep on moving

b. Say you want to buy three then pretend you left your credit card at home

c. Ask for the bottom line, then make a quick decision

d. Let him go through his whole pitch, then say you’ll have to think about it

13.Your flight’s going to be delayed by a few hours, which means you’ll miss your meeting. You:(Required.)

a. Demand a seat on an earlier flight

b. Don’t say anything, but post a negative review online

c. Explain that you need to be there on time for a meeting and ask if there’s anything else they can do to accommodate you

d. Oh well, one less meeting

14.You buy the last copy of a book at the store and after checking out you notice the back cover is slightly torn. You:(Required.)

a. Go back and demand a discount since there’s no other copy to exchange it with

b. Go home and tell all your friends about it

c. Go back and ask if you can bring this copy back to exchange when they get new ones in stock

d. Keep it

15.You want the last piece of pizza. You:(Required.)

a. Take it and wolf it down before anyone can say anything

b. Let someone else take it, then comment on how many pieces that person ate

c. Ask if everyone got enough, and if anyone would like to split the last piece

d. Forget it and save your diet from a few hundred calories

Count up your responses and determine which letter you chose the most. Did you pick the same letter for eight or more questions?

Click the "Check your score" button below to see what your primary style might be. If your second-highest answer was close behind, you might favor more than one style.

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