{
  "version": 1,
  "reviewed": "2026-11-10",
  "credit": "Original editorial content by Practice Aptitude Tests. No third-party assessment items, scoring keys or datasets are reproduced.",
  "values": [
    {
      "id": "independence", "code": "a", "name": "Independence",
      "short": "Have room to decide how you do your work.",
      "meaning": "You want trust and discretion over how you approach a task. Clear goals can help, while close control over every step may feel limiting.",
      "lookFor": "Agreed outcomes, space to use your judgement and a manager who explains where decisions sit.",
      "questions": ["Which decisions could I make without approval?", "Can you give an example of someone changing how the team works?"],
      "reflection": "Think of a task you owned. Which decisions did you want to make yourself?"
    },
    {
      "id": "security", "code": "b", "name": "Security",
      "short": "Have dependable work and know what to expect.",
      "meaning": "You value continuity and clear expectations. Changes may be easier to handle when you understand what is happening and have time to plan.",
      "lookFor": "Clear contract terms, reliable scheduling and honest communication about changes. No employer can promise permanent certainty.",
      "questions": ["What changes do you expect this role to go through?", "How far ahead are working hours and responsibilities agreed?"],
      "reflection": "Which kind of uncertainty would be hardest for you: income, hours, duties or the length of a contract?"
    },
    {
      "id": "learning", "code": "c", "name": "Learning",
      "short": "Keep building skills and exploring new ideas.",
      "meaning": "You want to develop through your work. This might mean practice, feedback, a mentor or time to investigate something unfamiliar, rather than a formal promotion.",
      "lookFor": "Protected learning time, useful feedback and opportunities to practise new skills with support.",
      "questions": ["What has someone in this role learned recently, and how?", "When work gets busy, how is time for development protected?"],
      "reflection": "What would you like to be able to do a year from now that you cannot do yet?"
    },
    {
      "id": "flexibility", "code": "d", "name": "Flexibility",
      "short": "Have a say in when or where you work.",
      "meaning": "You want working arrangements that can fit your circumstances. Flexibility might mean predictable adjustments to hours, location or working patterns, rather than working remotely all the time.",
      "lookFor": "Specific arrangements used by people in comparable roles, with clear limits and a practical way to request changes.",
      "questions": ["What flexibility do people in this role actually use?", "Which hours or activities need everyone to be available together?"],
      "reflection": "Which arrangement would make the biggest practical difference to your life?"
    },
    {
      "id": "achievement", "code": "e", "name": "Achievement",
      "short": "Do work you are proud of and see your progress.",
      "meaning": "You value completing meaningful goals and seeing the quality of your work improve. Achievement can be personal mastery or a job done well; it need not mean status or competition.",
      "lookFor": "Realistic goals, useful feedback and a clear connection between your effort and the finished result.",
      "questions": ["What would good work look like in the first six months?", "How are quality and progress recognised alongside output?"],
      "reflection": "Recall something you were proud to finish. What made it feel worthwhile?"
    },
    {
      "id": "helping", "code": "f", "name": "Helping others",
      "short": "Make a useful difference to other people.",
      "meaning": "You want your effort to benefit someone. That could happen directly, through personal support, or indirectly, through a product, service or better system.",
      "lookFor": "A clear explanation of who benefits, how the team knows its work helps and how people doing the work are supported.",
      "questions": ["Who benefits from this work, and how do you check the difference it makes?", "How are staff supported when other people need more than the team can give?"],
      "reflection": "Whose situation would you most like your work to improve, and in what way?"
    },
    {
      "id": "connection", "code": "g", "name": "Connection",
      "short": "Feel part of a supportive group of people.",
      "meaning": "You value relationships, shared effort and a sense of belonging. This can matter in a small team or a large organisation, whether people work together in person or at a distance.",
      "lookFor": "Time to connect, helpful colleagues and ways for new people to take part without having to fit a single social style.",
      "questions": ["How does someone new become part of this team?", "What happens when a colleague needs help with their workload?"],
      "reflection": "Which kind of contact helps you feel connected: shared tasks, informal conversation, mentoring or something else?"
    },
    {
      "id": "fairness", "code": "h", "name": "Fairness",
      "short": "Work where people act fairly and keep their word.",
      "meaning": "You want decisions and everyday behaviour to reflect principles you can stand behind. Fairness includes how people are treated and whether concerns are taken seriously.",
      "lookFor": "Transparent decisions, consistent treatment and a credible way to raise concerns. Fair treatment should be a baseline even if this is outside your five.",
      "questions": ["Can you describe a time staff feedback changed a decision?", "How can someone raise a concern, and what happens next?"],
      "reflection": "What behaviour would make it difficult for you to stay, even if the work itself was appealing?"
    },
    {
      "id": "creativity", "code": "i", "name": "Creativity",
      "short": "Explore possibilities and make something your own.",
      "meaning": "You want room to try ideas and produce original solutions. Creativity can be practical, technical or artistic; it does not require a creative job title.",
      "lookFor": "Space to experiment, constructive responses to early attempts and a clear route for suggesting improvements.",
      "questions": ["What new idea has this team tried recently?", "How much of the work follows a set process, and where can I experiment?"],
      "reflection": "Would you rather invent something new, improve an existing approach or express an idea?"
    },
    {
      "id": "influence", "code": "j", "name": "Influence",
      "short": "Have a voice in decisions that shape the work.",
      "meaning": "You want to contribute to the direction of work, rather than only carry out decisions. This can mean bringing evidence or representing others, without managing people.",
      "lookFor": "A clear way to contribute, access to decision-makers and examples of ideas from different levels being heard.",
      "questions": ["Which decisions could someone in this role help shape?", "How are different views considered before a decision is made?"],
      "reflection": "Which decisions would you most want a voice in, and whose views would you want to represent?"
    },
    {
      "id": "financial", "code": "k", "name": "Financial wellbeing",
      "short": "Earn enough to support your needs and plans.",
      "meaning": "You value what your income makes possible. This might mean meeting essential costs, supporting others, building a buffer or saving for a goal, rather than seeking the highest salary.",
      "lookFor": "Clear pay, reliable payment and understandable benefits and progression. Consider the costs of travel, training and the working pattern too.",
      "questions": ["What is the pay range, and how are pay reviews decided?", "Are there role-related costs or variable parts of pay I should understand?"],
      "reflection": "What income and predictability would support your needs, and what would you be willing to exchange for more?"
    },
    {
      "id": "balance", "code": "l", "name": "Balance",
      "short": "Keep enough time and energy for life outside work.",
      "meaning": "You want a sustainable workload and room for rest, relationships or other commitments. This can matter with fixed hours or flexible ones; control over hours alone does not ensure a manageable workload.",
      "lookFor": "Realistic workloads, usable breaks and leave, and clear expectations about contact outside working hours.",
      "questions": ["What usually happens when the workload is greater than the team can manage?", "How often do people work beyond their agreed hours?"],
      "reflection": "What would a sustainable working week leave you with the time and energy to do?"
    }
  ],
  "tensions": [
    {"pair": ["independence", "connection"], "text": "Owning your tasks and feeling part of a team can work together. Check how much time is spent working alone and when people come together.", "question": "What would the right mix of independent work and shared time look like for you?"},
    {"pair": ["independence", "security"], "text": "Clear processes can offer predictability but may limit how you approach a task. Ask where the rules are fixed and where judgement is welcome.", "question": "Which decisions need to be yours, and which routines would you welcome?"},
    {"pair": ["independence", "influence"], "text": "Control over your own tasks is different from having a say in the wider direction. A role can offer one without much of the other.", "question": "Would you rather own your approach or help set the team's priorities if you had to choose?"},
    {"pair": ["learning", "security"], "text": "A familiar role may feel dependable but offer fewer new experiences. A stable employer may still provide supported opportunities to learn.", "question": "How much unfamiliar work would feel stretching rather than unsettling?"},
    {"pair": ["creativity", "security"], "text": "Experimenting involves uncertain outcomes. Reliable routines can provide a useful base, but tightly fixed methods may leave less room to try ideas.", "question": "Where would you like freedom to experiment, and where would you prefer certainty?"},
    {"pair": ["flexibility", "connection"], "text": "Different working patterns can make shared time harder to arrange. Good planning can help people stay connected without everyone following identical hours.", "question": "Which regular points of contact would help you feel part of a flexible team?"},
    {"pair": ["flexibility", "balance"], "text": "Choosing your hours does not always mean working fewer hours. Flexible arrangements can blur boundaries unless workload and availability are agreed.", "question": "What boundaries would you need alongside flexible hours or remote work?"},
    {"pair": ["achievement", "balance"], "text": "Pursuing a goal can sometimes take extra energy. Sustainable targets and a clear stopping point can protect time for the rest of your life.", "question": "What would make a demanding period acceptable, and when would it become too much?"},
    {"pair": ["helping", "balance"], "text": "Other people's needs can be open-ended. Useful boundaries and support can help you contribute without making yourself constantly available.", "question": "What support and limits would help you keep giving over time?"},
    {"pair": ["financial", "balance"], "text": "Higher pay can sometimes come with longer hours or extra travel. Compare the whole working arrangement with the income you need.", "question": "What extra demands, if any, would make extra pay worthwhile for you?"},
    {"pair": ["financial", "security"], "text": "The highest advertised pay may include variable earnings or a short contract. A lower headline figure may be more predictable, but neither is automatically the better choice.", "question": "How would you weigh a dependable income against the possibility of earning more?"},
    {"pair": ["learning", "balance"], "text": "Development is easier to sustain when time for it is part of the job. Training outside agreed hours can compete with other commitments.", "question": "How much learning time would you want within your working week?"},
    {"pair": ["creativity", "achievement"], "text": "Exploring new ideas does not always produce a quick result. Tight targets may help you finish, but can also squeeze out experimentation.", "question": "How much time would you want for trying ideas before committing to an outcome?"},
    {"pair": ["influence", "connection"], "text": "Having a voice can involve disagreement with people you like. A supportive team should make it possible to question an idea while respecting the person.", "question": "What would help you speak up when your view differs from the team's?"},
    {"pair": ["fairness", "connection"], "text": "A friendly team can still handle difficult issues poorly. Ask how people challenge behaviour as well as how they get along day to day.", "question": "Would you feel able to raise an uncomfortable concern with this team?"},
    {"pair": ["helping", "financial"], "text": "A worthwhile purpose does not remove your financial needs. Look at the actual pay and support before deciding what you could comfortably commit to.", "question": "What financial conditions would make this contribution sustainable for you?"},
    {"pair": ["learning", "achievement"], "text": "Learning something new can mean being slower at first. A role focused only on immediate output may leave less room for supported mistakes.", "question": "How should your goals change while you are learning a new skill?"},
    {"pair": ["fairness", "influence"], "text": "Being invited to contribute does not mean every view carries equal weight. Look at whose ideas are heard and how decisions are explained.", "question": "How would you tell whether consultation gives people a meaningful voice?"}
  ]
}