Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue)
Hire for stronger, resilient teams with the TEIQue
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Predict how senior leaders and managers will handle pressure, collaborate, and lead - before they even join your team.
The TEIQue emotional intelligence assessment helps you identify high performers, fast-track leadership development, and reduce attrition in people-critical roles.
Organizations using emotional assessments report:
- Higher talent mobility among high potential individuals
- Improved effectiveness in manager coaching outcomes
- Higher engagement from employees across a range of roles.
Used by 10,000+ businesses | ISO Certified | BPS registered
Trusted by 10,000+ organizations to strengthen management and leadership performance
Used by 10,000+ companies to reduce hiring costs and improve performance - across leadership teams in retail, tech, financial services, and professional services
What is the TEIQue?
Part of the Thomas Assess Accredited platform, the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue) gives you practical, in depth insight into a person’s emotional awareness, regulation, and empathy. Measuring their response across all the emotional intelligence facets most crucial to workplace performance, it helps you make more informed hiring and development decisions.
Key features:
Grounded in proven emotional intelligence frameworks.
Built for business - in-depth manager-ready outputs.
Insights that can inform career progression and personal development
Instantly available online, with AI-powered guidance on coaching.
Combines seamlessly with behavioral, aptitude, and personality assessments.
Why use emotional intelligence assessments?
The world of work is changing, and you need people who can change with it. CVs and interviews don’t show how someone handles pressure, adapts to change, or responds to feedback - you need to dig deeper to understand true potential.
You promote technically strong employees - but they struggle to engage or inspire.
Managers guess at how to coach and motivate their teams.
High-potential talent gets overlooked because soft skills are hard to measure.
Emotional intelligence assessments give you the data to hire and develop with confidence - by uncovering how people think, relate, and regulate emotions at work. The result? Stronger leaders, more resilient teams, and fewer costly missteps in hiring and promotion
Uncover the emotional drivers behind high performance
The TEIQue assessment gives you deep, predictive insight into how people lead, collaborate, and perform - especially under pressure.
You’ll uncover:
- Emotional self-awareness - supports stronger leadership and self-regulation during change or conflict.
- Empathy and social agility - how they might contribute to team cohesion, communication, and client engagement.
- Stress regulation - judge burnout risk and suitability in demanding roles.
- Emotion-informed decision-making - will their emotions enhance focus and judgment, and will they retain composure under pressure.
These insights help you identify the people who will thrive in changeable leadership environments—before you commit to hiring, promotion, or development.
From insight to meaningful action and performance
Thomas Emotional Intelligence assessments are designed for speed, scale, and simplicity - so you can start making smarter people decisions right away.
Here’s how it works:
- Invite participants via email or through your ATS - no setup required.
- Complete online in 30 minutes, on any device.
- View instant insights, tailored to hiring or development goals.
- Apply results across recruitment, onboarding, coaching, and succession.
The assessment is fully browser-based, manager-ready, and enhanced with AI guidance on giving feedback - so your people can act on the data without delays.
Whether you’re improving leadership pipelines or reducing hiring risk, Thomas helps you act fast—with emotional insight that drives results.
Why Emotional intelligence drives better leadership
Emotional intelligence isn’t just a soft skill. It’s a performance driver.
When you understand how people think, feel and respond at work, you can make smarter, more human decisions across the employee lifecycle.
What it helps you do:
- Reduce attrition - identify candidates who’ll stay, grow and thrive
- Improve team dynamics - build teams that collaborate and communicate effectively
- Coach with confidence - give managers and leaders the insight needed to lead with impact
- Spot leadership potential - surface traits linked to empathy, resilience and sound decision-making
- Develop with purpose - align learning and growth to performance gaps or strategic needs
People science built for real-world decisions
The TEIQue emotional intelligence assessment is powered by frameworks developed by leading psychologists to measure how people think, feel, and respond at work.
What sets it apart:
- Audited by the British Psychological Society - for results you can trust.
- Built for business - designed to support personal development in leadership roles, it evaluates the characteristics that support success and provides meaningful insights for action.
- Proven impact – trusted by 11,000+ organizations to develop self-awareness, resilience, and stronger teams.
From insight to action—Powered by the Assess Accredited platform
Emotional intelligence is only valuable if your leaders can use it. That’s why Thomas turns assessment data into real-time, role-specific guidance that gives you deep objective insight.
What it enables:
- Tailored development plans that help managers and leaders understand how they think, feel, and work
- Clear coaching prompts to help lead complex conversations with empathy and impact
- Succession planning opportunities aligned to emotional intelligence skills that help high potential individuals lead with empathy, resilience and impact
Why Thomas is different
Most emotional intelligence assessments give you charts. Thomas gives you decisions. Thomas TEIQue assessments are designed for hiring managers, HR leaders, and L&D teams who need leadership insight they can act on—fast. Unlike basic EI tools, Thomas TEIQue delivers emotional insight that fits into real workflows - so your teams can move faster and hire smarter.
TEIQue frequently asked questions
What is the TEIQue?
The Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue) is anemotional intelligence assessment measures how well a person understands, manages, and uses emotions—insight that helps predict workplace behavior, leadership potential, and role fit.
How is emotional intelligence used in hiring?
Emotional intelligence assessments help identify candidates who are self-aware, collaborative, and resilient—traits that often predict success in roles involving leadership, communication, or change management.
Can emotional intelligence be measured accurately?
Yes. The TEIQue emotional intelligence assessment is based on scientifically validated research and reviewed by our psychometric experts for accuracy and fairness.
How do emotional intelligence tests assist in recruitment and development?
During recruitment, these tests help identify candidates with high emotional intelligence who are more likely to excel in roles that require strong interpersonal skills. They provide insights into a candidate's ability to manage emotions, handle stress, and work effectively in a team. In terms of development, emotional intelligence tests pinpoint areas for growth and provide a foundation for targeted training and coaching programs. They contribute to the personal and professional growth of employees, enhancing their leadership capabilities and overall performance.
Why is emotional intelligence important in the workplace?
High emotional intelligence is linked to better communication, leadership, team cohesion, and stress regulation—making it a key driver of performance and retention. And your people notice when leaders have it. Numerous studies show that higher emotional intelligence in leaders and managers improves trust and engagement among employees.
Is this test suitable for leadership development?
Absolutely. It helps identify potential leaders and provides managers with insight to coach more effectively, particularly in roles that demand empathy and adaptability.
How long does it take, and what’s required?
The assessment takes less than 30 minutes. It’s fully online, mobile-friendly, and requires no technical setup.
Can I use this with other assessments from Thomas?
Yes. It integrates with behavioral, aptitude, and personality assessments to give you a full view of candidate and employee potential.
See the impact of TEIQue in action
Organizations using Thomas report:
- Higher talent mobility among high potential individuals
- Improved effectiveness in manager coaching outcomes
- Higher engagement from employees across a range of roles.
Trusted by 10,000+ businesses globally
Used by 10,000+ businesses | ISO Certified | BPS registered
