CLIFTON STRENGTHS COACHING
CERTIFICATION EXAMPREP 2026 STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
⩥ Woo Being. Answer: I am socially fast and outgoing.
⩥ Woo Doing. Answer: I take the social initiative.
⩥ Woo Need. Answer: I need social variability.
⩥ Woo Love Value. Answer: I love meeting someone I haven't met
before.
⩥ Woo Hate Value. Answer: I hate a static or shrinking social network.
⩥ Woo Metaphor. Answer: Hand-shaking politician, building his
constituency.
⩥ Woo Barrier Label. Answer: Phony, superficial.
,⩥ Strategic. Answer: People exceptionally talented in this theme create
alternate ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can
quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
⩥ Strategic Being. Answer: I am willing to consider all the possibilities
so the best isn't missed.
⩥ Strategic Doing. Answer: I will find the best route moving forward.
⩥ Strategic Need. Answer: I need freedom to make mid-course
corrections.
⩥ Strategic Contribution. Answer: I bring creative anticipation,
imagination, and persistence.
⩥ Woo Contribution. Answer: I bring energy to social situations.
⩥ Strategic Love Value. Answer: I love seeing a way when others
assume there is no way.
⩥ Strategic Hate Value. Answer: I hate doing things the way we have
always done them.
,⩥ Strategic Metaphor. Answer: Great peripheral vision - can see the
whole field.
⩥ Strategic Barrier Label. Answer: Always has to try something
different.
⩥ Significance. Answer: People exceptionally talented in this theme
want to be very important in the eyes of others. They are independent
and want to be recognized.
⩥ Significance Being. Answer: I am interested in being seen as
significant so that I can accomplish something significant.
⩥ Significance Doing. Answer: I will be motivated and influenced by
the perceptions of others.
⩥ Significance Contribution. Answer: I bring a desire for wanting more.
⩥ Significance Need. Answer: I need an appreciative audience that will
bring out my best.
⩥ Significance Love Value. Answer: I love associating with successful
people.
, ⩥ Significance Hate Value. Answer: I hate being invisible to or ignored
by others.
⩥ Significance Metaphor. Answer: Natural performer who is
comfortable with the visibility of center state/ bright lights
⩥ Significance Barrier Label. Answer: Attention hound, showboat
⩥ Self-Assurance. Answer: People exceptionally talented in this theme
feel confident in their ability to manage their own lives. They possess an
inner compass that gives them confidence that their decisions are right.
⩥ Self-Assurance Being. Answer: I am internally confident in the midst
of external uncertainty.
⩥ Self-Assurance Doing. Answer: I seek to exert influence rather than
be influenced.
⩥ Self-Assurance Contribution. Answer: I bring a willingness to take
necessary risks.
⩥ Self-Assurance Need. Answer: I need freedom to act unilaterally and
independently.
CERTIFICATION EXAMPREP 2026 STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
⩥ Woo Being. Answer: I am socially fast and outgoing.
⩥ Woo Doing. Answer: I take the social initiative.
⩥ Woo Need. Answer: I need social variability.
⩥ Woo Love Value. Answer: I love meeting someone I haven't met
before.
⩥ Woo Hate Value. Answer: I hate a static or shrinking social network.
⩥ Woo Metaphor. Answer: Hand-shaking politician, building his
constituency.
⩥ Woo Barrier Label. Answer: Phony, superficial.
,⩥ Strategic. Answer: People exceptionally talented in this theme create
alternate ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can
quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
⩥ Strategic Being. Answer: I am willing to consider all the possibilities
so the best isn't missed.
⩥ Strategic Doing. Answer: I will find the best route moving forward.
⩥ Strategic Need. Answer: I need freedom to make mid-course
corrections.
⩥ Strategic Contribution. Answer: I bring creative anticipation,
imagination, and persistence.
⩥ Woo Contribution. Answer: I bring energy to social situations.
⩥ Strategic Love Value. Answer: I love seeing a way when others
assume there is no way.
⩥ Strategic Hate Value. Answer: I hate doing things the way we have
always done them.
,⩥ Strategic Metaphor. Answer: Great peripheral vision - can see the
whole field.
⩥ Strategic Barrier Label. Answer: Always has to try something
different.
⩥ Significance. Answer: People exceptionally talented in this theme
want to be very important in the eyes of others. They are independent
and want to be recognized.
⩥ Significance Being. Answer: I am interested in being seen as
significant so that I can accomplish something significant.
⩥ Significance Doing. Answer: I will be motivated and influenced by
the perceptions of others.
⩥ Significance Contribution. Answer: I bring a desire for wanting more.
⩥ Significance Need. Answer: I need an appreciative audience that will
bring out my best.
⩥ Significance Love Value. Answer: I love associating with successful
people.
, ⩥ Significance Hate Value. Answer: I hate being invisible to or ignored
by others.
⩥ Significance Metaphor. Answer: Natural performer who is
comfortable with the visibility of center state/ bright lights
⩥ Significance Barrier Label. Answer: Attention hound, showboat
⩥ Self-Assurance. Answer: People exceptionally talented in this theme
feel confident in their ability to manage their own lives. They possess an
inner compass that gives them confidence that their decisions are right.
⩥ Self-Assurance Being. Answer: I am internally confident in the midst
of external uncertainty.
⩥ Self-Assurance Doing. Answer: I seek to exert influence rather than
be influenced.
⩥ Self-Assurance Contribution. Answer: I bring a willingness to take
necessary risks.
⩥ Self-Assurance Need. Answer: I need freedom to act unilaterally and
independently.
