Personality Tests for Hedge Fund Interviews

In addition to the case studies, rigorous personality tests are also a core component of the interview process for certain funds

Does anyone have an idea of what these questions are like? Will also be interesting to hear which personalities are deemed to be a "better fit" for which type of investment strategies 

Link below to an FT article that describes the personality test Tiger Global used which "consisted of about 450 questions and lasted over three hours."  

https://www.ft.com/content/e1d1c558-9a87-4843-9cd8-29ab203b7911 

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