Plus 3 Paid Personality Tests
If you have been following the blog for some time you will have seen a number of different personality test mentioned or reviewed over the years. This post is a quick summary of links to all the different tests plus some new ones and is an “archive library” of tests I have tried or which look interesting.
These tests are some of the leading psychometric tests available, many are peer-reviewed or backed with significant scientific research and include sources including Myers-Briggs, Gretchen Rubin, The Goodlife Project, Shirzad Chamine, Roger Hamilton, Penny Power OBE, Daniel Priestley, et al. I hope you enjoy the roundup.
Most tests are free, though some will offer a paid upgrade for a more detailed analysis of your answers. The free tests are usually comprehensive enough to give you a good picture. A few tests are paid only. Free tests are listed before the paid ones.
If you have any other tests you’d like to recommend or think I should add to the list, drop me a line or post in the comments.
Personality Tests
Myers Briggs Personality Type
Possibly the most well-known of the personality tests. Although this link to 16 Personalities isn’t a pure Myers-Briggs test, it retains the core but smooths out the Jungian concepts and adopts some of the Big 5 traits. Overall, it’s an excellent personality test with an extra dimension. The site has lots of information, and you can read my MBTI intro here.
Your Big 5 Personality Traits
The Big Five Personality Test is by far the most scientifically validated and reliable psychological model to measure personality. The Big 5 traits are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (OCEAN).
Sparketypes Personality Test
Your Sparketype reveals the essential nature of the work you’re here to do. Once you discover it, there is an immediate, intuitive knowing. An undeniable truth that explains so many past choices and outcomes, and empowers you to contribute to the world on a very different level. To spark your life, and ignite those around you.
Dark Factor Personality Traits
Ethically, morally, and socially questionable behaviour is part of everyday life and instances of ruthless, selfish, unscrupulous, or even downright evil behaviour can easily be found across history and cultures. This personality test assesses your Dark Factor. Read about my experience with this here.
Find Your Values Test
The personality test is based on scientific questionnaires from the field of psychology over more than thirty years by Professor Shalom Schwartz et al. Based on your answers in the personality test, your personal values will be visualized and explained. Besides, indicators will be illustrated that show how much your current actions reflect your values and how satisfied you are. Read about my experience with this here.
Your Positive Intelligence Quotient
PQ (Positive Intelligence Quotient) measures the relative strength of your positive mental muscles (Sage) versus the negative (Saboteur). PQ is the most widely used measure of mental fitness.
Your Four Tendencies Quiz
One of the daily challenges of life is: “How do I get people—including myself—to do what I want?” The Four Tendencies framework makes this task much easier by revealing whether a person is an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel.
Your 5 Love Languages
How Do You Give & Receive Love? Lasting relationships, like anything worthwhile, take intentional commitment over time. But when you’re just not on the same page, keeping your love alive can feel intimidating – or even impossible. Everyone gives and receives love differently, but with a little insight into these differences, we can be confidently equipped to communicate love well. Read my review of the book of the same name here.
CliftonStrengths Test
The Top 5 CliftonStrengths personality test reveals the first five talent themes in your CliftonStrengths profile and includes basic strategies to help you start applying your most powerful CliftonStrengths to succeed.
Talent Dynamics Profile Test
Talent Dynamics is the world’s leading profiling tool to grow trust and flow. Take the personality test to find out which of the eight talent profiles is your natural path. Your personalized report will give you a clear direction on what path to follow in your job, business and career.
Business & Entrepreneurial Tests
DISC Profile
The DISC assessment is based on the work of William Moulton Marston, a psychologist who created the DISC theory. The DISC model centres on four DISC factors known as Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C).
Key Person of Influence Scorecard
The Key Person of Influence Scorecard benchmarks your ability to influence in a business or leadership context and identifies opportunities for leveraged growth.
Business Health Check
This short assessment tool from Penny Power OBE is designed to give you a holistic view of your business and where you need to focus your attention.
Discover your Personal Brand Score
If you want to be known as a leader in your niche you need to have clarity on your message, your audience and a plan to build your tribe. This scorecard will give you a holistic view of your current status across the 7 components of a powerful personal brand with personalised advice on how to improve your score to build your brand and your influence.
Discover your Entrepreneurial DNA
BOSI is the acronym for Builder, Opportunist, Specialist and Innovator – the four traits (or behavioural DNAs) found in entrepreneurs. Your BOSI Profile telegraphs what makes you unique within the larger marketplace of entrepreneurs.
Career Explorer Test
Reflect upon your past experiences and future goals, and learn what makes you unique. Find the path that’s right for you based on your strengths, interests, and personality.
Career Strengths Finder
Discover your Strengths to help build your career in 3 minutes. This test uses an 8-factor framework which includes the key traits of the widely used ‘Big 5’ model and three additional factors assessing highly relevant workplace attributes: Emotional Intelligence (Empathy), Drive, and Authority.
Wealth Dynamics Test
The Wealth Spectrum is a test that focuses ALL available knowledge on wealth creation, entrepreneurship and investing into one practical outcome – what you specifically need to do next. It determines where you are on the Wealth Map and identifies what you need to do next to progress.
Social Media Tests
Apply Magic Sauce
This test analyses your Social Media presence to infer your personality type. Discover what your digital footprints reveal about your psychological profile. Big tech is doing a variation of this, so stay ahead of the curve and get an idea of how you come across. You can read more about my experience with this tool in my post here.
If you have tried any of these (or versions of them) I would be interested to hear your thoughts in the comments also.
