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I’ve just posted a new test in the “Big 5 Personality Tests” category. This new test was developed by Oliver D. John, Ph.D. a UC Berkeley Psychologist (so you know that it’s legitimate). It is based on the highly respected Big Five personality analysis method.

Here’s how it works. You will be asked a series of about fifty questions (which should take you about half an hour to complete) and at the end of this process you will receive five personality scores in the following categories:

Closed-Minded — Open to New Experiences
Disorganized — Conscientious
Introverted — Extraverted
Disagreeable — Agreeable
Calm/Relaxed — Nervous/High-Strung

Your personality is somewhere in between the two extremes of each of these personality categories, but the only way to know your score for sure is to go take this test.

Big Five Personality Test

Back in the 1970’s two separate research firms independently came up with the theory of the “Big 5″ personality traits. These traits are five essential binary oppositions present in every human personality.

Closed-Minded — Open to New Experiences
Disorganized — Conscientious
Introverted — Extraverted
Disagreeable — Agreeable
Calm/Relaxed — Nervous/High-Strung

When you take a Big 5 personality test you receive a score in each of these categories. For example, you might be 80% extraverted, 60% disagreeable and 50%/50% in the Calm/Relaxed — Nervous/High-Strung opposition.

I’ve just posted a new category for this type of test.

Check Big Five Personality Tests out!

The Big Five Personality Test, commonly used by employers, gauges prospective employees willingness and openness to new ideas, whether they avoid philosophical discussions or tend to vote a particular way.

It also probes into an individuals emotional stability and social skills in relation to a variety of different situations. The test is based on a variety of true and false questions, along with a range of questions that can be answered on a scale ranging from ??strongly agree?? to ??strongly disagree??.

Once completed the test taker’s results will fall within one of the five personality traits, that can be compared against the job of which they are applying.

The Big Five Personality Tests