What About Me?
Personality Insights
WHAT'S MY BASIC PERSONALITY?
Listed below is a set of 15 adjective pairs. For each, select the number along the scale that most closely describes you or your preferences.

Quiet
1 2 3 4 5
Talkative
Tolerant
1 2 3 4 5
Critical
Disorganized
1 2 3 4 5
Organized
Tense
1 2 3 4 5
Calm
Imaginative
1 2 3 4 5
Conventional
Reserved
1 2 3 4 5
Outgoing
Uncooperative
1 2 3 4 5
Cooperative
Unreliable
1 2 3 4 5
Dependable
Insecure
1 2 3 4 5
Secure
New
1 2 3 4 5
Familiar
Sociable
1 2 3 4 5
Loner
Suspicious
1 2 3 4 5
Trusting
Undirected
1 2 3 4 5
Goal-oriented
Enthusiastic
1 2 3 4 5
Depressed
Change
1 2 3 4 5
Status quo


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Source: Based on O.P John, "The `Big Five' Factor Taxonomy: Dimensions of Personality in the Natural Language and in Questionnaires," in L.A. Pervin (ed.), HANDBOOK OF PERSONALITY THEORY AND RESEARCH (New York: Guilford Press, 1990), pp. 66-100; and D.L. Formy-Duval, J.E. Williams, D.J. Patterson, and E.E. Fogle, "A `Big Five' Scoring System for the Item Pool of the Adjective Check List," Journal Of Personality Assessment, Vol. 65, 1995, pp. 59-76.