Foundations of Individual Behaviour: Personality tests

Are you a man, or a mouse? Until you know yourself, it’s tricky to understand how to interact with others. What kind of person are you?

To begin your journey of self-discovery…

…read the summary below, and then visit Human Metrics and have a look around.

What’s the verdict?

…personality tests have received a LOT of criticism.  People can fake their answers, shape them to what the employer may like, score inconsistently over time – and so on.  But how bad are they, really?  This is a chance for you to find out (if you haven’t already tried before).

There are two tests you can take today.  One scores your personality according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®), and the other one scores according to the Big Five model.  They take a little time to do, particularly if you are doing them insincerely…

Once you have completed the tests and the scores and descriptions are available to you, have a read through them to see to what extent you feel like they have captured your personality.

You can also explore Jung Career Indicator^TM and see what types of career they suggest you choose based on your personality type.  How do you feel about them?

Some issues to notice and pay particular attention to here are…

• Participants’ experience during personality testing
• Participants’ concurrence with the results of personality tests
• Participants’ concurrence with suggested careers
• Difference and similarities between the different personality testing tools

Consider the following questions for discussion…

1. How did you feel during personality testing?  How would you feel if had to take one of these tests as part of a job recruitment process?  Would you keep your answers genuine?
2. How did you feel about the results of the tests?  Did you agree with them?  Could you have achieved a different result if your answers were slightly different?  What do you think of the accuracy of these tests?
3. How do you feel about the careers suggested to you?  Can you relate to any of these suggestions?
4. How the two test results compare?  Which one would you prefer to use if you needed to recruit people to work with you?  Why?