About the Big Five Test

 

What is the Big Five assessment?

The Big Five personality test is a comprehensive personality inventory based on decades of psychological research. Psychologists and academic researchers investigating the fundamental traits of personality found repeatedly that people's personality differences naturally sort into five broad dimensions, referred to as the Big Five.

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What does the Big Five test measure?

The Big Five personality test measures an individual's levels of five key traits which have been determined by psychologists to compose the fundamental makeup of personality.

• Openness - How open a person is to new ideas and experiences
• Conscientiousness - How goal-directed, persistent, and organized a person is
• Extraversion - How much a person is energized by the outside world
• Agreeableness - How much a person puts others' interests and needs ahead of their own
• Neuroticism - How sensitive a person is to stress and negative emotional triggers

What’s covered in the results for the Big Five test?

The Big Five test report describes scores on each of the five broad dimensions of personality, with practical information for observing each trait at work in daily life. Additionally, the Big Five report describes key combinations of traits and how they manifest for task management, decision making, and relating to others.

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Is the Big Five assessment valid and reliable?

The Big Five test has been extensively researched and validated using a large global sample. The assessment has been shown to have excellent reliability according to standard psychometric measures, as well as real-world correlations with key workplace outcomes.

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