Personality Test

Personality tests are used to better understand how one is perceived by others in day to day interactions. Although the questions asked seem very random at times, they cover a wide range of topics to better evaluate the individual. Along with evaluating someone’s personality, the tests are also used to give suggestions of possible career fields that would best suit the individual. After taking a few of these tests myself, I hope to have a better idea of my personality and apply the results to my life. After looking through several links, I decided to take the personality test on humanmetrics.com. Since the questions could only be answered with a “yes” or “no,” it was impossible to declare my neutrality on certain answers. The results placed me into four different categories (ESTP), which consisted of sensing, thinking, perceiving, and being an extrovert. Among the career suggestions were, marketing, design, and acting. These career paths were suggested for me because the test indicated that I am an outgoing person who loves being the center of attention and socializing with people. Part of these results are extremely accurate because I am currently majoring in marketing and would love to work with others in the future. As for acting, I tend to get rather nervous in front of large audiences, so the chances of me ever becoming a performer are slim to none. I believe the results could have been more accurate had the test questions been easier to answer. Overall the test gave me some wonderful insight about my personality that I will use in the future but not everything was of use. While taking the second personality test, I realized the questions were more detailed compared to the previous test because there were more than two options to choose from. Despite the greater selection of answers to choose from, I found the results were more inaccurate than the previous test. The test indicated I am only somewhat conventional meaning I like to play it safe.