Hey Everyone,
This week’s blog post was very interesting and fun. We were given the task of taking a test on our personality. I will be going over the results of my test and what my potential employer may say when looking at my results.
The results that I got were 93 in extraversion, 3 in agreeability, 99 in conscientiousness, 31 in neuroticism, and 93 in openness to experience. I will address the elephant in the room. Yes, I only got a 3 in agreeableness. When looking into the different factors, the most notable thing was that the level of trust that I scored on the test was a 1. Yes, a 1. I feel that this reflects me very well. I tend to always think that people would always act in a certain way to get some sort of desired outcome that is not inherently obvious. Like if a person were to compliment me, I would always ask “why”. Is it because they need me to do something for them, are they saying that just to be nice, or are they really just saying what is on their mind. I think it is just my way of thinking. That when it comes to anything, there are usually more than one part that goes into it. The other elephant in the room is the 99 in conscientiousness. It is an almost perfect score. I like to equate that to how much do I think before I act and do I know why I do the things that I do. One thing that comes in particular is that I think I have an ok emotional intelligence. When I get angry, I always ask “why am I angry” or “is there a better way to resolve things without getting angry”. I know that I get irritated when I need to repeat things over and over. If I do get angry, I know why I got angry and I know some steps that I can take to relieve the situation. But how does this all look like to a potential employer?
If an employer were to look at my results and tell me what my strengths and weaknesses are, they would most definitely talk about my low agreeability score and high conscientiousness score. For the lack of agreeability they will most likely Tell me that I need to be more trusting of others. I also know that agreeableness is a big part in working with others and that it is important that I trust others. So they may see that as a large negative. On the other hand, they will see my conscientiousness as a large plus. They will say that I will be able to make decisions that need more time and analysis, rather than making a rash decision. This is important in a job because going with a rash decision may lead to some complications down the road.
Again, I think that this was a fun thing to do and I am interested to see what my friends would score in.
