I chose to take the shorter of the two tests, but still found the results to be around what I expected them to be. The test shows various levels and measures of several aspects of each personality trait. I scored moderately in extroversion, while avoiding excitement and large crowds. My agreeableness was pretty high across the board. My highest personality trait by far was conscientiousness, where I had especially high levels in orderliness and efficacy. Neuroticism was low, with a slight spike in anxiety. That makes sense because it’s college and Corona, so a lot going on. The last trait, openness to experience, was also fairly low for me besides liberalism.
Going deeper into the results, I think potential employers would look positively at the results of this test. A large strength that is easily observable comes from the high scores in all categories of conscientiousness. This is the trait that is most strongly correlated with job performance, and would demonstrate my ability to stay organized, remain motivated, and be highly efficient in accomplishing tasks. Another strength would be maturity or emotional stability, as my low scores in neuroticism show. Building off of that too is my agreeableness, as employers will value someone they can trust and depend on, who cares about others and cooperates well. Teamwork is particularly important in a work setting.
Potential weaknesses are demonstrated in the test results as well. A lack of creativity through a low openness to experience could be detrimental, depending on the job field and specific creative tasks required of me. Employers might also look for employees that have higher levels of risk taking or adventurousness, people that are going to come in and be innovative or entrepreneurial. Additionally, different employers could value extroversion at different levels. This is also very job dependent as more customer-oriented roles would naturally demand higher levels of extroversion.
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Donovan,
Great post! I also scored high on conscientiousness. I feel this is definitely one of the most important traits that correlates directly with job performance, as you mentioned. Taking obligations and job tasks serious, as well as being organized in a job can really make or break someones success within a job and whether they are able to excel to higher leadership roles. You mentioned you had low openness to experience with lack of creativity, and I can also relate to this. But, I don’t think this is also a negative thing. Sometimes people’s minds are not geared towards thinking with high creativity, but more operational and problem solving thinking. I am more of a problem solver thinker, which can also be a form of creativity.