Month: May 2020

I definitely think that this is a great suggestion. For the past year or so I have been trying to keep up more and more with a journey and write things down that I was thinking during the day, that has somewhat left an impact on me or just very simple things that happened throughout the day or week. I do want to implement these questions into my routine as well.

1. What am I good at?
I definitely think that I am good with people. I like to network, I make sure that people in a group feel included. I like to connect friends with other friends of mine that I think would have things in common.

2. What do I value?
Things I value are friendships and well-being. I think it is important to focus on yourself and really understand what kind of a person you are. I value honesty and optimism.

3. How did I get here?
I got to Oregon State kind of randomly because I did grew up in another country and there were different events that lead me to applying to OSU and wanted to come here because I wanted a different experience. I think that is what really got me here.

4. Where am I going?
I am struggling with this question right now because it has definitely shifted quite a bit due to current circumstances. I have had to switch my plans around and adapt but right now it looks like I am going to go to graduate school once I graduate from OSU.

It was definitely interesting to think about all of these questions and especially now when there is a lot of big changes coming up in my life. I am excited to reflect on these in the future.

I took the regular longer version of the test and was little bit surprised how many questions there were. It was also hard at first to get used to answering it because I would sometimes feel indecisive. For extraversion I scored high which is true for me because I do like to be around people. It also says that I am outgoing, energetic and lively. Agreeableness was in a mid point of the scale which means that is average and sometimes I might not want to put other first. I was slightly surprised with this results because I feel like I do often put others at first and do not do things I need to get done for myself first.
Conscientiousness was average which tells about me that I am reasonably reliable and organized. For neuroticism I scored average which is very common for most of the population. Stressful situations are somewhat upsetting to me but I can deal with them. Openness to Experience was low for me which means that I am down-to-earth, practical and conservative. I do agree with that somewhat except the conservative because I feel like I am more liberal. I also believe that I am open to new things just as an example of going to live abroad for my college degree.

Potential employee when looking at this might see that I am somewhat an average person/worker. They may also see that some of my strengths are working with other people and being excited. Extraversion would particularly help me as a strength in most sales fields. As a strength they would also see that I can keep being organized and reliable when it comes to work duties. I think this test also says about me that I am able to deal with stressful situations and be able to get out of them. Some weaknesses that the potential employer may see in these results that my agreeableness is lower and therefore I would not put others at first and that may be issue in a group project environment. Another weakness would be the openness to new experiences which may be an issue if the work culture is very liberal and the employer things that because of the test result I would not fit into to environment or I would have a hard time adapting.

Overall, I believe that there are some things that are true about myself when looking at this test and there are other things when I am not really sure that they are necessarily true about my personality and who I am as a person and a potential employee.