You might have stumbled across several personality quizzes across the internet that tells you about what your future partner would look like and what career would be best for you. Those tests usually consist of 10-15 questions and some of which are not event related to the construct of the test, which poses threat to their validity. Additionally, those quizzes are usually made for entertainment and play with the fact that people tend to believe good things that are said about themselves. If you are ready for real scientifically proven personality assessments, continue reading the article to know more about the 3 best personality assessments tests that have been developed:
1- The Big Five Inventory (BFI): The big five inventory was developed through factor analyisis of many traits and those traits were reduced to five main traits. The BFI has been tested across many countries and different cultures. The bests thing about the BFI is that it also predicts many other aspects of the life of the persons who are taking the scale, like how successful the person would be in his career, and his relationships with others and his health. If you are interested in taking the test, you can take it for free here: http://www.personalityassessor.com
2- The HEXACO PI: This test was developed after the BFI using the same research method (factor analyisis). The HEXACO measures six personality traits ( adding an extra trait of Integrity/humility) to the traits measured by the BFI. It has been shown that there is a great correlation between the result of people who took the BFI and HEXACO in most of the traits common to both scales.
3- THE NEO is a concise measure of the five major domains of personality, as well as the six traits or facets that define each domain. Taken together, the five domain scales and 30 facet scales of the NEO PI-R facilitate a comprehensive and detailed assessment of normal adult personality.