Big Five
The five-factor model — the trait framework with the strongest research base behind it.
50 questions · about 7 minutes
About this assessment
The Big Five is the trait model most personality research is built on. Rather than sorting you into a type, it scores you on five broad dimensions that decades of studies keep recovering across languages and cultures. Your answers are scored against ten questions per dimension, and the result describes tendencies, not a verdict.
What it measures
- Openness
- Appetite for ideas, novelty and abstraction.
- Conscientiousness
- Order, follow-through and attention to detail.
- Extraversion
- Where your energy comes from and goes.
- Agreeableness
- Warmth, trust and concern for others.
- Emotional volatility
- How strongly and how often your mood shifts.
Question source
IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers (public domain)