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Big Five personality trait test

Explore extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness with 50 IPIP items.

50 questions · About 8 minutes · Free · No account

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What can this test tell you?

This questionnaire uses the 50-item IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers short scales. The five scores describe tendencies in these answers; they do not place a person in a fixed type.

Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness concern different parts of everyday life. Scores do not determine ability, worth, or mental health.

Answer for your usual self rather than an ideal self. If your circumstances have changed substantially, a later retake can differ.

For each statement, choose from very inaccurate to very accurate based on what you are usually like.

The dimensions you will explore

Extraversion

Concerns social interaction, expression, and seeking stimulation.

Agreeableness

Concerns interest in others, empathy, and ways of cooperating.

Conscientiousness

Concerns organization, reliability, details, and following through on duties.

Emotional stability

Here, a higher score means greater stability and less ease of stress or low mood; it runs in the opposite direction from neuroticism.

Openness (intellect/imagination)

Concerns interest in abstract ideas, imagination, reflection, and complex concepts.

Understanding your results

Each dimension is normalized to 0–100 from its possible answer range. It is not a percentile and does not rank you against a group. There is no overall, best, or worst score, and this is not a diagnosis. Non-English translations are Typeology adaptations and have not been separately validated.

Scores from 0–100 express the possible range of this questionnaire. They are not population percentiles or grades for ability or relationship quality.

Responses on Typeology

Only voluntarily contributed scores are included, grouped by test version and language. They do not represent the general population or unique people.

Fewer than 30 voluntary responses for this version and language. Statistics are not shown yet.

Frequently asked questions

How does Big Five differ from MBTI?

Big Five describes tendencies with five continuous scores and does not produce a four-letter type. MBTI combines different preference axes into categories; its items and scoring differ.

Is 0–100 a percentile?

No. It converts your possible answer range on that dimension to 0–100; it does not say that you score above a percentage of people.

Is a higher score better?

No. Each dimension can help or bring tradeoffs in different settings. This questionnaire has no total score and does not judge a person as better or worse.

Is this a mental-health diagnosis?

No. Emotional stability is only a score from these self-report items; discuss persistent concerns with a qualified professional.

Sources and scoring

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