Big Five personality test
report
The Big Five Personality Test offers a concise measure of the five major factors of
personality, as well as the six facets that define each factor. Factor scores give a
broad global description of an individual. Facet scores describe, in more detail, the
specific traits of personality that make up the broad global description.
Textual summary of your report
The Big Five Describing a
low range Percentile Range Describing a
high range
Factors scoring
person… scoring
person…
Openness to
experience Traditionalist •
down-to-earth
• practical •
conservative •
prefers
traditional
outlooks and
technical
problem
solving 18 Low Imaginative •
open-minded •
experimental •
prefers creative
conceptual
problem
solving
Conscientiousness
(Work Ethic) Spontaneous •
disorganised •
prefers flexible
plans • dislikes
precise details 74 High Conscientious •
disciplined •
efficient • well
organised •
likes precise
detail • strong
sense of duty •
(Very High
scorers could
be described
as workaholics)
Extraversion Reserved •
formal •
serious • quiet
• prefers
working alone
• avoids direct
leadership
roles 65 Middle Outgoing •
friendly •
assertive • likes
working with
others • enjoys
direct
leadership
roles
Agreeableness Hard-headed •
sceptical •
competitive •
proud • prefers
competition
over co
operation 40 Middle Compassionate
• eager to
please • good
natured •
prefers co
operation over
competition
and conflict
Natural reactions Not easily
upset in
stressful
situations •
relaxed •
resilient • calm 35 Middle Experiences
negative
emotional
reactions and
feelings of
anxiety • prone
to worry •
easily upset
Low Imaginative • open-minded • exploratory • favours conceptual problem solving over logical problem solving
Consciousness is a virtue (Work Ethic)
Unpredictable, disorganized, prefers flexible planning, and dislikes specific details.
74
High conscientiousness, discipline, efficiency, and organization; enjoys fine detail; has a strong sense of duty; (very high conscientiousness, discipline, efficiency, and organization; strong sense of obligation)
Extraversion
Reserved, formal, solemn, and silent; prefers to work alone; avoids taking on direct leadership duties.
65
Middle-of-the-road: outgoing, sociable, and forceful; enjoys working with people; appreciates taking on direct leadership duties.
Understanding the scores
This report ranks your scores within a range from ‘very low’ to ‘very high’. To enable
you to make a comparison the percentage of people* who normally fall within each
range is indicated.
*Normal adult working population. Please note that distribution of scores may differ if
comparisons are being made against other cultural, demographic or specific
occupational groups.
Approximate distribution for normal adult working population:
Ranges Very
Low Low Middle High Very
High
Cumulative
percentile < 7% 7% >
30% 30% >
70% 70% >
93% > 93%
Range size 7% 23% 40% 23% 7%
The Strongest Personality Factor
The Factor test score furthest away from 50 – above or below – indicates the
person’s strongest personality trait. This personality trait is likely to have the greatest
influence on your overall behaviour, motivation, values and reactions to life and work
situations. The next furthest away from 50 – above or below – is likely to have the
next greatest influence and so on.
