Every person faces many uncertainties and anxieties in the matter of career choice and university studies. When looking for their professional purpose and future employer, employees should understand their qualities and personality type as well as possible. This essay will examine some of the most popular tests to improve this understanding. The test results uncovered the connections between my personality traits and job satisfaction.
There are three most popular assessment tools to identify personality type: Jung Personality Test, Personality Test by Edwin van Thiel, and the DISC Personality test. The first two tests on this list are somewhat different from the last. In general, they try to find a person’s place on a continuum from a completely rational and analyzing person to a “dreamer” aimed at finding new prospects. To some extent, this duality can be interpreted as a difference between a scientist and a philosopher. When I took the test, I leaned more toward the scientist type, preferring quantitative methods and logically structured theories. It seems that the DISC Personality test aims at identifying leadership skills. Therefore, this test differs because it adds another dimension to consider personality qualities.
As a result, the tests showed a similar picture to what I expected before completing them. The most corresponding description was in the Jung Personality test: Introvert, Sensor, Feeler Judger. The reason is that although I prefer focusing on the issues at hand and rigorous argumentation, the approach and results must be original. Modern science is built in such a way that even by using logic and mathematical theory for argumentation, one can find innovative solutions to problems. At the same time, an important condition for me is a certain degree of autonomy and independence in the performance of tasks. In the working process, this is reflected in the desire to perform tasks independently, in which I have a clear vision of the problem. In addition, it is important for me to support new ideas in my work with arguments and sometimes calculations.
When discussing work experience in detail, it is essential to develop a work ethic in order to complete tasks successfully. This correlation is confirmed through the regression analysis by Boudreaux et al. (2022) in their analysis of models of employability. For example, tests have shown that I am a very organized person who finds it important to have a structured approach. Therefore, certain informal teamwork rules must be in place for my satisfaction. If this balance is destroyed, then my dejected and nervous mood can significantly affect the result. For example, the failure of colleagues to complete an assignment by a deadline can significantly affect my emotional state.
Finally, I decided to discuss the Jung personality test results with my friend. On the one hand, she noted that many of the qualities described in the report after my results are close to the truth. On the other hand, after passing the test, the friend got relatively similar results. We noticed a feature that even when taking the test for the first time, people can deceive themselves and choose options that meet people’s expectations of themselves and not the real state of affairs. For example, many are very ashamed of the fact that their lives are unorganized. Therefore, even in the test, they are afraid to answer frankly because the result may upset them.
To conclude, although personality tests may show desired outcomes but not real evidence, the formulations of questions may be instructive guides to self-assessment. This essay considered two types of tests: the evaluation of whether a person is creative or rational and the leadership skills scale. As for me, these tests contributed to the elaboration of my career expectations. At the same time, there is a desire to study the academic scores of these tests in a more detailed research of this issue.
Reference
Boudreaux, M. J., Ferrell, B. T., Hundley, N. A., & Sherman, R. A. (2021). A personality-based measure of employability. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 21(1), 11-22. Web.