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personality test

noun

, Psychology.
  1. an instrument, as a questionnaire or series of standardized tasks, used to measure personality characteristics or to discover personality disorders.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of personality test1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

Devaux is looking for a job, and we asked her to complete a trial of a 90-second personality test, which assesses candidates on the Big Five personality traits.

So it’s something that they should look out for in a personality test and to take their time.

That’s why many personality tests, such as the Big Five, give people options from which to choose.

They’ve tried everything from stopwatches and personality tests to machine-learning algorithms and pipetting robots.

More recently, he asked everyone in the lab to take personality tests, so they could learn to build on each other’s strengths and work together better.

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