Personality Survey's
In my futures forum class, we were given 5 different survey websites that involve a questionnare which diagnoses one's personality based on the information it collects. Our job was to choose 3 of these sites and compare the results of each survey.
In the first survey I took, It consisted of 109 questions testing the personality and temperment of people. My diagnosis was that I have non-melancholic depression. In the results column I scored a 27 on "anxious-worrying." This result was very high and basically concluded that I have a very high tendancy to become stressed, anxious, worried, etc. For the rest of my results, it seemed as though I scored high on topics such as irritability, self-criticism, perfectionism, and interpersonal sensititivity, which are some of the results that aren't ideal for many people. Through these results it concluded that I am way too hard on myself (which is very true).
Aside from the more negative results that I achieved on this survey, I also achieved some good results that made me extremely satisfied. I scored high on co-operativeness as well as effectiveness. Basically saying that I am a very easy person to get along with, work with, and that I have an ability to cope well with many different situations and scenarios that I face. As well, I scored a 1 in the "self-focused" part of this survey. To sum this up, it shows that I will put other people's problems in front of mine, which to me makes me feel very accomplished. I enjoy helping people with their problems and would much rather make someone else happy, before I focus on myself.For the second and third survey I took, they both focused on displaying the personality scores in letters. For the first test I scored ESFJ, and for the second survey I got ENFJ. Although the letters in each of the surveys are slightly different, the way they describe the personality of both ESFJ and ENFJ is extremely similar. Leading me to conclude that some surveys (not all) can be accurate to some extent. I believe that judging on what type of survey you take, they may be somewhat accurate (i.e. medical websites diagnosing depression, etc), but as some students in my class found, when you take the Harry Potter personality survey, it is a very generic survey that does not come up with accurate results.
Here are the definitions of each:
ESFJ:
"As an ESFJ, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit in with your personal value system. Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in via your five senses in a literal, concrete fashion."
ENFJ:
“As an ENFJ, you're primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit into your personal value system. Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in primarily via your intuition.”
I believe that judging on what type of survey you take, they may be somewhat accurate (i.e. medical websites diagnosing depression, etc), but as some students in my class found, when you take the Harry Potter personality survey, it is a very generic survey that does not come up with accurate results.
In the first survey I took, It consisted of 109 questions testing the personality and temperment of people. My diagnosis was that I have non-melancholic depression. In the results column I scored a 27 on "anxious-worrying." This result was very high and basically concluded that I have a very high tendancy to become stressed, anxious, worried, etc. For the rest of my results, it seemed as though I scored high on topics such as irritability, self-criticism, perfectionism, and interpersonal sensititivity, which are some of the results that aren't ideal for many people. Through these results it concluded that I am way too hard on myself (which is very true).
Aside from the more negative results that I achieved on this survey, I also achieved some good results that made me extremely satisfied. I scored high on co-operativeness as well as effectiveness. Basically saying that I am a very easy person to get along with, work with, and that I have an ability to cope well with many different situations and scenarios that I face. As well, I scored a 1 in the "self-focused" part of this survey. To sum this up, it shows that I will put other people's problems in front of mine, which to me makes me feel very accomplished. I enjoy helping people with their problems and would much rather make someone else happy, before I focus on myself.For the second and third survey I took, they both focused on displaying the personality scores in letters. For the first test I scored ESFJ, and for the second survey I got ENFJ. Although the letters in each of the surveys are slightly different, the way they describe the personality of both ESFJ and ENFJ is extremely similar. Leading me to conclude that some surveys (not all) can be accurate to some extent. I believe that judging on what type of survey you take, they may be somewhat accurate (i.e. medical websites diagnosing depression, etc), but as some students in my class found, when you take the Harry Potter personality survey, it is a very generic survey that does not come up with accurate results.
Here are the definitions of each:
ESFJ:
"As an ESFJ, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit in with your personal value system. Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in via your five senses in a literal, concrete fashion."
ENFJ:
“As an ENFJ, you're primary mode of living is focused externally, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit into your personal value system. Your secondary mode is internal, where you take things in primarily via your intuition.”
I believe that judging on what type of survey you take, they may be somewhat accurate (i.e. medical websites diagnosing depression, etc), but as some students in my class found, when you take the Harry Potter personality survey, it is a very generic survey that does not come up with accurate results.
Career Cruising
Career Cruising is a site that I find quite interesting. It’s something that I enjoy doing, but I can’t say that once I have ever been suggested a job that I was interested in.
The basic idea of career cruising is that you are given a series of questions which you answer, and based on that the website comes up with numerous job opportunities that they think best suit you.
I remember taking this test last year with my grade 9 drama class, and the results were not accurate what so ever. For my first choice of job I was suggest to be a stunt person. Ha, unreal. So even last year when I took it I found the test was not accurate. This year when I took the test, I found that it was even more inaccurate than last year. For my top five here is what I was given:
1. Horse Trainer
2. Child and Youth Worker
3. Window Washer
4. Personal Trainer
5. Mail Carrier
Now those are some pretty interesting jobs, most of which I would never even consider pursuing as a career. Personally, I would love to be a languages teacher of some sort. And nothing even close to that came up for me.
So is Career Cruising worthwhile? Although the results didn’t show the way I expected them to, I believe that it is worthwhile to try. It might give you some insight to job opportunities that you never knew of, and that may end up intriguing you!
The basic idea of career cruising is that you are given a series of questions which you answer, and based on that the website comes up with numerous job opportunities that they think best suit you.
I remember taking this test last year with my grade 9 drama class, and the results were not accurate what so ever. For my first choice of job I was suggest to be a stunt person. Ha, unreal. So even last year when I took it I found the test was not accurate. This year when I took the test, I found that it was even more inaccurate than last year. For my top five here is what I was given:
1. Horse Trainer
2. Child and Youth Worker
3. Window Washer
4. Personal Trainer
5. Mail Carrier
Now those are some pretty interesting jobs, most of which I would never even consider pursuing as a career. Personally, I would love to be a languages teacher of some sort. And nothing even close to that came up for me.
So is Career Cruising worthwhile? Although the results didn’t show the way I expected them to, I believe that it is worthwhile to try. It might give you some insight to job opportunities that you never knew of, and that may end up intriguing you!