My Big Five Assessment

One of them being conscientiousness. Conscientious people are very driven and orderly. They set goals and firm plans to achieve these goals. Rarely are they spontaneous or disorganized. My score within the Big Five Personality Profile was moderate for conscientiousness. I would say that I do exhibit some of these characteristics. I can be very organized and reliable. As a weakness, I find that I am not always a self-starter. I will set goals and stick to them, but need that push from others to get started. For instance, I was given the opportunity to work on an exciting new project at work that involves direct feedback from employees that I would personally deliver to upper management. This would be a big responsibility as I would be representing hundreds of employees and voice the current concerns of our group. I was asked to think it over. While processing the position, three others volunteered and I lost out of the opportunity. I took my time and wasn’t as organized in my decision making, therefore I missed out greatly.

I have found that self-assessments tend to be somewhat unreliable because people tend to be too hard or too easy on themselves. With this is mind, I tried to really take an honest look at my strengths and weakness when filling out the Seven Habits Profile. I consider myself to be the quintessential “People Person” and I did see that reflected in my results.

2. My actual score had me ranging from high to low - Initiator (thirteen), Encourager (eight), Gatekeeper and Summarizer (seven), and Harmonizer (six).

I found the test results of the Big Five personality assessment to be an interesting and very accurate description of myself. After completing this assessment, I was able to analyze my personality in depth. I found this information to be helpful knowledge and provide insight about myself, as well as being crucial in examining my personality traits. The big five is also referred to the OCEAN model of personality, and stands for the main traits used to describe personalities. This acronym stands for openness to experience/intellect, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. After taking the test I was then given percentile scores that allowed me to compare myself with other people who have taken the test online as well, therefore making it a more meaningful comparison.

In this category I scored a 16 out of 18 points. The first statement is I show kindness and consideration towards others. I demonstrate this statement by taking into consideration each persons needs and concerns. My coworkers believe that I am an extremely helpful person and do the most to assist with helping them find solutions to the consumers issues that they are facing. The second statement is I keep promises and honor commitments. I demonstrate this statement at work by always keeping my word when I get assigned a task or volunteer for special project within my unit. I abide in all my duties that I am assigned too. I have created instructions to be able to process certain types of cases, also have created special task guides by the assigned due dates. I give my all to make sure I honor all commitments I have been assigned as a worker. The third statement is I do not speak negatively of others when they are not present. I demonstrate this statement at work by always keeping a positive outlook on each day and difficult situation that arises with my job. Working for a large agency that services the public is challenging. It has its ups and downs and can take a toll on a worker. It is important to always stay positive and not think negative because the attitude can reflect on the work that is assigned and customers will react negatively back. It is important to keep everyone that you make contact with in a positive space to be able to do a successful

Of course, after looking at my results, some people might say that I need to be more agreeable, and definitely more forgiving and patient. After looking at the descriptions for both the domain and facets for agreeableness, it seems hard to argue against them, but I love arguing so I will. Perhaps it’s the term “agreeableness” that I’m taking issue with, since I see myself as an agreeable person. I get along with people, from young people to adults. I’m well-liked by my colleagues, I have a wide circle of friends, and I have very few enemies (at least that I’m aware

The test claims that I can get easily irritated with others, which is true, but I tend to keep my negative emotions to myself, or rant to my friends about it. If I am certain that what someone did was wrong, I would make sure to express my disapproval, but not in a way that would anger them. I feel that because I am an emotional person, I can possess traits from both ends of the agreeableness

Conscientiousness measures the degree to which people are careful, organized, task-oriented, reliable, disciplined. My percentile for conscientiousness, 92, came to be as high as I anticipated it would be. Ever since the first grade, I remember myself being highly organized and a reliable student/daughter/friend. Accomplishing the tasks and meeting the deadlines were always prioritized over everything else since I could not simply put my mind to rest knowing that I have not completed what I was asked, or told to do.

My agreeableness score was 78 and I’ll break it down specifically in a minute. One point I absolutely disagree with in this IPIP-NEO report states that “agreeableness is not useful in situations that require tough or absolute objective decisions.” (IPIP-NEO) I am the policy and procedures manager for our department and these policies and procedures are cut and dry, follow them or risk government penalties. These policies and procedures have to be enforced to the letter of our manual to ensure the safety of everyone involved both the customer and employee. My highest scores within this dimension were morality (97) and modesty (81). I am very candid and frank with everyone I deal with, whether it’s my direct reports, my boss, or the VP of our department. The lowest score within this dimension was sympathy (31). If this score is just relating to the work environment, then I agree with this score, people who get into trouble or don’t complete their work, bring this upon themselves; if not, I vehemently disagree with it. I am a very compassionate person in my personal life. An example in this area would be that of a direct report. In a sense he was given the choice to resign or face termination. I gave him the tools and direction to succeed, basically a results-oriented work

The Big Five is a personality test asks questions about how you see yourself. Some questions were “I see myself as someone who tends to find fault with others” and “I see myself as someone who does things efficiently”. Each question is answered on a scale 1 (strongly disagreeing) to 5 (strongly agreeing). The test is around 45 questions long. Scores were represented in percentiles so that comparison could be made between people. The percentiles were based on groups determined by location and age. My scores were for someone around the age of 18 in North Carolina. My book character’s scores were from people around the age of 17 in the UK.

Within conscientiousness I scored low on dutifulness with a twenty-eight. This is concerning to me, because I am going into a profession that is all about duty and service. I always feel like trying my best but I only scored an achievement-striving score of fifty-six which is average. These two scores concern me, because in less than a year and a half I will commission, and the profession of arms is a serious enterprise.

Agreeableness was my second lowest trait with a score in the 65th percentile. With a score of 89 on altruism and cooperation I am someone who likes to help others and gets along well with them because I am willing to compromise. Although I love to help others I sometimes resort to reason versus pity when it comes to their trials, with an average score of 53 on sympathy. Helping others goes along with along with trust while I mostly believe people are fair, and honest I don’t just assume they are. It also takes an average amount for me to trust others with a score of 45 on trust. Lastly my score on modesty agrees with my average score in agreeableness as a trait when observing my average score of

The big five-project personality test was so surreal. I felt like someone I know was actually reviewing my personality. Everything the test results say about me is 100% accurate. The results below are a clearly indication of what characteristics I possess and how these traits would help in shaping what kind of manager I become. I believe I would make an excellent manager and excel in this role with such diligence. My personality profile included open to new ideas, conscientious, extravert, agreeableness, and calmness. These characteristics make it suitable for me to function at my utmost best in a managerial position.

My percentile score for conscientiousness was 82 and I agree with it because I am a very organized person that is reliable. It bothers me when things are spontaneous because it feels disorganized, unprepared, and shocking. I want to be prepared for any situation I come across. I am also careful and disciplined because I make sure something is safe before doing it and I like to stick to plans that I make (Myers, David G and C. Nathan DeWall. Psychology In Everyday Life. Print, p. 324)

This self-assessment assignment presented me with a unique opportunity to quantify two of my personality traits to which I attributed a big chunk of my personal successes. Perseverance and Time Management.