personality test
noun
: any of several tests that consist of standardized tasks designed to determine various aspects of the personality or the emotional status of the individual examined
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Employees take the Coupa Colors personality test and are matched with a corresponding color—red, green, blue, or yellow—that represents their preferred style of communication and problem solving. 
Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 The first two games of the NBA Finals provided a personality test for Celtics fans. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022 One way to add interactivity to your site is to include a fun personality test or quiz. Yec, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 The Myers-Briggs personality test is an introspective questionnaire that is designed to measure psychological responses to get an idea of how said person perceives the world, reacts around others and makes decisions. Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 6 May 2022 Betting who will be the next NBA champion is akin to taking a personality test. Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022 The server comes around with a box of steak knives of various sizes, shapes, weights and colors and ceremoniously presents them in what seems like a bit of a personality test. Kim Westerman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari, a psychologist, author and relationship therapist, cautions against relying on a personality test to determine whether someone will make a good partner. Jessica Morgan, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2022 Damian, the University of Houston psychologist, gave hundreds of students at the university a personality test a few months after Hurricane Harvey hit, in November 2017, and repeated the test a year later. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2022 See More
Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 The first two games of the NBA Finals provided a personality test for Celtics fans. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022 One way to add interactivity to your site is to include a fun personality test or quiz. Yec, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 The Myers-Briggs personality test is an introspective questionnaire that is designed to measure psychological responses to get an idea of how said person perceives the world, reacts around others and makes decisions. Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 6 May 2022 Betting who will be the next NBA champion is akin to taking a personality test. Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022 The server comes around with a box of steak knives of various sizes, shapes, weights and colors and ceremoniously presents them in what seems like a bit of a personality test. Kim Westerman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 Dr Kalanit Ben-Ari, a psychologist, author and relationship therapist, cautions against relying on a personality test to determine whether someone will make a good partner. Jessica Morgan, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2022 Damian, the University of Houston psychologist, gave hundreds of students at the university a personality test a few months after Hurricane Harvey hit, in November 2017, and repeated the test a year later. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
personality test
noun
: any of several tests that consist of standardized tasks designed to determine various aspects of the personality or the emotional status of the individual examined