Twelve years ago, I tried to drive a stake into the heart of the personality-testing industry. Personality tests are neither valid nor reliable, I argued, and we should stop using them — especially ...

Have you ever wondered how your personality is related to how you do in life? Estonian researchers have put together a large ...

Ask Erin Mantz why she loves personality tests, and she’ll tell you she’s a Pisces, an only child, and an introvert prone to self-reflection. “I’m constantly craving and searching for insights into ...

Lately a common hiring practice has come under scrutiny: personality testing in the interview process. My firm, The Myers-Briggs Company, has long held the position that the Myers-Briggs Type ...

People love taking personality tests to learn more about themselves, but until recently, experts believed types didn't exist. A 2018 study discovered four types. Even though personality type tests ...

For decades, personality tests have been used by big corporations to evaluate employee candidates during their hiring process. But more and more, I am seeing early-stage companies using these tests to ...

When I was 16 years old, I was a pretty outgoing teen with lots of friends and a busy social calendar. I took my academics seriously and was diligent about doing homework. But I also tended to worry a ...

Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed personality disorders. It causes feelings of helplessness, submissiveness, a need to be taken care of and for constant ...

Season’s greetings to all our readers. As the Christmas festivities begin to wind down and many of us reflect on the days just passed, it is important to remember that the holidays, while joyful for ...

What does it mean if someone says you have no personality? “We typically understand that we have not been paid a compliment,” write four researchers from Ouachita Baptist University in a recently ...

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...