I Guess I’m an Open Book

You can learn a lot about yourself from taking personality quizzes. In the past, whenever I’ve taken them, I did not necessarily agree with what the result was and I’m not sure why. However, this week I took the Fascinate Test, which is meant to show how the world sees you, and I actually found it extremely accurate.

After answering 28 questions, I discovered that my archetype is the Quick-Start, which is a combination of my primary advantage (Innovation) and secondary advantage (Alert). I found this to be an interesting combination. I always believed myself to be a pretty creative and organized person, so I was not surprised by this result. One point in the analysis that really spoke to me was that one of the values of the Quick-Start is that you are “independent and always in control”. I found this to be really accurate, I know myself and I know that I really prefer to be in control. I am never the person in a group project to sit back and let others do my work for me. I think this is partially because I have a hard time trusting people other than myself. I am also the type of person that immediately puts all of the deadlines from the syllabus in my calendar on the first day of class. I am really organized with my time and am able to plan in my head how I need to plan my days and weeks in order to accomplish what I need to.

I actually found the most interesting part of the assessment to be my Dormant Advantage, which is your most exhausting form of communication. Mine turned out to be Mystique, and I actually learned a lot about myself from reading about this. People with this dormant advantage “don’t hide their emotions or opinions”. After thinking about this for a bit, I realized that people are always able to tell what I’m thinking. If I don’t like someone, my friends can tell. If I’m angry, sad or excited it is blatantly obvious. As hard as I try, I am not capable of hiding my emotions. This is important to realize because this is the one thing that has caused issues while working in groups in the past. If I am frustrated with people, it is obvious, and this can cause conflict and this is something that I should really work on.

Taking this assessment helped me to better understand my strengths and weaknesses. It actually gave me some ideas of how to answer the most common interview question about strengths and weaknesses that I’ve never known how to answer. I can inform potential employers that I am a great combination of creative yet organized and diligent. I could even use my dormant advantage in case an employer is looking for someone who is outspoken and honest.

I hope that my analysis of the results of my Fascinate Test provided some insights about who I am and what my work style is like. I’m looking forward to paying closer attention to these traits during my future career and using them to my advantage!

Thanks for reading,

Caroline