How to Use personality test in a Sentence

personality test

noun
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  • Take our personality test to figure out which one is just right for you and yours.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The company was able to amass the database quickly with the help of an app that appeared to be a personality test.
    — Mae Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • Thanks to TikTok, there's a new personality test on the block, and everyone is obsessed with it.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The episodes felt less like traditional TV and more like personality tests for the two very different hosts.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Betting who will be the next NBA champion is akin to taking a personality test.
    — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Since my personality test has deemed me introverted with a dash of risk-taking, the wardrobe items tailored to me reflect this.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2021
  • For decades, Osgood’s technique found modest use in a kind of personality test.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Mia Yilin, who shared the image on TikTok in November, claims the picture functions as a personality test.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Every pal needs to take a personality test, pass a background check, car screening and social media scan.
    — Katie Jennings, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • As soon as Venkatesh began giving elephants personality tests, he was struck by the range of reactions.
    — Justin Mott, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Not a core principle, but a question for a personality test.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Some use personality tests and problem sets to weed out applicants, too.
    — Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Most of us are not new to the grouping of personality types or taking personality tests.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 20 July 2023
  • Just understand the results of a personality test are simply a data point.
    — George Deeb, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • One way to add interactivity to your site is to include a fun personality test or quiz.
    — Yec, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • More than two million people take the Myers-Briggs personality test each year.
    — Benedict Carey, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Coupa, a business spend management company, thinks it’s found the answer…in a personality test.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The result is an astute personality test for any onlooker: Is the woman in the picture actually going to hell – or emerging from it?
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The study used results from a personality test taken by college students and graduates 14 years prior and how their careers turned out after.
    — Cnbc, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Cute caricatures follow, not unlike the results of a personality test in a magazine for teenagers.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Last year, at the urging of her therapist, Roman took an Enneagram personality test.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
  • There are personality tests, crosswords, and even games and other resources for things like conflict resolution.
    — Erinne Magee, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The professor had recently learned about the personality test and wondered if anyone had experience with it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020
  • To establish a group identity, participants in the study were given a brief personality test.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2018
  • Industrial psychology and the still-prevalent use of personality tests in the workplace also took off.
    — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Narcissism is often a hazard for chief executives, who are said to be three times as likely as the general population to score highly for the trait in personality tests.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 23 May 2024
  • EliteSingles uses a straightforward sign-up process that includes a personality test.
    — Dallas News, 12 July 2022
  • And they are given a personality test, created by the company, that looks for people with empathy and patience and the ability to draw people out in conversation.
    — Tara Bahrampour, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
  • Many companies have begun to use tools like personality tests to gauge an applicant’s cultural fit before even reaching the interview stage, and artificial intelligence can be used to make this process more efficient.
    — Kenneth Coats, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024

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