Strengths Test

Find out what you are naturally good at. This strengths test compares twelve everyday strengths, from starting things and planning to humour and care, through 36 short situations. In about eight minutes you get a ranked top five and the strength you use least.

Questions: 368 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Taking initiativeTi

How often you start before someone else takes charge.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Being there for peopleBtfp

How often your support continues after the immediate need.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Bringing order to confusionBotc

How often you make mixed information easier to understand.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Speaking upSu

How often you say the difficult thing while it still matters.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Noticing beautyNb

How often beauty catches your attention in everyday places.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Following throughFt

How reliably you do what you agreed to do.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Picking things up quicklyPtuq

How quickly new work becomes familiar and usable.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Easing tensionEt

How often your response helps a tense situation settle.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Making useful thingsMut

How often you turn materials and ideas into something usable.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Using humour wellUhw

How often your humour makes a tense moment easier.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Planning aheadPa

How often you establish a workable order before you begin.

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A score of 11 out of 15 is in the Moderate range for how often this strength shows up.

Caring for othersCfo

How often you notice a need and make room to help.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Deciding what work suits you

36%OF USERS

For people choosing a role, course or project and wanting evidence from how they already work.

Doing useful things unnoticed

34%OF USERS

For people others rely on, even though no one has named exactly what they contribute.

Comparing yourself with someone louder

30%OF USERS

For people whose own strengths are harder to notice beside a confident friend or colleague.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Taking initiativeTi

You?

Average9

Typical rangeTypical7.4 – 10.6

Possible3 – 15

Being there for peopleBtfp

You?

Average10

Typical rangeTypical8.4 – 11.6

Possible3 – 15

Bringing order to confusionBotc

You?

Average9.8

Typical rangeTypical8.2 – 11.4

Possible3 – 15

Speaking upSu

You?

Average8.8

Typical rangeTypical7.1 – 10.5

Possible3 – 15

Noticing beautyNb

You?

Average9.4

Typical rangeTypical7.6 – 11.2

Possible3 – 15

Following throughFt

You?

Average10.8

Typical rangeTypical9.3 – 12.3

Possible3 – 15

Picking things up quicklyPtuq

You?

Average9.6

Typical rangeTypical8 – 11.2

Possible3 – 15

Easing tensionEt

You?

Average9.3

Typical rangeTypical7.7 – 10.9

Possible3 – 15

Making useful thingsMut

You?

Average8.9

Typical rangeTypical7.1 – 10.7

Possible3 – 15

Using humour wellUhw

You?

Average9.2

Typical rangeTypical7.5 – 10.9

Possible3 – 15

Planning aheadPa

You?

Average9.4

Typical rangeTypical7.7 – 11.1

Possible3 – 15

Caring for othersCfo

You?

Average11

Typical rangeTypical9.5 – 12.5

Possible3 – 15

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Not like me
- A little like me
- Somewhat like me
- Like me
- Very much like me
- Not like me
- A little like me
- Somewhat like me
- Like me
- Very much like me
- Not like me
- A little like me
- Somewhat like me
- Like me
- Very much like me

These are 3 of the 36 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Strengths Test - Description and methodology of the test

Ask yourself «what are my strengths?» and the answer often sounds like a line from a job advert. Real strengths are quieter: they are the things you do so often that they stop feeling special. This strengths test looks for them in an ordinary week, when a task stalls or a conversation turns tense. It asks how often each habit appears, not how you would like to see yourself.

What the test measures

The questionnaire covers twelve practical strengths. Some are about getting things done: taking initiative, planning ahead, making useful things and picking up new skills quickly. Others are about people: staying with someone through a hard week, caring without keeping score, easing tension and using humour at the right moment. The rest are about how you think and speak: clearing up confusion, saying the awkward thing while it still matters, keeping promises and noticing beauty in everyday places. Each strength is read from three short situations spread across the questionnaire, so one answer never decides a score. Together they give a map of personal strengths that the people around you probably notice sooner than you do. Lower scores are just as informative, because they show which jobs you tend to leave to others.

How to take it and read the result

There are 36 statements, and each one describes something you might do on a normal day. Rate how well it fits you, from not like me to very much like me, thinking of a recent ordinary week rather than your best one. Most people finish in about eight minutes. Your first answer is usually the most accurate, so there is no need to weigh every line. When you finish, you get:

your five leading strengths in order;
the strength you call on least often;
what happens when two of your strengths compete for your time;
how your strongest habits show up at work, with friends and at home.

The ranking is relative: it compares your strengths with each other, not with an ideal person. That makes it useful for spotting strengths and weaknesses without turning the result into a grade. Many people take it before choosing a course, a role or a project, and some simply want words for what they already contribute.

Literature:

Wood, A. M., Linley, P. A., Maltby, J., Kashdan, T. B., & Hurling, R. (2011). Using personal and psychological strengths leads to increases in well-being over time: A longitudinal study and the development of the strengths use scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(1), 15-19.
Biswas-Diener, R., Kashdan, T. B., & Minhas, G. (2011). A dynamic approach to psychological strength development and intervention. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6(2), 106-118.
Govindji, R., & Linley, P. A. (2007). Strengths use, self-concordance and well-being: Implications for strengths coaching and coaching psychologists. International Coaching Psychology Review, 2(2), 143-153.