personality test
nounDefinition of personality test
: 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
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As a preemptive screening process, candidates were asked to take lengthy personality tests, cognitive performance and logic tests, and even a typing assessment. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Ex-Googler’s startup studio picks 2 San Diego scientists to lead first venture," 24 Aug. 2019 Data collected through a seemingly benign personality test on Facebook was provided to Cambridge Analytica, a controversial data firm that worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign. — Seth Fiegerman, CNN, "FaceApp's viral success proves we will never take our digital privacy seriously," 17 July 2019 Kogan was responsible for developing the app used by Cambridge Analytica to harvest data from Facebook users in the guise of a harmless personality test. — Colin Lecher, The Verge, "FTC sues Cambridge Analytica and restricts former CEO’s business activity," 24 July 2019 What Kaiser and other former Cambridge employees revealed is that the company got use of information from a questionable personality test put together by Facebook. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Be afraid. Be very afraid of big data. The documentary ‘The Great Hack’ tells us why," 23 July 2019 The former Cambridge University psychology professor created an online personality test app in 2014 that vacuumed up the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users . — Washington Post, "APNewsBreak: Data scientist drops Facebook defamation suit," 2 July 2019 This ability can’t be detected by a personality test. — Sam Walker, WSJ, "The Privilege Trap: Can Rich Kids Become Good Leaders?," 6 Oct. 2018 To establish a group identity, participants in the study were given a brief personality test. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "People adopt made-up social rules to be part of a group," 28 Dec. 2018 During the war more than 5,000 people were given dozens of personality tests, including the MBTI, to figure out which job would best suit them: paratrooper, resistance leader, saboteur, pigeoneer, spy. — Carol Tavris, WSJ, "‘The Personality Brokers’ Review: A Blurred View of Who You Are," 6 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'personality test.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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