Common questions
What is the Big Five personality test?
The Big Five measures five traits that psychologists use to describe personality: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (emotional sensitivity). Everyone has all five, in different amounts.
What is the Enneagram?
The Enneagram describes nine personality types built around what each type wants and tries to avoid. It is a reflection tool rather than a scientific measure, which is why Traitwise pairs it with the Big Five.
What is the difference between the Big Five and the Enneagram?
The Big Five measures how much of each trait you have. The Enneagram describes the motivation behind your habits. Together they show both what you do and why you might do it.
How long does the test take?
About 9 minutes. There are 65 short statements: 20 for the Big Five, 36 for the Enneagram and 9 about how you have been lately. After checkout we email you a private link, and you answer whenever it suits you.
Is there a free test?
Yes: the free colour test. 18 quick statements, about 2 minutes, and you see your Enneagram colour straight away. The full 65-question Big Five + Enneagram test comes with the paid report.
What do I get in the full report?
A full PDF report printed in your type's colour: your five traits, your Enneagram type and wing, where you are lately on the 9 levels, your stress and growth directions, you at work and in relationships, and small steps to try.
How much does it cost?
The personal report is A$24.90. The couples option is A$39.90 and includes a report for each of you plus a couple report. Each is a one-time payment.
How do I receive my report?
By email, as a PDF. After you answer the questions, it usually arrives within a few hours and always within 48 hours.
How accurate is it?
The Big Five questions come from the Mini-IPIP, a short questionnaire validated in published research. Like any self-report test, your result reflects how you see yourself today, so answer honestly rather than as you wish to be.
Can my partner and I take it together?
Yes. Choose “Us two”: you each answer the questions and get your own report, plus one about how you fit and how to support each other on low days.
Do I answer the questions before or after paying?
After. You check out first, then we email you a private link to the 65 questions. Answer whenever it suits you and your report follows by email.
Is this like 16Personalities or the MBTI?
No. Those sort people into types. The Big Five measures traits on a scale, which is the approach most personality research uses, and the Enneagram adds the motivation side.
Can my personality change?
Traits are fairly stable, but they do shift slowly over years, and how you have been lately can change much faster. That is why the report includes where you are lately on the 9 levels.
What happens to my answers?
We only ask for your email and first name. Your answers are used to write your report. Payment is handled securely by Stripe.
Is it a diagnosis?
No. Traitwise describes personality tendencies for self-reflection. It is not a medical or psychological diagnosis.
Which languages is it in?
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian. Your report is written in the language of the page you use.
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