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PersonalDNA - A Cool New Web Service
Have you ever taken a "Myers-Briggs" personality study? It's enlightening for sure, but takes a long time to complete and isn't very interactive. I'd love to have the ability to look at someone's personality profile before hiring them, but I have never had the desire to force someone to take a test as a condition of being considered for a job. And these tests don't have the ability to be "360'd" by having a bunch of peers complete them on you as well.
Well enter the web, specifically web 2.0, and PersonalDNA.
PersonalDNA is a web service that does a sophisticated and rigorous personality profile in about 15-20 minutes (I know because I just took one). It makes use of lots of cool ajaxy things like sliders and buckets.
At the end you get a result which you can publish. Here is mine. And I have added it to the top right of my blog, right under my mantra.
But what's even cooler is that you can ask others to complete profiles on you via the "psyche you/psych me" feature.
According to the website:
You can invite people to assess you. They'll be given reports that will represent their versions of your personality. If they share those reports with you, you can collect everyone else's version of your personality and compare personalDNA strips and personality maps side-by-side with yours. You'll also get a match percentage to see how well they know you.
I haven't yet done this, but I am going to invite my co-workers and my family to do it and I'll see how that impacts the personality profile. It should be interesting.
Imagine if every linked in page had a personalDNA report on it, if every resume had one, if every blog had one? This could be very interesting if it goes viral.
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Posted February 26, 2006 in Venture Capital and TechnologyComments
Pretty cool Fred. Here is mine.
Posted by: David Dundas | Feb 26, 2006 11:14:42 AM
I'm a "reserved director."
So if you ever need instructions from an introvert, I'm your man I guess.
Not sure how much I buy into these things, but interesting nonetheless.
Posted by: Dave | Feb 26, 2006 11:15:32 AM
I assume this is your VC cliche of the week. Will you be quoting Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" or Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance next?
I believe the proper classification for people interested in self-assessment skullduggery is "narcissist." These exercises are no more useful than astrological chart readings. Total waste of time. Blech.
Posted by: Dr. Philsbury | Feb 26, 2006 2:37:27 PM
I had compared mine with Charlie a while ago. Pretty fun, although their Myers-Briggs conversion was off for me.
Posted by: Toby | Feb 26, 2006 4:16:38 PM
Hey Fred,
I'm an "encouraging director." I thought the test was interesting and much more pleasant to take than the Myers Briggs.
But, it didn't reveal too much.
Posted by: erin kaese | Feb 26, 2006 5:16:46 PM
Benevolent Idealist. Not sure how to react to that one!
http://www.personaldna.com/report.php?k=vbxSginPMGdSFbW-EO-AACCA-0255&u=3a4eabf5fc3e
Posted by: Chris Yeh | Feb 26, 2006 7:37:43 PM
Fred, I'm a "concerned creator" - sounds awfully God-like to me, and I'm anything but (grin) - still it was interesting. Good post.
Posted by: Tom W. | Feb 26, 2006 8:49:20 PM
This is a really good related presentation
web 2.0 High Order Bit - Identity 2.0
Great points on Identity and reputation
http://www.identity20.com/media/WEB2_2005/
Posted by: Mark | Feb 26, 2006 11:33:41 PM
I am proud to be a "Dynamic Creator".
I wish there was more info about what each name means. It would also be cool to see how all of your reader base rates. I'm sure FM would love to sell your stats.
Posted by: Rick | Feb 27, 2006 12:57:59 AM
This reminds me of the eHarmony personality profile, with a web 2.0 twist. Not sure how many people will actually take the time to edit other peoples though, most people go to personality tests for themselves only. Guess that makes us a selfish bunch ;)
Posted by: Jimmy Gambier | Feb 27, 2006 2:04:41 AM
While up for a PR job a few years back, the senior partner asked if I'd be willing to take an online personality test. He asked the way a cop might ask someone who he insists isn't a suspect to nonetheless take a polygraph test. I wish I could remember the name of the test, but I checked it out and from the first question it was clear that the firm was motivated to use this tool by fear alone. Every question was really aimed at finding a reason not to bring someone on. It was clear that these guys didn't trust their own judgement. I trusted mine and told them, "thanks but no thanks."
Posted by: Greg | Feb 27, 2006 10:24:15 AM
A VC with a low empathy score. Hmmmm ... :)
Posted by: JayR | Feb 27, 2006 12:46:43 PM
Mine says I evolved from lower crustacea in the late 14th century. Did anybody else get that?
Posted by: Dick Costolo | Feb 27, 2006 1:20:12 PM
My wife took one for me and it came up as "Destructive Messy Bathroom Maker". I'm not so sure I should have told her about this.
Posted by: Rick | Feb 27, 2006 2:32:39 PM
I'm a genuine inventor. http://www.personaldna.com/report.php?k=kwxAHquAxCxDBbV-GJ-DCEBD-d9e1
Posted by: Thomas Hawk | Feb 27, 2006 4:53:10 PM
I ended up a benevolent leader (WTF). I must have messed up somewhere since would have said I was (at least a wee bit) higher on the authoritarian trait.
Posted by: Jeff Clavier | Feb 27, 2006 9:10:51 PM
Interesting. Except its Flash and standard HTML not Ajax :)
BTW, I'm a benevolent inventor. But I don't necessarily agree with everything that the test told me (low empathy?)
Posted by: Murli | Mar 12, 2006 3:11:14 PM
Here is another Myers-Briggs variant it seems: Jung Type
Ever since I found out I was a field marshal (ENTJ) I reckon this is the best online test ;-)
Posted by: Florian Dargel | Mar 13, 2006 2:42:28 PM
The big corporate influence could erase some of the edginess and coolness of MySpace...and create an opening for a new player.
http://www.evision.com.pk/web-maintenance.html
Posted by: deon | Jul 31, 2006 3:13:15 AM
another personality quiz site :)
http://friendpair.50webs.org
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