I was required to take part in 4 short surveys to determine various personality traits. The results are as follows:
“How Machiavellian Are You?” – 26/50 (Medium)
“Are You A High Self-Monitor?” – 41/65 (Medium)
“What’s Your EI At Work?” – 73/100 (Medium/Low)
“Are You A Narcissist?” – 10/40 (Low)
These results didn’t surprise me too much. I was close to average for the majority of them. For the Machiavellian personality type, my score was expected. I was a bit surprised with my ‘Self-Monitor’ score, as I imagined it to be a bit higher than my actual score, as I do think of how others perceive me a lot. For my EI, I was quite surprised at my score. I’m known as the “calm” one who doesn’t overreact or show emotion when under stress. Working in a restaurant, it can get very busy and stressful at times, and many of my coworkers have said that I’m good to work with since I help the others. From my experiences, I would expect my EI score to be higher. Finally, I wasn’t too surprised with my ‘Narcissist’ score. I was more relieved, if anything. The U.S average was 15, so it was a compliment to me that I wasn’t as narcissistic as the average person (although I believe that the Canadian average would be slightly lower, if surveyed).
These results confirm to me that I am the type of person that is emotionally average (which is not an insult), and I enjoy working with people of the same personality. Having too high of a self-monitor, narcissistic, or machiavellian personality is a hard personality to deal and work with. The same can be said for the opposite end as well. It would be easier, when in an organization, to work with someone who meets the sweet spot between too high and too low of these certain personality traits. When I work with others, I try to hit this sweet spot to ensure team productivity and positivity, and I expect the exact same from those that I work with as well.