Enneagram Personality Tests

The Enneagram is a personality system that aims to reveal how emotions drive a person's life and how he or she engages with others in an effort to get what he or she wants and needs. The Enneagram defines nine personality facets, each with its own set of strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for personal growth.

At its simplest level, the Enneagram Personality Test reveals your Personality Type. This is made up of nine Personality Facets. The Enneagram Personality Type professes to reveal what motivates an individual on a profound level, and illuminates the path he or she must take to achieve a higher level of self-actualization.

SAMPLE ENNEAGRAM STATEMENTS

Read each of the statements about yourself. Answer to the best of your knowledge, honestly. The Enneagram is only effective if the answers are authentic. In each answer, you should respond with a number between 1 and 5 ranging from very inaccurate (1) to very accurate (5).

• 1 = very inaccurate
• 2 = partly inaccurate
• 3 = neither accurate nor inaccurate
• 4 = partly accurate
• 5 = very accurate

1. I strive for perfection
2. I work hard to be helpful to others
3. It is important to me that other people like me
4. It is important to me to achieve great things
5. I make more significant contributions than the average person
6. I feel my emotions very deeply
7. I have a sense that other people will never truly understand me
8. I think deeply about things
9. I am prepared for any disaster
10. It is important to me to avoid pain and suffering at all times
11. I seek out experiences that I know will make me feel happy or excited
12. I see the positive in every situation
13. I am not afraid to tell someone when I think they are wrong
14. I let other people make the decisions
15. I appreciate having rules that people are expected to follow
16. I am concerned about security more than anything else
17. I think a lot about what will happen in the future
18. I don’t fit in with ordinary people
19. There is rarely a good reason for changing how things are done
20. I always finish my chores
21. I am always trying to be a better person
22. I check carefully for mistakes and errors
23. I like to be around people who I can help
24. I like to feel that I am an important person in my social groups
25. It is important to me to be successful
26. The organizations I belong to would not function well without me
27. I often feel overtaken by my emotions
28. I have always felt different from other people
29. I like to analyze things from every angle
30. I always have a plan for what I would do if things go wrong
31. I avoid situations that bring up negative feelings
32. I seek excitement
33. I am good at seeing the bright side of things when others complain
34. I do not hesitate to call people out when they are behaving badly
35. I go along with what other people want
36. People should follow the rules instead of doing what they feel like doing
37. I seek out relationships that offer me some type of protection
38. I can clearly visualize what could happen in the future
39. Average people often find me a bit weird
40. I like to do things as I’ve always done them
41. I persist until a task is done
42. I spend time trying to discover and correct my faults and weaknesses
43. I hold myself to very high standards
44. I am a natural caretaker
45. I want people to admire me
46. I want to achieve a lot in my life
47. If I am honest, I feel that I am a bit better than other people
48. I feel a deep sense of grief for what I have lost
49. I am an unusual sort of person
50. I take time to understand things more deeply than most people do
51. It is important to me to be prepared for any emergency
52. I distract myself from any sad feelings that arise
53. I often make changes in my life when things get boring
54. I tend to be more optimistic than most people
55. I tell people what I think, even if it is hard to hear
56. I would rather follow the group than push for what I want
57. I feel most comfortable in organizations with a clear hierarchy
58. I take measures to protect myself and my loved ones from harm
59. I make plans for many years into the future
60. I am an unusually unique person
61. I dislike trying new methods or procedures
62. I focus on my responsibilities and duties
63. I read books that help me be more productive or better at what I do
64. I put a lot of pressure on myself to do things right
65. I take the initiative to help other people and make their lives easier
66. I put in the effort to make a good impression on other people
67. I set ambitious goals for myself
68. I am an important member of my social groups
69. I can describe my emotions in a lot of depth and detail
70. I often feel like an outsider
71. I find my mind to be a very interesting place
72. I am always aware of what can go wrong in a situation
73. I have many ways of avoiding situations that get me down
74. I am always up for a new adventure
75. I believe that things usually work out for the best
76. I stand up for what I believe in, even if it upsets other people
77. I let other people take the lead
78. I dislike people who disrupt things by breaking the rules
79. I make alliances with people who can help me stay safe and secure
80. I am often looking ahead, toward what is coming next
81. I have different interests than most people
82. The traditional way of doing things is the best way
83. I am a responsible and reliable person
84. I have a lot of plans for how I can improve myself
85. I make sure that even small details are correct
86. I enjoy caring for others and their needs
87. I want to be a person that others can look up to
88. I push myself to succeed
89. I make important contributions to my community
90. I rarely have strong emotions
91. I feel I never truly belong in social groups
92. I want to learn as much as I can about how the world works
93. It is important for me to understand what can go wrong in a situation
94. I take steps to ensure I don't feel sad or lonely
95. Trying new things keeps life interesting
96. I am an upbeat person
97. I am usually the one to take a stand when others won’t
98. Other people have stronger opinions than I do
99. Everyone has a role to play in society and a duty to do their best
100. I am concerned with protecting what I have
101. I have a good sense of what my future holds
102. I am an average person with ordinary likes and dislikes
103. I try new ways of doing things just to see if they will work
104. I have a great deal of willpower
105. Self improvement is a major interest of mine

NINE ENNEAGRAM PERSONALITY TYPES

1. THE REFORMER
   • The Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic
2. THE HELPER
   • The Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive
3. THE ACHIEVER
   • The Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious
4. THE INDIVIDUALIST
   • The Sensitive, Withdrawn Type: Expressive, Dramatic, Self-Absorbed, and Temperamental
5. THE INVESTIGATOR
   • The Intense, Cerebral Type: Perceptive, Innovative, Secretive, and Isolated
6. THE LOYALIST
   • The Committed, Security-Oriented Type: Engaging, Responsible, Anxious, and Suspicious
7. THE ENTHUSIAST
   • The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Distractible, and Scattered
8. THE CHALLENGER
   • The Powerful, Dominating Type: Self-Confident, Decisive, Willful, and Confrontational
9. THE PEACEMAKER
   • The Easygoing, Self-Effacing Type: Receptive, Reassuring, Agreeable, and Complacent