Find your career path with scientific personality assessments

TraitLab makes it easy to learn about your personality, career interests, and unique strengths through science-based assessments

How it works

Answer simple questions

TraitLab learns about you with standardized, targeted questions that millions of people have answered.

Your progress is always saved, so you can answer at whatever pace works for you.

Understand your personality

TraitLab compares your responses to multiple samples and published research to build your unique profile, describing your personality from multiple perspectives.

This foundational personality profile is a key ingredient to finding which career paths fit naturally with your strengths and interests.

An in-progress example of a personality profile in TraitLab

Discover your career profile

With your Career Interests profile in TraitLab Plus, you'll learn how your unique combination of interests impacts your preferences for different types of work.

Get insight into why some kinds of work are naturally engaging and energizing to you, while others are boring and draining.

Explore new career paths

Sort hundreds of career paths by your unique personality match, salary, education, and more.

Learn the common patterns between the types of careers that fit you well and those that don't.

Example of the career search results

Analyze your career matches

Dive deep into the details of any career path, and see how your personality profile aligns with it.

For every career path, learn about common day-to-day tasks, psychological demands, required training and expertise, salary ranges, and much more.

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TraitLab is continuously learning and improving to give you new personality insights

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What people are saying about TraitLab Plus

The details available are fascinating and have helped me on my journey of self-knowledge.

- K. R.

Engaging and educational content, simple UI, and a steady stream of insights.

- J.

I found the details of the facets provided insights beyond MBTI.

- K. S.

Very thorough examination. I appreciate the career insights. Helps me understand why some paths would work and some wouldn't ... Great work!

Satisfaction guaranteed

If you're not happy with TraitLab Plus, contact us within 7 days of your purchase and get a full refund.

Upgrade to TraitLab Plus

Explore your personality, interests, and strengths with the comprehensive analyses in TraitLab Plus.

What's included

  • Personality trait analysis (45+ traits)

  • Interpersonal style analysis

  • Strengths profile

  • Career interests analysis

  • Career search (700+ occupations)

  • 16 Personality Typology

  • Enneagram Typology

  • Unlimited re-assessments

  • Custom username and profile link

  • Early access to new features

One payment, lifetime access

$49 USD

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TraitLab Plus

Get crystal clear about your unique strengths.

Find Your Career Edge

Uncover your untapped personal strengths to level up in your current career, or get recommendations for surprising new career paths that fit your unique profile.

Clarify Your Strengths

Ground yourself with a deep analysis of your personal strengths, and learn how to exercise them in everyday life.

Spot Relationship Patterns

How is your personality influencing your most important connections? Learn to recognize how your characteristic interpersonal style impacts your social interactions.

Unique Personality Insights

Most assessments label you with a simple type, missing the important details that make a big impact. TraitLab analyzes over 80 dimensions so your results are one-of-a-kind, just like you.

Frequently asked questions

How is TraitLab different from other personality assessments?

Most online assessments are not based on real published research, so you can't connect your results to useful information about habits, career choices, relationships, and other practical aspects of your life.

TraitLab uses assessments and concepts from actual scientific research, then makes it easy to see how your results relate to important life areas.

Who made TraitLab?

TraitLab was created by me, Greg Park, Ph.D. Hi!

Before starting TraitLab, I spent years publishing research findings as a Ph.D. and postdoctoral researcher in the areas of personality and psychological measurement. I've always been fascinated by the field of personality psychology and how it can help us understand ourselves and each other.

I made TraitLab to make it easier for you to find reliable, valid, and scientifically-supported personality assessments.

Is TraitLab right for me?

Are you comfortable with investing about an hour to understand yourself better? Do you care about scientific validity? Do you like to get into details and data?

If you answered yes to these questions, then you'll probably love TraitLab. I made it for people like me — people looking for a very detailed, comprehensive picture of their personality, strengths, and interests, backed by scientific research.

But if you are looking for a quick and fun personality quiz, TraitLab is probably not the best fit for you.

How long is the TraitLab test?

Most people will start seeing their first results after about 10 minutes (about 100 questions).

If you want to see every possible result from TraitLab, the full assessment can take anywhere from 30-90 minutes. However, you can always save your progress and take the assessment across several sittings.

How many questions are there in TraitLab?

There are over 700 potential questions currently in TraitLab, but you'll begin seeing results after the first 100 questions.

New questions are added regularly, but most questions are optional and only needed for advanced analyses.

Can I retake the assessment?

Yes! With TraitLab Plus, you can reset your profile and results anytime from your account settings.

How much does TraitLab cost?

There are several free tools here at TraitLab that can help you learn quite a bit about your personality.

For more advanced analyses of your traits, strengths, and interests, you can purchase TraitLab Plus. TraitLab Plus costs $49 for a single individual, and there are discounts on purchases of three or more assessments. TraitLab also offers discounts for non-profit organizations.

How can I purchase TraitLab Plus for someone else?

With your free account, you can purchase invite codes for clients, teammates, and anyone else you think might benefit from TraitLab.

Visit the Invites section, where you can send invite codes to others, see when they've been redeemed, and collaborate on assessment results.

Can I share my results with someone else?

Absolutely! If you want to share and compare your results with anyone, you can simply share your public profile.

For example, here's my own public profile here at TraitLab.

I have a question about ...

I'm always updating TraitLab to make it more useful and interesting. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please let me know. I'd love to hear from you!

Get crystal clear about your next step. Get started with TraitLab.