WordNet
n. any test that is intended to assess personality
Wikipedia
A personality test is a questionnaire or other standardized instrument designed to reveal aspects of an individual's character or psychological makeup.
The first personality tests were developed in the 1920s and were intended to ease the process of personnel selection, particularly in the armed forces. Since these early efforts, a wide variety of personality tests have been developed, notably the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the MMPI, and a number of tests based on the five factor model of personality, such as the Revised NEO Personality Inventory.
Estimates of how much the industry is currently worth are between $2 and $4 billion a year. Personality tests are used in a range of contexts, including but not limited to, individual and relationship counseling, career counseling, employment testing, occupational health and safety and customer interaction management.
Usage examples of "personality test".
McVeigh claims he had no problem with the psychological tests, which included the Adult Personality Inventory, the Minnesota Multiple Phase Personality Test, and a sentence completion exam designed by Army psychologists.
Every time some department asshole ordered her to take a personality test, she hushed those whispers with a careful dose of Calm-It and passed.
It was near ten o'clock, so he wasn't worried about anyone offering him a personality test.
Subjected to every psychological and personality test available, his final, overall grade corrected out to show that he was both average and normal.