We've just launched some exciting under-the-hood improvements to Alva’s Personality Test! These improvements are designed to keep Alva's Personality Test best-in-class by applying the foremost practices in machine learning and Modern Test Theory.
We now have more questions for our adaptive algorithm to choose from
We’ve added a Mandarin version, and now support test-taking in 15 languages
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We've added 90 new questions across our previously released 14 languages to help us better calculate scores across all possible ranges of our Big Five personality traits
We’ve enriched both our adaptive test algorithm and personality trait calculations with data from 114,166 tests and 12 million responses on Alva's Personality Test
A slightly lower proportion of candidates will get the highest possible score in a couple of facets, especially within the factors Conscientiousness and Agreeableness
Good to know: changes to Role Fit
Personality scores will change slightly due to these improvements. As a result, there will be minor effects for Role Fit and candidate rankings.
The average change in Role Fit across candidates will be about 2 percentage points, and candidate rankings will remain highly consistent (average rank-order correlation for all jobs r = .93).
96% of users will have little to no changes in their Role Fit scores (smaller than 10 percentage points).
What are the expected changes in Personality scores?
Agreeableness
97% of users will maintain a score within 1-point on our 10 point scale, and scores will remain the same for 6 out of 10 users on the personality facets Compassion, Politeness, and Trust
Conscientiousness
96% of users will maintain a score within 1-point on our 10 point scale, and scores will remain the same for half of all users on the personality facets Goal-Striving, Carefulness, and Orderliness
Extraversion
98% of users will maintain a score within 1-point on our 10 point scale, and scores will remain the same for 6 out of 10 users on the personality facets Assertiveness, Sociability, and Energy Level
Emotional Stability
98% of users will maintain a score within 1-point on our 10 point scale, and scores will remain the same for 6 out of 10 users on the personality facets Optimism, Stability, and Stress tolerance
Openness to experience
99% of users will maintain a score within 1-point on our 10 point scale, and scores will remain the same for 3 out of 4 users on the personality facets Curiosity, Aesthetic orientation, and Change orientation