Personality
Achievement-Striving (Big Five Facet)
How driven you are to work hard and achieve.
About this test
This facet reflects your ambition and drive to work hard and exceed what is expected. It is one of the 30 facets of the Big Five model and describes a personality tendency (from the Conscientiousness domain) — how you generally are — not a clinical diagnosis. Each score simply shows where you tend to sit; there is no good or bad result.
What your score means
| Score | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| 4–9 | Lower range |
| 10–14 | Middle range |
| 15–20 | Higher range |
Frequently asked questions
How is this scored?
Your four answers (each 1 to 5) are added up, with reverse-worded items flipped, for a total from 4 to 20. A higher score means more of the trait. There is no good or bad score — it shows where you tend to sit.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. It measures a normal personality tendency from the Big Five model, not a mental-health condition.
Can I use it for free?
Yes. The items come from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool, which is free to use for any purpose with the source credited.
Related screenings
Source: International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg, 1999); IPIP-NEO-120 (Johnson, 2014). Public domain — free to use, copy and adapt for any purpose, including commercial, without permission (ipip.ori.org).