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The Strengths Test · 30 minutes

Free Strengths Test: all 38 of your strengths, ranked in order

Most people can name what they're bad at instantly, then go vague the moment you ask what they're best at. This strengths assessment gives you the answer in order — all 38 scored and ranked, with the five to build a career around at the top.

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WHY RANK ALL 38

A list of five strengths is flattering. A ranked list of 38 is useful.

Knowing Methodical sits at number 31 tells you why certain work drains you no matter how hard you try. That's the half of the picture most strengths tools quietly leave out — and it's usually the half that explains your week.

WHAT GETS MEASURED

The 38 strengths, across five domains

Every strength you're scored on, and the domain it belongs to. Your report shows which domains you lead in and which you borrow from.

Make An Impact

Decisive · Initiator · Excellence · Charisma · Values-Oriented · Drive · Storyteller · Leader · Relevance

Connect & Elevate

Mentor · Considerate · Team Player · Peacemaker · Optimist · Empathy

Get It Done

Bootstrapper · Methodical · Steady · Architect · Structure · Growth Hacker · Go-Getter · Problem-Solver · Follow-Through · Ownership

Think Big

Strategic · Thinker · Researcher · Visionary · Continuity · Cause-Effect · Inventor · Big Picture

Growth Mindset

Self-Improvement · Resourcefulness · Resilience · Curiosity · Flexibility

WHAT YOU GET

What your strengths report includes

Your top 5, in order

The five you should be building work around, with the score behind each one.

A deep dive on your top 10

What each one looks like on a good day, what it looks like overused, and where to put it to work.

Your domain map

Where your 38 cluster across the five domains — the shape of how you work, at a glance.

All 38, ranked and scored

The full list, top to bottom. Downloadable as a PDF and yours to keep.

HOW IT WORKS

How the Strengths Test works

1
You rate 152 statements

Each one from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Answer for how you actually are rather than how you'd like to be, and go with your first instinct.

2
Your report opens

Straight away. Top five, deep dive on your top ten, your domain map and all 38 in order.

3
It keeps getting sharper

Add DISC or Big Five and your Work Report reads them against your strengths, which is where the useful part lives.

FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Strengths Test team packs

Run the Strengths Test across a team and see every result in one place. Team packs include an admin dashboard for comparing profiles, PDF reports delivered by email, and priority support — used for talent development, team building and hiring conversations.

Starter Pack

5-30 Reports

$14/report

  • Admin Dashboard — view and compare all results
  • PDF reports sent to email (purchaser in CC)
  • Priority customer support

Adjust quantity at checkout

Get Starter Pack

Growth Pack

31-60 Reports

$12/report

  • Admin Dashboard — view and compare all results
  • PDF reports sent to email (purchaser in CC)
  • Priority customer support

Adjust quantity at checkout

Get Growth Pack

Pro Pack

60+ Reports

$9/report

  • Admin Dashboard — view and compare all results
  • PDF reports sent to email (purchaser in CC)
  • Priority customer support

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Get Pro Pack

Strengths admin dashboard

See who has completed their test, compare results, and understand how your team works together.

Results analytics dashboard

Strengths admin dashboard showing a summary of team results

Direct user invitation system

Inviting team members to take the Strengths Test directly

Access code usage monitoring

Tracking available Strengths Test uses and access codes
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Maya L.
Marketing Director
"The detailed report was eye-opening! Seeing my top strengths laid out with specific insights helped me understand why I excel in certain areas at work. I've already used the recommendations to have a productive chat with my manager about taking on projects that align with my strengths."
David K.
Team Lead
"Used this with my team during our quarterly review. We understood each other's working styles better in one hour of sharing results than after three years of working together. Explains so many past friction points - and how to avoid them."
James
Student
"As a recent graduate, I was struggling to figure out my career path. The Strengths report gave me clarity on my natural talents and how to leverage them. The personalized recommendations were invaluable in helping me target jobs where I could truly shine."
THE SHORT VERSION

What is a strengths test?

A strengths test measures what you're naturally good at rather than what's wrong with you — the shift positive psychology introduced in the early 2000s. Instead of screening for problems, it scores the qualities you already use well, so you can organise your work and your life around them.

PQ's version scores 38 character strengths from your answers to 152 statements and ranks every one of them, from the strength you lead with to the one that costs you the most energy.
It's free to take, takes about 30 minutes, and works on any device. You get your results immediately: your top five in order, a deep dive on your top ten, your domain map across the five strength families, and the full ranked list of 38 to download as a PDF.

It's most useful before a career decision, a performance review, or a team conversation about who should be doing what — which is where most people use it.
STRENGTHS TEST FAQS

The Strengths Test is a strengths assessment that scores you on 38 strengths across five domains — Make An Impact, Connect & Elevate, Get It Done, Think Big and Growth Mindset. It maps your natural patterns of thinking, feeling and working, and gives you all 38 ranked in order rather than a rough top five.

About 30 minutes. You rate 152 statements, and scoring 38 separate strengths reliably is what takes that length. Your report opens straight after you finish, with your top five, a deep dive on your top ten and every strength ranked.

Yes — taking the Strengths Test and seeing your results is free. Teams that want to run it across a group can buy report packs instead, starting at $9 per report at volume, with an admin dashboard included.

Get It Done covers execution strengths like Go-Getter and Problem-Solver. Make An Impact covers influence strengths like Leader and Storyteller. Connect & Elevate covers relationship strengths like Empathy and Mentor. Think Big covers strategic strengths like Visionary and Strategic. Growth Mindset covers learning strengths like Curiosity and Resilience.

The assessment is built on peer-reviewed positive psychology research into character strengths and follows established psychometric standards for reliability and construct validity. Over 2 million tests have been completed, and the item set is reviewed against that data so the 38-strength ranking holds up.

Your top five in order, a deep dive on your top ten with where each one helps and where it costs you, your domain map showing which of the five domains you lead with, your bottom three, and all 38 strengths ranked and scored. The full report downloads as a PDF.

No. A low-ranked strength is one that costs you energy rather than giving it. Plenty of people perform well on a bottom-ranked strength for years and then wonder why the job is exhausting — which is exactly what a full ranking reveals.

It shows where you naturally excel, which is usually where performance and job satisfaction are highest. Your report turns that into practical direction: which projects to argue for, which strengths to lead with in a team, and which activities to delegate or design around.

Yes. Team packs let you invite colleagues, collect every result in an admin dashboard and compare domain maps side by side. One-time packs run from $14 down to $9 per report by volume, and monthly plans start at $65 for 10 reports with cancel-anytime billing.

Yes. Core strengths are fairly stable, so large shifts are unlikely without a real change in role or life stage — most people get more out of acting on their current ranking than retaking it.

DISC. Strengths tells you what you are good at; DISC tells you how it lands on the people working next to you. Together they explain the gap between doing good work and being easy to work with.

Could you name your top five right now?

Thirty minutes, and you'll never have to guess at that question again.

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