Six people every workplace already has
The Office character test is a short personality quiz that sorts you into one of six people from the Scranton branch of a mid-sized paper company: Michael, Jim, Pam, Dwight, Angela, or Kevin. You don't need to have watched much of the show to recognize them, because every workplace grows its own versions.
Michael runs the place on enthusiasm and badly wants to be liked. Jim treats a dull day as raw material for a joke. Pam notices what everyone needs and keeps the whole floor running without mentioning it. Dwight has a plan for emergencies nobody else has imagined. Angela keeps exacting standards and a short list of people who meet them. Kevin is content with a comfortable chair and has a knack for surprising people who wrote him off.
Everyone thinks they are Jim
Ask a room of coworkers which character they are and most will pick one of the two calm, likable ones. That can't be right, because somebody in that room sent the three-paragraph email about the thermostat.
The quiz gets around this by ignoring what you say about yourself and looking at what you would do. It never names a character or a scene, so there is nothing to recognize and no obviously cool answer to aim for. If an option makes you wince a little because it is true, that is the one to choose.
Twelve questions, none of them about paper
You get twelve everyday situations: the power goes out, someone is being loud in a café, your weekend plans collapse. Most people are done in about two minutes.
It's free, it runs in your browser, and there's no sign-up.
What lands on your desk afterward
Your result comes with a single emoji, a description of how you tend to operate, a short list of strengths, and an honest but friendly note on where you trip yourself up. The most intense person on the list is also the most dependable, and the most relaxed one is the easiest to sit next to.
You also get a best match, the coworker you would work with most easily. Send the link around your team or your group chat and compare. Teams rarely split evenly.
