# WorkFive > WorkFive is a free, anonymous workplace-personality assessment. It adapts > the open-source IPIP-NEO Big Five model into a ~15-minute test scored > across 30 facets, then matches your profile to ~1,000 O*NET careers. > No signup, no email, no data for sale. Content is published in 33 locales; swap the `/en` prefix for another locale code (e.g. `/fr`, `/es`, `/it`) where that section is translated. Pages under `/api`, `/test`, `/psychometric`, and `/results` are the interactive assessment flow and are intentionally excluded - this index covers the evergreen editorial pages. Full inlined text of every guide is at https://workfive.org/llms-full.txt. ## Tools - [Take the WorkFive assessment](https://workfive.org/en): The free, anonymous 15-minute test. Returns a 30-facet workplace-personality profile and matched careers. - [How to read your report](https://workfive.org/en/report-guide): A guide to interpreting your facet bands, domain scores, and role matches. ## Guides - [The Career ROI of Workplace Self-Knowledge](https://workfive.org/en/guide/roi-of-self-knowledge): What 30-facet self-awareness actually unlocks - sharper role fit, better salary negotiation, fewer culture mistakes. Why audit your operating system. - [The 30 Facets of Professional Success at Work](https://workfive.org/en/guide/the-30-facets-of-professional-success): Big Five at work, broken into 30 specific facets. From Risk Anticipation to Cautiousness - what high and low actually look like on the job. - [Why WorkFive Focuses on Personality at Work, Not in Life](https://workfive.org/en/guide/why-we-focus-on-work): Generic personality tests fail at career matching because they ignore context. WorkFive measures who you are at work - sharper, more useful, more honest. - [The WorkFive Methodology: Workplace Personality Science](https://workfive.org/en/guide/workfive-methodology): WorkFive adapts the open-source IPIP-NEO Big Five model into a 15-minute anonymous test of workplace personality. The science, the method, the why. ## The Corporate Zoo - [The Corporate Zoo](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo): Sylvain Querné's Corporate Zoo taxonomy - 16 workplace patterns that derail strategy, corrode culture, and corrupt 1:1s. How to spot them in time. - [HiPPO (Highest Paid Person's Opinion)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-hippo): Disguises rank as judgement. Six weeks of data lose to thirty seconds of seniority. - [ZEBRA (Zero Evidence But Really Arrogant)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-zebra): Bold predictions delivered with absolute certainty, zero research underneath. - [WOLF (Working On the Latest Fire)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-wolf): Manages exclusively by crisis. The team is exhausted while the org appears busy. - [RHINO (Really Here In Name Only)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-rhino): On the org chart, on payroll, mentally elsewhere. The empty chair somebody is sitting in. - [SEAGULL (Senior Executive Always Glides In, Unloads, and Leaves)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-seagull): Drops in, makes a 30-minute decision, leaves before the consequences arrive. - [DODO (Dangerously OutDated Opinions)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-dodo): Manages through traditions that worked once and refuses to update them. Stuck in last decade's playbook. - [VIPER (Vindictive Person Endangering Results)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-viper): The only truly malicious animal. Hoards information, builds documented cases, treats work as zero-sum. - [MOUSE (Muddled Opinions, Usually Swayed Easily)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-mouse): Agrees with whoever they spoke to most recently. Indecision disguised as openness to feedback. - [PARROT (Pretty Annoying and Ridiculously Repeating Others)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-parrot): Repackages other people's ideas as their own. Intellectual camouflage that kills originality. - [DONKEY (Data Only, No Knowledge, Expertise or whY)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-donkey): Optimises metrics without understanding context. Goodhart's Law in human form. - [HEDGEHOG (Hostile, Evasive, Defensive, Generating Endless Hidden Obstacles to Growth)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-hedgehog): Turns every 1:1 into an interrogation. The development conversation that leaves you smaller, not bigger. - [CHAMELEON (Constantly Hiding Actual Motives, Emulating Leadership, Evading Obligation Now)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-chameleon): Agrees with you in private. Throws you under the bus in public. The shape-shifting that destroys trust. - [OSTRICH (Oblivious Supervisor Terrified Regarding Impending Corporate Hardships)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-ostrich): Ignores every warning sign. Calls toxic positivity 'staying positive'. The conflict avoidance that becomes a fire. - [PEACOCK (Presenting Excellence, Actually Creating Operational Chaos)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-peacock): Beautiful slide decks. Empty operations. Manages upward, abandons downward. - [MAGPIE (Manager Appropriating Great Projects, Ignoring Execution)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-magpie): Attracted to the latest shiny thing. Pivots Monday, claims credit by Friday. Strategy as buzzword collection. - [SLOTH (Slow Leadership Obstructing Team Hustle)](https://workfive.org/en/guide/corporate-zoo/the-sloth): Four-page brief for a €50 software license. Marinating decisions until the opportunity dies. ## Personality - [Personality overview](https://workfive.org/en/personality): The Big Five at work - five domains, 30 facets. - [All facets](https://workfive.org/en/personality/facets): Index of the 30 workplace facets across the 5 Big Five domains, each with a deep-dive page. - [Trait profiles](https://workfive.org/en/personality/profiles): 27 aspirational persona pages ("careers for strategic thinkers", "careers for introverts", ...). Big Five domains: - [Emotional Stability](https://workfive.org/en/personality/emotional-stability) - [Extraversion](https://workfive.org/en/personality/extraversion) - [Openness](https://workfive.org/en/personality/openness) - [Agreeableness](https://workfive.org/en/personality/agreeableness) - [Conscientiousness](https://workfive.org/en/personality/conscientiousness) ## Careers - [Careers overview](https://workfive.org/en/careers): How a 30-facet profile maps onto work. - [Work areas](https://workfive.org/en/careers/work-areas): 22 broad work areas, each profiled against the facets that predict fit. - [Role families](https://workfive.org/en/careers/families): 111 master role families; the ~1,000 individual O*NET occupations are discoverable from these pages. - [Compare roles](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare): Side-by-side fit comparisons for high-intent role forks. Comparison pages: - [Data Scientists vs Operations Research Analysts](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/data-scientists-vs-operations-research-analysts): Modeling for prediction vs. modeling for decision-making - [Data Scientists vs Statisticians](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/data-scientists-vs-statisticians): Engineering-first vs. statistics-first analytical work - [Computer Programmers vs Software Developers](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/computer-programmers-vs-software-developers): Implementing a spec vs. designing the system - [Software Developers vs Web Developers](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/software-developers-vs-web-developers): General-purpose engineering vs. web-platform specialisation - [Graphic Designers vs Writers And Authors](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/graphic-designers-vs-writers-and-authors): Visual craft vs. narrative craft inside creative work - [Technical Writers vs Writers And Authors](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/technical-writers-vs-writers-and-authors): Technical clarity vs. expressive voice - [Marketing Managers vs Sales Managers](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/marketing-managers-vs-sales-managers): Building demand vs. closing demand - [Accountants And Auditors vs Financial Managers](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/accountants-and-auditors-vs-financial-managers): Recording reality vs. shaping it - [Electrical Engineers vs Mechanical Engineers](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/electrical-engineers-vs-mechanical-engineers): Power and signal vs. force and motion - [Lawyers vs Paralegals And Legal Assistants](https://workfive.org/en/careers/compare/lawyers-vs-paralegals-and-legal-assistants): Advocacy and judgment vs. craft and rigor ## About & legal - [About WorkFive](https://workfive.org/en/about) - [Privacy policy](https://workfive.org/en/privacy) - [Terms of service](https://workfive.org/en/terms) - [Cookie policy](https://workfive.org/en/cookies) WorkFive is the upstream half of a pair: once you know your work-style operating system, [JobMentis](https://jobmentis.com) turns it into a CV and interview prep a hiring manager responds to.