The promise of an in-depth personality evaluation is the main selling point of any dating site. eHarmony, EliteSingles and Chemistry all proudly boast their personality quizzes, which are based on the e psychologists like Dr. Neil Clark, Robert McCrae and Paul Costa. But are these personality tests accurate enough to reveal the inner self of millions of unique individuals or are they just smoke and mirrors to bewilder naive singles into subscribing to the service? In order to determine the reliability of these quizzes, we should first take a look at the mother of all personality tests and how this craze began.

Are you a talkative person who likes to focus on reality, values fairness and above all else seeks to settle things on your own? Then you have an ESTJ type personality – Extroversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judgement – or in other words, you are an ‘Executive’. (more…)