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The ETS® PSQ Tool

Get insights into your personal skills

 

PSQ Results and Insights

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After completing the PSQ tool, you’ll receive a PSQ Insights Report via email within 3 days. The report will contain:

  • your results for each of the five PSQ composites
  • instructions for interpreting your results
  • evidence-based steps to improve competencies unique to your developmental level

Understanding your PSQ Insights Report

The PSQ tool measures your personal characteristics, or attributes, in terms of composites (a combination of relevant dimensions that represent the Big Five personality traits).

Your results from the PSQ tool are described within a range for each of the five PSQ composites. Where you score within the range is determined by how you most naturally interact with the world — in other words, your inclinations and habits as they relate to each composite of the Big Five personality traits.

You can use the results to better understand your personal strengths — and identify areas that you might want to focus on. These insights can also help you emphasize your unique traits when crafting personal statements or preparing for interviews.

Scientific evidence suggests that you can change your personal skills and qualities if you feel it is something you want or need to do. For example, if you don’t have a natural inclination toward leadership, you can change your orientation by modifying activities you do each day or week, such as speaking up more often if you’re usually quiet in classroom discussions. If you’re consistent with these new practices, they’ll become more habitual and natural to you over time.