Introducing: Comparisons

Ever wonder how your personality compares to someone else’s?

Whether it’s a close friend, romantic partner, family member, or colleague, understanding how your personalities align and differ can lead to better communication, stronger relationships, and deeper self-awareness.

TraitLab’s Comparisons feature gives you a detailed, side-by-side view of two personalities across multiple scientifically-grounded dimensions.

Five Areas of Comparison

Every comparison explores your similarities and differences across five distinct areas:

1. Personality Traits

Traits form the foundation of any personality comparison. See how you and another person compare on the Big Five personality traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.

Each trait comparison includes a description of how similarities or differences in that trait might play out in everyday interactions.

2. Adjectives

Words paint a powerful picture. The adjectives comparison shows the descriptive words that characterize each person’s personality.

See which adjectives you share, which are unique to each person, and how strongly each adjective applies. This gives you a quick, intuitive sense of personality similarities and differences.

3. Interpersonal Style

Interpersonal Style describes your characteristic pattern of interacting with others and handling conflicts. In the Interpersonal Style comparison, you’ll see how your individual styles interact.

Each comparison includes an overview of the differences in your interpersonal styles, followed by a description of potential strengths, potential friction points, and strategies for effective communication.

4. Strengths

Strengths are the positive qualities you tend to use when you are at your best. In the Strengths comparison, you’ll see how you compare to another person across 24 individual strengths and three broad strength dimensions.

After identifying each person’s top strengths, TraitLab unpacks how you might complement each other and where your combined strengths would truly shine.

5. Working Style

Our interests shape which problems and environments we find interesting and engaging. The Working Style comparison shows how your interests overlap and diverge based on six dimensions.

Based on your interest patterns, TraitLab describes how you and your comparison might work together and the types of projects that would fit your combined preferences.

Who Can Benefit from Comparisons?

• Couples who want to understand their personality dynamics, find common ground, and navigate differences with empathy.
• Friends curious about what makes their friendship work and where they might see things differently.
• Families looking to understand generational differences and improve communication.
• Colleagues and teams who want to leverage diverse personalities for better collaboration.
• Coaches and counselors helping clients understand their relationship patterns.

How Do I Start Comparing?

1. Create your account — Sign up for free and complete enough of the assessment to generate your personality results.
2. Go to your dashboard — From your TraitLab dashboard, find the Comparisons section to create a new comparison.
3. Add the other person — Enter the other person’s email address or TraitLab username to start a comparison.
4. See your results instantly — If the other person has a TraitLab account, has answered sufficient questions, and has allowed comparisons, your comparison results will appear instantly.
5. Explore all five areas — Use the tabs to navigate between Traits, Adjectives, Interpersonal, Strengths, and Working Style comparisons.

Ready to start comparing? Create a free TraitLab account for your traits assessment and up to five comparisons.