Perfectionism · 10 statements · free
Just one more tweak. How much do details pull at you?
Ten short statements about your usual approach to details and finishing work. One score on a 1 to 5 scale, and the answers behind it.
No account needed. Pause any time.
The toy
Nudge it. Or ship it.
Every nudge is another revision and another comment. Shipping clears the lot. You know which one feels better.
ToyThis is a toy. Nothing here is scored or saved.
Two sides
An eye for detail
is not the same as distress.
This test looks at one thing: how much you attend to details and check your work. Caring about getting it right can be a real strength. How much the pull costs you is a separate question, and this test does not measure it.
The eye
- notices the wonky margin
- rereads the email before sending
- straightens the picture frame
The pressure
- can’t hit send
- never quite done
- a knot in the stomach
What you get
One score.
Every layer visible.
A single perfectionism score on a 1 to 5 scale, a plain line on how it was worked out, and every answer behind it, laid out like layers you can inspect.
Your score is 3.8 on a 1 to 5 scale, averaged across 10 answers after the specified reverse scoring.
Position on this scale, not a percentile or a comparison with other people.
The honest part
Release notes.
No small print.
Everything this test does and doesn’t do, in one place, before you start.
This facet describes attention to detail and checking. It does not diagnose distress or distinguish every kind of perfectionism.
Where the statements come from
IPIP Perfectionism facet, ten public-domain items representing the HEXACO Conscientiousness domain.
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Ten statements.
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10 statements · 5-point scale · free · no account needed