This personality inventory was developed by Goldberg in 1993 to measure the five dimensions of the Big Five personality framework.

• Openness

Insight, imagination, dynamic personality, wide range of interests are a few traits that people who score high on Openness possess.

• Conscientiousness

Important traits include goal oriented nature, organizational skills, mindfulness to detail, determined and careful.

• Extraversion/ Introversion

Extroverts are highly energetic, enthusiastic and easily visible to people around them. Opposite to extraversion is introversion. Introverts like to keep to themselves. They do not like to be a part of the social world. They love solitude, tend to be low-key and get bored and exhausted whenever they have to socialize.

• Agreeableness

Those who score high on agreeableness are affectionate, kind, full of empathy for others and extremely trustable, helpful, generous and considerate.

• Neuroticism

The important characteristics of neuroticism are emotional instability, sulkiness, unhappiness, irritable mood and frequent bouts of anxiety, sadness and mood swings.