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latestOpenAPI 3.1.02026-07-242892032.8 MBList All UK Traits
Display all available traits with British English spellings (each trait description is formatted in inline html. Clients may need to use a special html parser on their CMS).
get/assessments/traits/uk
Response
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They like to be different and strive to stand out from the crowd. They like to express their personalities by creating new and different things with words; with music; with materials, through painting, carving, sculpturing, engraving, crafting, etc.; and with physical expression, as in acting and dancing.","trait-id":"A"}},{"type":"trait","id":"C","attributes":{"description":"<i><b>Great organizers who to work within a clear structure of expectations.</b></i> <ul><li>Organised</li> <li>Methodical</i> <li>Numerically Inclined</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category tend to be efficient, conscientious, efficient, and work hard to accomplish their tasks. They like working with others if the relationships are clear and professional, and they prefer predictable, controlled environments. They enjoy working with data, computers and processes.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> ambiguous, unstructured activities.</i>","name":"Conventional","question-sets":["short","medium","long"],"short-description":"Conventional people are well-organised, persistent, and practical in their approach to life. They enjoy clerical and computational activities performed according to set procedures. They are dependable, efficient, and conscientious in accomplishing the tasks in which they engage. They enjoy the security of belonging to groups and organisations and make good team members.","trait-id":"C"}},{"type":"trait","id":"E","attributes":{"description":"<i><b>Persuasive talkers who enjoy being the centre of attention.</b></i> <ul><li>Self Confident</li> <li>Adventurous</li> <li>Spontaneous</li> <li>Optimistic</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category are assertive, outgoing, and good at motivating others. They like adventure and have lots of energy. They are ambitious, like to start and lead projects, and to have responsibilities and be in a decision-making and leadership positions. They enjoy working in fields like business, law or politics.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> activities that require careful observation or scientific thinking.</i>","name":"Enterprising","question-sets":["short","medium","long"],"short-description":"Enterprising people are self-confident, outgoing, and optimistic. They like to organise, direct, and control the activities of groups. They are ambitious and like to be in positions of authority. They place a high value on status, power, money, and material possessions. They like to feel that they are in control of situations and are responsible for making things happen.","trait-id":"E"}},{"type":"trait","id":"I","attributes":{"description":"<i><b>Independent thinkers who love working on interesting problems.</b></i> <ul><li>Work Independently</li> <li>Like Challenging Ideas</li> <li>Precise, scientific, intellectual</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category enjoy theories and ideas. They are confident in their intellect, curious about everything, and independent in their work. They like to observe and to take a scientific approach to understand a situation completely before taking action. They enjoy working with data and research, in scientific fields, technology, or academia.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> leading, selling, or persuading others.</i>","name":"Investigative","question-sets":["short","medium","long"],"short-description":"Investigative people are naturally curious and inquisitive. They have a need to understand, explain, and predict the things that go on around them. They are scholarly and scientific in their attempts to understand things and tend to be pessimistic and critical when non-scientific, simplistic, or supernatural explanations are suggested by others.","trait-id":"I"}},{"type":"trait","id":"R","attributes":{"description":"<i><b>Doers who like building things and working with their hands.</b></i> <ul><li>Practical</li> <li>Straightforward</li> <li>Systematic</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category tend to be confident, competitive, and good at getting on with things. They are practical, honest and straightforward. They prefer to approach a problem by using familiar methods and following established patterns. They enjoy working in mechanical or practical science fields, working outdoors or with animals, using tools and machines, or their own physical strength.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> activities such as teaching, healing, and informing others.</i>","name":"Realistic","question-sets":["short","medium","long"],"short-description":"Realistic people are attracted to outdoor, mechanical and physical activities, hobbies, and occupations. They like to work with things, objects, and animals rather than with ideas, data, and people. They tend to have mechanical and athletic abilities and are usually strong and well-coordinated.","trait-id":"R"}},{"type":"trait","id":"S","attributes":{"description":"<i><b>People-lovers who enjoy close personal relationships.</b></i> <ul><li>Skilled with Words</li> <li>Helps, and Informs</li> <li>Like to work with people</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category want to help others and improve their lives. They like to work in teams or in cooperative environments, where everyone shares a goal. They are idealistic and sensitive, and care about their relationships with others. They like attention and enjoy being recognised and at the center of activity.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal.</i>","name":"Social","question-sets":["short","medium","long"],"short-description":"Social people are friendly and outgoing. They are cooperative and enjoy working with and being around other people. They are understanding and insightful concerning the feelings and problems of others. They like to be helpful to others by serving in facilitative roles such as those of teachers, mediators, advisers, counsellors, etc.","trait-id":"S"}}]}}
Example response
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{
"type": "trait",
"id": "A",
"attributes": {
"description": "<i><b>Creatives who often rebel against rules and structure.</b></i> <ul><li>Imaginative</li> <li>Unconventional</li> <li>Emotionally Expressive</li></ul> <p>Those who score highly in this category are inventive, open, and find enjoyment in making things. They prefer working in environments where they can be spontaneous, and can produce work which is inventive and unique. Their sensitivity to others makes them perceptive about the world around them. They enjoy working with their hands or with people, and in fields involving art, design and self-expression.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> highly ordered or repetitive activities.</i>",
"name": "Artistic",
"question-sets": [
"short",
"medium",
"long"
],
"short-description": "Artistic people are very creative, original, and individualistic. They like to be different and strive to stand out from the crowd. They like to express their personalities by creating new and different things with words; with music; with materials, through painting, carving, sculpturing, engraving, crafting, etc.; and with physical expression, as in acting and dancing.",
"trait-id": "A"
}
},
{
"type": "trait",
"id": "C",
"attributes": {
"description": "<i><b>Great organizers who to work within a clear structure of expectations.</b></i> <ul><li>Organised</li> <li>Methodical</i> <li>Numerically Inclined</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category tend to be efficient, conscientious, efficient, and work hard to accomplish their tasks. They like working with others if the relationships are clear and professional, and they prefer predictable, controlled environments. They enjoy working with data, computers and processes.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> ambiguous, unstructured activities.</i>",
"name": "Conventional",
"question-sets": [
"short",
"medium",
"long"
],
"short-description": "Conventional people are well-organised, persistent, and practical in their approach to life. They enjoy clerical and computational activities performed according to set procedures. They are dependable, efficient, and conscientious in accomplishing the tasks in which they engage. They enjoy the security of belonging to groups and organisations and make good team members.",
"trait-id": "C"
}
},
{
"type": "trait",
"id": "E",
"attributes": {
"description": "<i><b>Persuasive talkers who enjoy being the centre of attention.</b></i> <ul><li>Self Confident</li> <li>Adventurous</li> <li>Spontaneous</li> <li>Optimistic</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category are assertive, outgoing, and good at motivating others. They like adventure and have lots of energy. They are ambitious, like to start and lead projects, and to have responsibilities and be in a decision-making and leadership positions. They enjoy working in fields like business, law or politics.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> activities that require careful observation or scientific thinking.</i>",
"name": "Enterprising",
"question-sets": [
"short",
"medium",
"long"
],
"short-description": "Enterprising people are self-confident, outgoing, and optimistic. They like to organise, direct, and control the activities of groups. They are ambitious and like to be in positions of authority. They place a high value on status, power, money, and material possessions. They like to feel that they are in control of situations and are responsible for making things happen.",
"trait-id": "E"
}
},
{
"type": "trait",
"id": "I",
"attributes": {
"description": "<i><b>Independent thinkers who love working on interesting problems.</b></i> <ul><li>Work Independently</li> <li>Like Challenging Ideas</li> <li>Precise, scientific, intellectual</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category enjoy theories and ideas. They are confident in their intellect, curious about everything, and independent in their work. They like to observe and to take a scientific approach to understand a situation completely before taking action. They enjoy working with data and research, in scientific fields, technology, or academia.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> leading, selling, or persuading others.</i>",
"name": "Investigative",
"question-sets": [
"short",
"medium",
"long"
],
"short-description": "Investigative people are naturally curious and inquisitive. They have a need to understand, explain, and predict the things that go on around them. They are scholarly and scientific in their attempts to understand things and tend to be pessimistic and critical when non-scientific, simplistic, or supernatural explanations are suggested by others.",
"trait-id": "I"
}
},
{
"type": "trait",
"id": "R",
"attributes": {
"description": "<i><b>Doers who like building things and working with their hands.</b></i> <ul><li>Practical</li> <li>Straightforward</li> <li>Systematic</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category tend to be confident, competitive, and good at getting on with things. They are practical, honest and straightforward. They prefer to approach a problem by using familiar methods and following established patterns. They enjoy working in mechanical or practical science fields, working outdoors or with animals, using tools and machines, or their own physical strength.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> activities such as teaching, healing, and informing others.</i>",
"name": "Realistic",
"question-sets": [
"short",
"medium",
"long"
],
"short-description": "Realistic people are attracted to outdoor, mechanical and physical activities, hobbies, and occupations. They like to work with things, objects, and animals rather than with ideas, data, and people. They tend to have mechanical and athletic abilities and are usually strong and well-coordinated.",
"trait-id": "R"
}
},
{
"type": "trait",
"id": "S",
"attributes": {
"description": "<i><b>People-lovers who enjoy close personal relationships.</b></i> <ul><li>Skilled with Words</li> <li>Helps, and Informs</li> <li>Like to work with people</li></ul> <p>People who score highly in this category want to help others and improve their lives. They like to work in teams or in cooperative environments, where everyone shares a goal. They are idealistic and sensitive, and care about their relationships with others. They like attention and enjoy being recognised and at the center of activity.</p> <b>Avoids:</b><i> using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal.</i>",
"name": "Social",
"question-sets": [
"short",
"medium",
"long"
],
"short-description": "Social people are friendly and outgoing. They are cooperative and enjoy working with and being around other people. They are understanding and insightful concerning the feelings and problems of others. They like to be helpful to others by serving in facilitative roles such as those of teachers, mediators, advisers, counsellors, etc.",
"trait-id": "S"
}
}
]
}