An instrument that shows its work

What it measures

The model has six axes. Each axis is measured through four narrower dimensions — 24 in all — and every dimension is scored from 0 to 100 using nothing but your answers.

The six axes, and the four dimensions behind each one:

• Energy — Outgoing or Reflective: sociability, assertiveness, enthusiasm, activity.
• Cognition — Visionary or Practical: imagination, curiosity, abstraction, openness.
• Values — Empathic or Analytical: compassion, cooperation, trust, altruism.
• Structure — Organized or Flexible: orderliness, discipline, deliberation, reliability.
• Resilience — Steady or Volatile: calmness, composure, optimism, stress tolerance.
• Drive — Ambitious or Content: achievement, persistence, initiative, focus.

Each axis resolves to one of its two poles, and the six poles together form a six-letter code. Two possibilities on each of six axes gives 64 combinations — that is where the 64 archetypes come from. The archetype is a summary of the reading, not a replacement for it: the full report keeps all 24 dimension scores in view.

How a sitting works

The base assessment is 96 statements — exactly four for each of the 24 dimensions — answered one at a time on a five-point agree–disagree scale. Questions are interleaved across dimensions from start to finish, so every dimension, and therefore every axis, is read from real data rather than guessed.

About half of the statements are reverse-coded — phrased in the opposite direction, so that agreeing with one scores like disagreeing with its counterpart. This is a standard guard against the habit of simply agreeing: careless answering tends to cancel itself out instead of adding up.

Confidence, measured and shown

Every dimension score carries its own confidence figure, which rises with the number of answers behind it. Skipping a question never bends a score — it only lowers the confidence of the dimension the question belonged to.

After the 96 base questions, the instrument checks its overall confidence against a target of 75%. At or above the target, the short sitting is enough. Below it, you are offered a longer sitting — between 150 and 240 statements in total, longer the lower the confidence — still spread evenly across all 24 dimensions. Whether to continue is always your choice.

From answers to result

Scoring is deterministic arithmetic, not judgement. A dimension score is the average of your normalized answers, an axis score is read from its four dimensions, and the archetype is read from the six axis poles. The same answers always produce the same result.

The free result is your archetype's name and a summary. The premium report is composed from your own scores by the same deterministic process — it is not written by an AI. The one genuinely AI-powered part of Persona AI is the coach, which comes with the premium tier and can talk through your profile with you.

What this is not

Persona AI is a self-report instrument. It has not been clinically validated, peer reviewed, or published as research, and it is not a diagnostic tool — it cannot detect, confirm, or rule out any condition.

What it offers is a careful, transparent reading of how you described yourself on a particular day. Treat the result as a well-made mirror, not a verdict: useful for reflection and conversation, and always open to revision as you change.