Dark Triad
Spot Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy before they cost your team, looking beyond what a resume says someone achieved to how they might behave.
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Dark Triad Risk Report
Short Dark Triad (SD3) · 27 items · advisory screen for counterproductive risk
Trevor Nash · Head of Partnerships
XB-SD3-56290 · Aug 11, 2026 · n = 6,150 senior commercial hires
Triad composition plot
Ternary · relative loading
The profile sits toward the Machiavellian vertex and well away from Psychopathy strategic, not volatile.
Mach
Elevated
Narc
Above average
Psych
Typical
Composite risk band
Elevated
Bands are risk indicators for counterproductive behaviour, never clinical diagnoses, and must not be the sole basis for a decision.
Trait detail
Machiavellianism
82 · ElevatedEndorses withholding information for advantage.
Narcissism
68 · Above averageCredit-taking risk in shared wins.
Psychopathy
31 · TypicalNo impulsivity or callousness signal.
Impression management
44 · TypicalNo socially desirable response set.
If hired safeguards
- Shared pipeline reviews with a second reader on forecast changes.
- Verify one claimed win with the named counterpart.
- Team-credit norms written into the 90-day plan.
Response consistency 0.89 · faking-good not flagged · advisory only, not a selection cut-off · generated by Xobin
What actually happens
A research-based screen for manipulativeness.
- 1
Indirect, validated items
Statements come from published Dark Triad research and never announce what they measure, so the socially desirable answer is not obvious.
Dark Triad / Item 9 of 27How much do you agree with each statement?
It is smart to keep information to yourself
DisagreeNeutralAgreePeople who get exploited usually deserve it
DisagreeNeutralAgreeI deserve more recognition than I get
DisagreeNeutralAgreeI rarely feel guilty after an argument
DisagreeNeutralAgree - 2
Three constructs, scored separately
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy are reported independently with a response-consistency check on top.
Dark Triad / Construct scores candidate 4821Machiavellianism68thNarcissism81stPsychopathy24thImpression management39thLow impression-management score means the profile is unlikely to be faked positive.
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A risk flag with guardrails
The output is an interview and reference-check plan for elevated traits never a hire-or-reject verdict on its own.
Reports / Dark Triad candidate 4821Narcissism band
Elevated
Credit sharingwatchFeedback receptionwatchRule bendingprobeTeam reliabilityokUse with structured references. Not a standalone rejection criterion.
What you get out of it
Spot risk traits before they become a people problem.
- 3 traitsscreened
Narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy are measured with validated items.
- Earlyrisk flags
Elevated patterns surface before someone is placed in a trust-heavy or leadership role.
- Fairby design
Results are framed as interview evidence to explore, never as an automatic reject.
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Before you ask.
It's used as a risk signal for high-trust roles, never as a label. Results are restricted to trained reviewers and the report frames elevated scores as areas to probe in the interview.
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy on a normed scale, reported as low, moderate or elevated relative to a working population.
Access is role-restricted and audited. Hiring managers see a summary risk view; the full breakdown stays with the assessment owner.
Yes. Items are built with I/O psychologists, checked for reliability (Cronbach's alpha above 0.80 on core scales), and reviewed for adverse impact. Norms are refreshed against a working-population sample.
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