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The Human vs AI Skills Report 2026683 skill groups tested against AI setups.

+ NEWThe Human vs AI Skills Report 2026· 683 skill groups tested against AI setups.

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

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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

LowTypicalElevatedHighCritical

Bands are risk indicators for counterproductive behaviour, never clinical diagnoses, and must not be the sole basis for a decision.

Trait detail

Machiavellianism

82 · Elevated

Endorses withholding information for advantage.

Narcissism

68 · Above average

Credit-taking risk in shared wins.

Psychopathy

31 · Typical

No impulsivity or callousness signal.

Impression management

44 · Typical

No 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

Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks

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 27
How much do you agree with each statement?
It is smart to keep information to yourself
DisagreeNeutralAgree
People who get exploited usually deserve it
DisagreeNeutralAgree
I deserve more recognition than I get
DisagreeNeutralAgree
I rarely feel guilty after an argument
DisagreeNeutralAgree
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
2
Three constructs, scored separately
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy are reported independently with a response-consistency check on top.
Dark Triad / Construct scores candidate 4821
Machiavellianism68th
Narcissism81st
Psychopathy24th
Impression management39th
Low impression-management score means the profile is unlikely to be faked positive.
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
3
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 4821
Narcissism band
Elevated
Credit sharingwatch
Feedback receptionwatch
Rule bendingprobe
Team reliabilityok
Use with structured references. Not a standalone rejection criterion.
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks

Who it's for

Built for teams like yours

Tell us where you fit and we'll tailor the demo to your hiring volume, roles and tools.

Startups & growing teams
Hire your first 10 to 200 people without a big recruiting team. Set up in minutes and screen every applicant the same way.
Book a startup demo
Mid-size companies
Bring structure to hiring across several teams and locations, with shared test libraries and clear reports for every manager.
Book a team demo
Enterprises
Run high-volume hiring with single sign-on, ATS integrations, audit trails and enterprise-grade security reviews.
Talk to enterprise sales
Staffing & RPO agencies
Screen candidates for many clients at once, share branded reports and send stronger shortlists faster.
Book an agency demo

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.

Trusted by industry leaders

Trusted by organizationsbuilding high-performing teams.

From startups to global enterprises, organizations worldwide rely on Xobin to make confident talent decisions every day.

5.3M+

Assessments conducted

Empowering millions of careers every year

5,000+

Customers worldwide

From startups to global enterprises

55+

Countries

A truly global footprint

“

We have a wide range of processes across both tech and customer-facing roles, making training programs a significant investment for us. Xobin helps us ensure their effectiveness.”

Akhil Sikri

CEO

Zolostays

Recognized by Gartner®

Xobin Recognized in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Developer Skills Assessment and Interview Platforms.

Read the announcement

Built to connect. Built to protect.

Seamless integrations.Enterprise-grade security.

Xobin fits right into your ecosystem and protects what matters most: your data, your candidates, and your trust.

Works with the tools
you love

Pre-built integrations to streamline your hiring workflows.

View all integrations

& more

What customers say

Reviewed by the teams
who hire every day.

Real reviews from talent and L&D leaders running Xobin in production.

Video review

5.0

“As we wrapped up growth this year, we needed a skills assessment tool. Xobin amazed us with its features, especially the depth of the question library and how fast we could get a role live.”

Paul Warni Martin

Senior Manager, 3Cloud

5.0

“We were on a tight deadline and had to have an employee testing tool that I could implement quickly. Xobin delivered. It's a good platform with proctoring and support at an excellent cost/benefit ratio.”

Neelam Joshi

HR Manager, AVP HR, Digit Insurance

5.0

“We use Xobin to assess our training effectiveness, and it works like a charm. Creating structured tests for different IT skill levels is easy, and the detailed analytics help us tweak our programs.”

Lisa Singh

Director, Adaps

5.0

“Xobin made our technical candidate screening fast and hassle-free. We shortlisted candidates who scored above 60%, which streamlined our interview process.”

Firdaus K.

Client Services Manager

5.0

“Xobin is the best screening platform we've used. Its AI-powered evaluation makes candidate screening faster and more accurate, and the support team is always responsive.”

Sushant P.

Business Technology Associate

5.0

“We have a wide range of processes across both tech and customer-facing roles, making training programs a significant investment for us. Xobin helps us ensure their effectiveness.”

Akhil Sikri

CEO, Zolostays

5.0

“Xobin covers almost every technology and role we need for internal evaluations. The platform's security features ensure reliable, cheat-proof assessments, giving us confidence in the results.”

Narasimman N

Manager, Sigma Infotech

Case Studies

Results that speak for themselves.

IT Recruitment48hRole closure turnaround
“Xobin has streamlined our recruitment process, it has reduced the need of manual work and minimized the time required to conduct the tests.”
Read story
IT & Software70%Reduction in campus hiring time
“We could successfully optimize our campus hiring efforts by using the Xobin assessment platform. Our hiring goals were achieved as a result of the platform's effectiveness.”
Read story
Logistics Software100%Customized role evaluations
“We could successfully identify top talent, save a lot of time and successfully hire the best candidates from the talent pool because of Xobin.”
Read story

View all case studies

Product tour

See your next hire in high definition.

Get a walkthrough shaped around your roles, volume and tools.

Book a Demo

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.

Validation and reliability are specific to the assessment, version and reference population. Request the technical documentation for your selected instrument, including the applicable reliability measure, norm sample and validity evidence. Illustrative report figures are not validation evidence.

Yes for the major platforms Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, Ashby and others through native sync or API. Anything custom is handled with a webhook or scheduled sync.

Data stays inside your account and is never used to train models outside it. Xobin is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with GDPR-aligned data processing and configurable retention.

Explore what sits next to this.

Get Started

See it in action.
Built for how you hire.

What to expect:

Get a personalized demo of Xobin
Hear proven customer success stories
Learn about pricing for your use case
Explore Xobin's features in real-time

Trusted. Certified. Secure.

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 27
How much do you agree with each statement?
It is smart to keep information to yourself
DisagreeNeutralAgree
People who get exploited usually deserve it
DisagreeNeutralAgree
I deserve more recognition than I get
DisagreeNeutralAgree
I rarely feel guilty after an argument
DisagreeNeutralAgree
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
2
Three constructs, scored separately
Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy are reported independently with a response-consistency check on top.
Dark Triad / Construct scores candidate 4821
Machiavellianism68th
Narcissism81st
Psychopathy24th
Impression management39th
Low impression-management score means the profile is unlikely to be faked positive.
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
3
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 4821
Narcissism band
Elevated
Credit sharingwatch
Feedback receptionwatch
Rule bendingprobe
Team reliabilityok
Use with structured references. Not a standalone rejection criterion.
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks

Who it's for

Built for teams like yours

Tell us where you fit and we'll tailor the demo to your hiring volume, roles and tools.

Startups & growing teams
Hire your first 10 to 200 people without a big recruiting team. Set up in minutes and screen every applicant the same way.
Book a startup demo
Mid-size companies
Bring structure to hiring across several teams and locations, with shared test libraries and clear reports for every manager.
Book a team demo
Enterprises
Run high-volume hiring with single sign-on, ATS integrations, audit trails and enterprise-grade security reviews.
Talk to enterprise sales
Staffing & RPO agencies
Screen candidates for many clients at once, share branded reports and send stronger shortlists faster.
Book an agency demo

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.

Trusted by industry leaders

Trusted by organizationsbuilding high-performing teams.

From startups to global enterprises, organizations worldwide rely on Xobin to make confident talent decisions every day.

5.3M+

Assessments conducted

Empowering millions of careers every year

5,000+

Customers worldwide

From startups to global enterprises

55+

Countries

A truly global footprint

“

We have a wide range of processes across both tech and customer-facing roles, making training programs a significant investment for us. Xobin helps us ensure their effectiveness.”

Akhil Sikri

CEO

Zolostays

Recognized by Gartner®

Xobin Recognized in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Developer Skills Assessment and Interview Platforms.

Read the announcement

Built to connect. Built to protect.

Seamless integrations.Enterprise-grade security.

Xobin fits right into your ecosystem and protects what matters most: your data, your candidates, and your trust.

Works with the tools
you love

Pre-built integrations to streamline your hiring workflows.

View all integrations

& more

What customers say

Reviewed by the teams
who hire every day.

Real reviews from talent and L&D leaders running Xobin in production.

Video review

5.0

“As we wrapped up growth this year, we needed a skills assessment tool. Xobin amazed us with its features, especially the depth of the question library and how fast we could get a role live.”

Paul Warni Martin

Senior Manager, 3Cloud

5.0

Neelam Joshi

HR Manager, AVP HR, Digit Insurance

5.0

Lisa Singh

Director, Adaps

5.0

“Xobin made our technical candidate screening fast and hassle-free. We shortlisted candidates who scored above 60%, which streamlined our interview process.”

Firdaus K.

Client Services Manager

5.0

“Xobin is the best screening platform we've used. Its AI-powered evaluation makes candidate screening faster and more accurate, and the support team is always responsive.”

Sushant P.

Business Technology Associate

5.0

“We have a wide range of processes across both tech and customer-facing roles, making training programs a significant investment for us. Xobin helps us ensure their effectiveness.”

Akhil Sikri

CEO, Zolostays

5.0

“Xobin covers almost every technology and role we need for internal evaluations. The platform's security features ensure reliable, cheat-proof assessments, giving us confidence in the results.”

Narasimman N

Manager, Sigma Infotech

Case Studies

Results that speak for themselves.

IT Recruitment48hRole closure turnaround
“Xobin has streamlined our recruitment process, it has reduced the need of manual work and minimized the time required to conduct the tests.”
Read story
IT & Software70%Reduction in campus hiring time
“We could successfully optimize our campus hiring efforts by using the Xobin assessment platform. Our hiring goals were achieved as a result of the platform's effectiveness.”
Read story
Logistics Software100%Customized role evaluations
“We could successfully identify top talent, save a lot of time and successfully hire the best candidates from the talent pool because of Xobin.”
Read story

View all case studies

Product tour

See your next hire in high definition.

Get a walkthrough shaped around your roles, volume and tools.

Book a Demo

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 for the major platforms Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, Ashby and others through native sync or API. Anything custom is handled with a webhook or scheduled sync.

Data stays inside your account and is never used to train models outside it. Xobin is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with GDPR-aligned data processing and configurable retention.

Explore what sits next to this.

Get Started

See it in action.
Built for how you hire.

What to expect:

Get a personalized demo of Xobin
Hear proven customer success stories
Learn about pricing for your use case
Explore Xobin's features in real-time

Trusted. Certified. Secure.

Dark Triad

What actually happens

Indirect, validated items

Three constructs, scored separately

A risk flag with guardrails

Built for teams like yours

Startups & growing teams

Mid-size companies

Enterprises

Staffing & RPO agencies

What you get out of it

Trusted by organizationsbuilding high-performing teams.

Seamless integrations.Enterprise-grade security.

Works with the toolsyou love

Reviewed by the teams who hire every day.

Results that speak for themselves.

See your next hire in high definition.

Before you ask.

Explore what sits next to this.

AI Driven Forms

Resume Parsing

Candidate Pool Management

See it in action.Built for how you hire.

What to expect:

What actually happens

Indirect, validated items

Three constructs, scored separately

A risk flag with guardrails

Built for teams like yours

Startups & growing teams

Mid-size companies

Enterprises

Staffing & RPO agencies

What you get out of it

Trusted by organizationsbuilding high-performing teams.

Seamless integrations.Enterprise-grade security.

Works with the toolsyou love

Reviewed by the teams who hire every day.

Results that speak for themselves.

See your next hire in high definition.

Before you ask.

Explore what sits next to this.

AI Driven Forms

Resume Parsing

Candidate Pool Management

See it in action.Built for how you hire.

What to expect:

Works with the tools
you love

Reviewed by the teams
who hire every day.

See it in action.
Built for how you hire.

Works with the tools
you love

Reviewed by the teams
who hire every day.

See it in action.
Built for how you hire.