HEXACO Personality Traits
Use six dimensions, including Honesty-Humility, to build a fuller profile that shows not only who someone is but what makes them tick.
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HEXACO-60Six-Factor Personality Report
Ashton & Lee six-factor model · facet-level scoring · 60 items in 9m 40s
Daniel Whitfield
Finance Operations Lead
n = 21,300 US adults
Hexagonal factor profile
Percentile
Standout factor
Honesty–Humility · 91st percentile
Rule-following, low entitlement, resistant to material temptation the strongest available integrity signal for a controls-heavy role.
Facet plot
Stanine placement
Watch-out
Low Emotionality can read as detachment when a teammate needs acknowledgement.
Onboarding
Pair with a high-eXtraversion partner for stakeholder-facing reviews.
α range 0.77–0.86 across factors · careless responding not detected · 9.7s per item · generated by Xobin
What actually happens
The six-factor HEXACO model.
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Six factors, including integrity
Candidates answer a standard HEXACO inventory covering the five familiar traits plus Honesty-Humility.
HEXACO / Item 18 of 60Rate how accurately each statement describes you.
I would not pretend to like someone for a favor
Strongly disagreeNeutralStrongly agreeI want to be seen as important
Strongly disagreeNeutralStrongly agreeI worry about things others shrug off
Strongly disagreeNeutralStrongly agreeI finish work before it is due
Strongly disagreeNeutralStrongly agree - 2
Facet-level scoring, not just factors
Each factor breaks into facets like sincerity, fairness and greed avoidance, so a mid-range score does not hide a specific risk.
HEXACO / Facet detail Honesty-HumilitySincerity84thFairness91stGreed avoidance62ndModesty55thFactor score 76th percentile, driven by fairness rather than modesty.
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Fit read for trust-heavy roles
The report highlights the factors that matter for handling money, data or vulnerable clients, with probes for anything borderline.
Reports / HEXACO Grace TranHonesty-Humility
76th
Honesty-Humility76thEmotionality48thExtraversion63rdConscientiousness85thCleared for cash-handling scope. Probe greed-avoidance facet in the reference call.
What you get out of it
Adds the integrity dimension most models leave out.
- 6 factorsincluding honesty-humility
The trait that predicts counterproductive behaviour is measured directly.
- Researchgrade validity
Peer-reviewed scales mean the profile stands up to a client or compliance question.
- Role-fitcontext
Scores are read against the role, so finance and sales aren't judged by one template.
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Before you ask.
It adds Honesty-Humility as a sixth dimension, which carries most of the predictive weight for integrity and counterproductive work behavior.
For roles where integrity, discretion or handling money and sensitive data matters more than general work style.
Around 15 minutes for the 60-item version, with a 100-item version when facet detail is needed.
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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