https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:07:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1338328 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 01:45:03 +0000 MsLuna 1338328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh oh oh oh! Budding personality assessments nerd here! :)</p> <p>I've taken the DISC test once as part of routine HR procedure for new employees in my former job. They reported natural working style and the working style under stress. I found them fairly accurate, but it was not until much much later that I discovered how accurate they are. </p> <p>My natural style is D and I. Very high D apparently, which was an absolute HUGE surprise for me.<br /> My style under stress is C and I. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1335135 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:40:39 +0000 rachylou 1335135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, elp, I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you... but since D and C are antithetical... obviously you're schiz... and thus a brilliant artist. Have you considered taking up the beret?</p> <p>Anybody else keep thinking of Discworld everytime they see DISC? Terry Pratchett is brilliant. He must be D comma C</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1335042 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:59:43 +0000 elpgal 1335042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was curious, so pulled out my old report. Mine was D dominant with a fair bit of C thrown it. Typecast as 'Creative'. How do you make the leap from D+C = Creative? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1334461 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:57:17 +0000 rachylou 1334461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe. I just took an online version. Results: D then S, I and C equal</p> <p>I enjoyed it. I also like to read horoscopes. I don't mind being typecast. Categorisation is fundamental to thought.</p> <p>I think it reflects my social strategy: I'm direct, I roll the dice, I practise patience and willingness to do my duty.</p> <p>I'm not sure what use this is, in terms of making decisions in the abstract. I mean, would I ever send to HR saying, get me an I-type accountant? I hardly think so. Lol.</p> <p>... oh but man, I'm sure there's a company out there that's trying that right now. Did you hear? Google has recently discovered it's hiring strategy (tech ivy graduates only, thank you) has not resulted in the hiring of creative innovators. No S Sherlock. Dude, you want the drop outs who are biting at your heels! Hahaha. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1334284 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:00:09 +0000 Gaylene 1334284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been a facilitator for both MBTI and DISC. In my opinion the value comes when the test results provide a springboard for a series of discussions that result in a better working relationship among the members of a group. I've found that generally younger employees are more likely to find value in the tests because they have less experience in workplace teams and are still discovering their own talents and abilities. For more mature employees, the discussions usually just help them articulate what many of them have learned through experience. </p> <p>ANY test that attempts to categorize people into 4, 8, 16, or however many groups, ought to be taken with a grain of salt, though, when it comes to viewing yourself through the lens of the category you've been assigned. Some characteristics may be bang-on, some will be totally bizarre, and a bunch will be "well, that sort of is true, but..." The only value, again, is using your results as a starting point to think about your own preferences and behavior. </p> <p>So my response is that, yes, the tests can be useful, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, for many people. Are these tests accurate? Probably not, except maybe in a global sense because a specific individual is just too complex, complicated, and unique to be nailed down that way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1333919 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:44:21 +0000 T 1333919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have taken it. I found it to to be very accurate in accessing my working style &amp; behavior, as well as my behavior under stress at the workplace. It was quite accurate in predicting that at that point I was unsatisfied &amp; looking for a career change.&nbsp;I'm highest on C, followed by D.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1333437 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:42:46 +0000 kkards 1333437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've taken both the Myers Briggs and disc a couple of times. What interesting to me us both the consistency and inconsistency of the results. Generally I've come out with the same results,but depending on what job I've held At the time, one tendency vs another moves into the forefront.<br /> For me the classes involving these "tests" are the best of the typically lame<br /> HR classes that are part of the improving yourself culture at most large organizations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1333372 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:05:04 +0000 ironkurtin 1333372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole, I'm kinda come as I am and there's no real dissonance between me at work and me anywhere, so I was more irritated with the test with not understanding that it IS possible to be both a people person AND an introvert, a team player AND someone who works well alone, a good leader AND a good support act.&nbsp; I've been working for 20 years in creative positions and yes, it is possible!&nbsp; Sheez, I'm a strategic writer and editor, if I couldn't do all those things I'd be out of work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332831 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:15:45 +0000 Nicole D 1332831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five fellow "I"! &nbsp;<br />I think if you refuse a team building exercise you get put in the "D" category right away. &nbsp;<br />One of our group didn't really get a result - she was sort of all over the place, turned out it was because she had just changed jobs so her profile reflected both her old job and her new job. The other thing that is difficult in DISC is that one has&nbsp;to answer according to what one's behaviour is at work, which can be very different from one's behaviour in other spheres. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332671 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:38:37 +0000 Beth Ann 1332671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you probably made the right decision in taking the test.&nbsp; In one of the "mental health" questionnaires I had to take, they had statements like:&nbsp; "I often thing people are trying to poison me."&nbsp; Agree/Disagree.&nbsp; They kept asking the same way, which made gave me a persistent case of the giggles, which did not please the man administering the test.&nbsp; I was must imaging myself as a homicidal pastor's wife!</p> <p>That said, the Meyers Briggs I took with DH in our premarital counseling was helpful in starting discussion and building understanding of personal differences.&nbsp; I'm not sure I'd want that much "Kum ba yah" with my coworkers though.&nbsp; Of course, I've found that singers hanging out in the green room will share <i>anything</i> and are entirely too self-aware.&nbsp; Hang out with a dozen opera singers for 6 weeks and your mind will be blown -- or unhinged.&nbsp; It will make tech seem like a PTO meeting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332347 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:19:48 +0000 ironkurtin 1332347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth Ann, it was part of team building. I suppose I could have refused, despite it being "mandatory."</p> <p>Nicole and Torontogirl, I was an I all the way. Although the choices were often so very similar I don't know what I could I have done differently. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332276 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 02:20:39 +0000 Beth Ann 1332276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You mention that you "had" to take it.&nbsp; Was it part of your employment?&nbsp; I've not taken the DISC, but I've been required to take the Meyers Briggs and other tests for my <i>husbands</i> employment when he was a pastor, and I have mixed feelings about such tests used in the workplace.&nbsp; I think they should always be the choice of the person taking them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332271 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 02:14:44 +0000 Nicole D 1332271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I was a full on "I" which was no surprise. &nbsp;It was actually funny to see where all the people in my team fell out. &nbsp;Most of them were C or S which is not unusual in health care. &nbsp;Grain of salt taken. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332269 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 02:13:02 +0000 Helena 1332269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, I am a total personality test addict, although I agree that there is a certain amount of horoscope-ness to them ... I find them interesting as jumping-off points, but as Suz says, hardly definitive. I would have to say IK that the person you were dealing with doesn't sound very professional!<br />Do you mind me asking your result? I always come up an S followed by C, or the reverse.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332244 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:35:01 +0000 Caro in Oz 1332244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The person who invented this invent the lie detector? Doesn't inspire me with confidence!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332171 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:05:55 +0000 ironkurtin 1332171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll second the horoscope analogy. Parts were true, parts weren't. Also, the first time I broke it and couldn't get a result, and the admin said I clearly didn't understand the instructions (!!!) Right. It's super hard to check a box... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332119 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:17:37 +0000 Traci 1332119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dh took it and it was uncannily accurate. I thought it was just generalities that could apply to anyone, but we read some other people's results and they were definitely different and definitely not applicable to dh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332088 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:23:51 +0000 ironkurtin 1332088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou:<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DISC_assessment" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DISC_assessment</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332085 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:21:52 +0000 elpgal 1332085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Did it once as pre-screening for an interview. It read like a horoscope - somewhat accurate but in a vague way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332055 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:49:17 +0000 Suz 1332055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have done it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Is it accurate? Hard to say. It's not completely off base. It suggests areas of strength and weakness -- or maybe preferences --&nbsp;but it's only one tool and hardly definitive.&nbsp;</p> <p>I found it most interesting in allowing me to compare myself with colleagues whose results fell in a different quadrant; it sort of affirmed my sense of why we do or don't work well together.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1332001 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:57:05 +0000 rachylou 1332001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. What is DISC? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ever-taken-the-disc-test#post-1331994 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:46:28 +0000 ironkurtin 1331994@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had to take it recently.&nbsp; Curious on your opinion about its accuracy and/or usefulness. </p>