What this assessment measures
The Northstar Behavioral Assessment is an in-house personality profile combining three complementary lenses — Big Five (scientific foundation), DISC (behavioral style), and a 7-dimension values inventory. A Jungian/MBTI-style type layer sits on top for people who prefer that framing.
What’s measured
Big Five (underlying instrument)
120 public-domain items from the IPIP-NEO-120 (Johnson, 2014). Produces five domain scores — Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism — plus 30 narrower facets. This is the measurement foundation everything else is derived from.
DISC behavioral style
We project your Big Five pattern onto the 12-style DISC circumplex (D, I, S, C and their blends). This gives a practical behavioral read you can use in communication, collaboration, and coaching contexts.
Values Index
28 additional items covering seven values dimensions — Aesthetic, Economic, Individualistic, Political, Altruistic, Regulatory, Theoretical. Captures what drives you, distinct from how you behave.
Type layer (optional lens)
A deterministic 4-letter code and a fifth Grounded/Reaching letter derived from the same Big Five data — an alternate way to read the same information for people who like the Jungian framing. All 16 type names are original to Northstar, not licensed from any proprietary system.
How it’s built
- 148 questions.120 Big Five + 28 values. One sitting, ~20–25 minutes.
- Honest answers work best. The instrument is designed around self-perception. There are no right answers.
- Resume support. You can stop and come back; your answers are saved as you go.
- Retakes supported. You can take the assessment again as many times as you want. Each attempt is stored separately.
- AI-generated narrative. A personalized summary is drafted by Google Gemini the first time your results are viewed, then cached. It uses only your own scores as input.
How to read your results
Results are structured narratively first, with the underlying scores below. Read the narrative for the big picture, then use the numeric breakdown if you want to dig in.
Every score is 0–100 against a population midpoint of 50. “High” and “Low” in the descriptions are directional, not value judgments — there’s no correct personality pattern.
The report is a development and coaching tool. It’s designed to help you understand your own tendencies, not to label you. Results should not be used as the sole basis for hiring, promotion, or termination decisions.
Questions?
If you have questions about your results or how they apply to your role at Northstar, reach out to your direct Northstar contact. For data or privacy questions, see our privacy & data use page.