As part of the job search and coaching I’ve taken a personality test offered by NextJob. Posted below are the results.

Gold Backup Blue Introvert

Overall

Realistic, grounded and practical, you are one of the pillars of your community and seen by others as able to get the job done. Gold/Blues honor “the system”, trust contracts and organize life and work around procedures. Your colleagues and family members all feel secure and stable under your watch - as long as they measure up to your high standards. You can, however, be the classic “Type A” personality, demanding much of others both at home and work. But those demands are never made capriciously; you think things through and always are cautious about changes.

With your highly developed management skills, duty-bound work ethic and ability to concentrate, you rise to top-level positions wherever you invest your efforts. Fierce loyalty to your company cements your status.

When undertaking a task, you bring to it logic, impersonal analysis, common sense and practical experience. Golds gravitate to situations where you have to plan ahead, set goals and control the schedule. Highly observant of details, you are gifted at implementing well-defined policies and ensuring that things remain orderly and on track. While reserved, you communicate in a style that is clear and direct and are seen as fair and consistent when dealing with others. You honor traditions and rituals, observing holidays, religious and cultural events with appropriate fanfare. For you, these times are important symbols of continuity to be passed on to the next generation.

“Appropriateness” is your watchword. Your strong morals lead you to judge others, and speak up if they seem to blur right and wrong. You simply want the world to stay organized and free from the chaos that follows when rules are broken. Even flamboyant dress and unconventional behavior try your tolerance.

Natural Strengths

You:

• Naturally adapt to the role assigned to you, be it leader or follower
• Create and enforce policies, procedures, and schedules that keep everyone on track
• Are fair with others and earn their respect
• Have outstanding logistical skills – i.e. getting the right things, to the right people, in the right amounts, to the right place at the right time
• Respect the chain of command
• Attend to the practical needs of the organization
• Are decisive
• Uphold exacting standards

Challenges

Your potential blind spots may include some of the following. You:

• May prematurely dismiss new ideas. (Dismiss nothing until you investigate.)
• May see only the flaws in the efforts of others and not give credit where credit is due. (Make it a point of giving some sort of affirmation to colleagues before listing flaws.)
• Focus on immediate results and overlook long-range implications. (Invest some time in long-range planning and get more comfortable with it as a tool.)
• Are fixed in supporting established ways of doing things. (The tried-and-true contribute much to efficiency. But they won’t keep your company alive when the market is changing.
• Are rigid about how others should perform their responsibilities. (Results are the priority, not necessarily the process of getting there. Respect other methods while awaiting results.)

Best Work Environment

You will be most productive and energized when your work culture:

• Has clear rules and expectations and a well-defined hierarchy
• Includes hard-working and logical co-workers who pride themselves on doing things right.
• Is a stable and well-respected institution with a predictable future. You work hard and want to be rewarded with money and respect.
• Rewards dependability and precision. You’re on time, have a well-planned schedule and do your job with consistency. No company runs well for long without a Gold/Blue Introvert
• Involves concrete and practical projects and products. Intangible services are tough for you to quantify and measure. Stick with the things you can touch and see.
• Is results-oriented. You are skeptical of any work that can’t be evaluated on a spreadsheet.
• Values loyalty and commitment. In today’s workplace, however, placing your loyalty with a mentor may be better.
• Allows for private space. As an Introvert, your batteries get drained when dealing with people, even if your people skills are superb. You think and perform better in a private space; insist on one as a condition of employment if at all possible.

Entrepreneurial Style

Setting Goals

You excel at setting goals and making plans to achieve them. You prioritize, follow through and evaluate progress effortlessly. What you are not good at is modifying your ideas to adapt to changing circumstances. Before casting your business plan in stone, run it by people you respect who are of different from you. Ask them what additional options to consider. Don’t rush into it, even if you are excited and energized. Then, schedule re-evaluations at specific points along the way. Mark your calendar to sit back and reflect whether your goals are being met or you need to readjust them.

At the Start of a Venture

You are not one of the world’s “dreamers and schemers,” but many Golds have come up with brilliant business ideas and gotten rich from them. At your core, you are driven to be a responsible overseer of people and resources, and this makes you a cautious risk-taker. In your favor, you are not likely to be diverted by other opportunities. You will rely on tried-and-true methodology to move predictably from one milestone to the next. Once in business, your first priority is establishing order. Systems and procedures are in place virtually from Day One. The sooner you can create predictability in your business, whether in sales, manufactured inventory or cash flow, the more comfortable you are. Foreseeing and responding to changes in the marketplace will never be your forte, and handling unexpected crises is downright stressful to you. Make sure you have associates on board to handle emergencies and identify future trends and that might impact your business.

Approach To Money & Compensation

Finances in general

Money is important to your sense of security. You are highly focused on saving and long-term planning, and fully in control of your cash flow at all times. You abhor the misuse of money and rarely go into debt or squander the assets you have. Your investments have to be well researched, backed by a solid track record and fully documented with concrete facts. As long as investments meet these criteria, you’ll invest directly in the market; but mutual funds are a popular option for Golds. You want your portfolio to be your passport to a worry-free future, and you are likely to achieve this goal early in life. You have a limited tolerance for risk and volatility, favoring time-tested strategies. Fixed income instruments like bonds and GICs make you comfortable along with a portfolio of blue chip stocks. Meanwhile, you prefer working with well-established firms, insisting upon advisors who are organized, consistent and produce predictable results.

Compensation & Negotiating Style

You are a focused and tough negotiator, having researched what you’re worth well in advance. Gold/Blues can be prone to “bag person syndrome” - the fear that you will wind up penniless on the streets. Because you feel your security is on the line, you accept nothing less than everything there is to get.

Job Search – Your Strengths and Potential Challenges

With an interviewer whose style is close to your own, you will feel immediate rapport. However, if your interviewer is different, use the suggestions in parentheses below.

In following your natural interviewing style, you:

• Are calm and composed. (This can look like disinterest – make sure to speak more than you normally do, especially at first.)
• Present yourself as a capable and competent candidate. (You document your experience well, in an easy-to-follow manner.)
• Prefer written communications before face-to-face meetings. (Gather facts from all sources.)
• Share few feelings with people. (Interviewers rely on their emotional response to you as a big part of their decision-making process. Prioritize building a personal rapport with such an interviewer by preparing answers to their emotion-based questions. Role play with a friend.)
• Focus on the present. (Especially if interviewing for a senior level position, you will need to prepare a position on future planning. Research public statements about the company’s future direction prior to an interview.)
• Are patient with the length of the search and the procedures you need to follow. (You’re likely to be the last one standing in a multiple-interview, trial-task type of job screening.)
• Follow through with all details; respect deadlines and commitments. (Interviewers respect that you send requested items, call to follow up and send thank-you notes. Your natural career exploration and strategizing strengths allow you to:
• Be calm and composed in an interview
• Focus on the needs of the present
• Provide specific information, especially about the steps involved in completing projects
• Present your background in a sequential, step-by-step way
• Think before replying
• Show confidence in your ability to deal with bottom line issues In order to tone down your potential blind spots, you need to:
• Cushion your tendency to be abrupt; rehearse some areas of small talk
• Prepare questions to ask interviewer
• Prepare to talk about yourself on a personal level
• Express enthusiasm and be assertive about selling, not just stating, your accomplishments
• Do some thinking about a prospective company’s future direction
• Be willing to consider less obvious career opportunities

From here it listed out some possible jobs but I didn’t want to recreate all the formatting so I’ve included a link to it here.

I don’t necessarily agree with all of this but many things rang true which surprised me honestly.