Narcissism Test

A subtle scenario-based profile of grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic traits: entitlement, superiority, admiration dependence, credit sensitivity, exploitation, ego threat, comparison, devaluation and self-image protection. It is not a clinical diagnosis.

Answer with what would genuinely go through your mind, including reactions you might not be proud of. There is no benefit to sounding modest or unusually self-critical.

Confidence, ambition, competitiveness, enjoying praise and wanting fair credit are not narcissism by themselves. The scoring looks for the motive underneath: entitlement, dependence on admiration, status protection, exploitation, devaluation and unstable self-worth.

All 30 questions contribute to the narcissism profile. The same answers are also scored against the personality dualities in the background.

Question 1 of 30

Imagine that people you respect suddenly stop seeing you as especially talented, interesting or impressive, but they still like and care about you. How would that affect you?

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Question 2 of 30

You spend weeks developing an idea. In the final presentation, your manager praises the whole team and does not mention you individually. The project succeeds. What is your reaction?

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Question 3 of 30

At work, a rule applies equally to everyone but is particularly inconvenient for you this week. You could probably persuade someone to make an exception. How do you think about it?

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Question 4 of 30

You fail at something that mattered to you, but nobody else knows about the failure. How different is that from failing publicly?

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Question 5 of 30

Someone much less experienced than you points out a genuine mistake you made in front of several people. What happens internally and what do you do next?

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Question 6 of 30

Someone admires you greatly and tends to agree with whatever you suggest. You realise you can get favours from them very easily. What responsibility, if any, do you feel about that imbalance?

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Question 7 of 30

A quieter teammate receives an award for work where you believe you contributed more overall, although their contribution was genuinely important. What would you do?

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Question 8 of 30

You share something online that you think is unusually good. It gets far less reaction than you expected. What do you make of that?

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Question 9 of 30

A successful project combines your original idea with substantial improvements from several other people. Later someone asks whose idea it was. How would you describe what happened?

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Question 10 of 30

You put a lot of effort into something you are proud of. People respond positively, but nobody seems especially impressed or excited. What matters most to you in that moment?

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Question 11 of 30

A friend receives enthusiastic praise for a quality you have always thought of as one of your own strongest qualities. How do you experience their praise?

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Question 12 of 30

You book a restaurant for a special evening. When you arrive, the table you requested is unavailable and the staff offer another perfectly acceptable table. What goes through your mind and what do you do?

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Question 13 of 30

You learn that someone you privately considered less capable than you now earns much more money and has higher status. What, if anything, would you revise?

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Question 14 of 30

For several months you receive much less praise and attention than usual even though your life is otherwise going reasonably well. How would that affect how you feel about yourself?

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Question 15 of 30

You realise that one of your biggest achievements depended partly on luck, timing and help from other people as well as your own ability. What does that change about how you see the achievement?

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Question 16 of 30

A friend becomes much more successful than you in something you both care about. They are not boastful and still treat you exactly the same. What changes, if anything, in how you think about them?

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Question 17 of 30

A person your age reaches a level of success you wanted for yourself much earlier than you did. You do not know them personally. What thoughts are most likely to come up?

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Question 18 of 30

You are waiting in a long queue when someone who works there recognises you and offers to move you to the front even though there is no official reason. What would you do?

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Question 19 of 30

At a social event, someone else becomes the centre of attention for most of the evening. You are included and treated warmly, but you are not especially noticed. How do you experience that?

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Question 20 of 30

You are not invited to something organised by people you know. Later you learn they assumed you would be busy rather than deliberately excluding you. What would you have thought before learning the explanation, and what changes afterward?

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Question 21 of 30

You discover that on an ability you are proud of, you are good but not unusually exceptional compared with a much wider population. How would that information land with you?

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Question 22 of 30

You strongly wanted a prestigious opportunity and were not selected. A week later, how do you think about the opportunity itself?

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Question 23 of 30

You receive criticism about a trait you are proud of, and your immediate reaction is that the other person simply does not understand you. What do you do with that reaction?

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Question 24 of 30

You join a group where several people are clearly more experienced than you in an area you are usually very good at. How does that affect the way you see yourself and the group?

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Question 25 of 30

During a discussion, a person you do not respect laughs at one of your arguments and several others smile. You still think your main point is correct. How do you respond?

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Question 26 of 30

Someone you once thought was exceptionally insightful disagrees with you strongly on an issue important to you. Their argument is thoughtful rather than hostile. What happens to your opinion of them?

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Question 27 of 30

A friend has access to an influential person who could help your career. The friendship is real, but you know asking for an introduction could put them in an awkward position. How do you approach it?

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Question 28 of 30

You admire someone for years, then they firmly reject you for a role, relationship or opportunity you wanted. Nothing suggests they behaved unfairly. How might your view of them change?

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Question 29 of 30

You tell a story about a past conflict many times. Later you discover a message from that time showing that you behaved worse than you remembered. What would you do with the new evidence?

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Question 30 of 30

You know a colleague badly wants approval from senior people. You could use that need to get them to take on an unpleasant piece of work that benefits you. What would you do?

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