When will the Big Five and HEXACO assessments launch?

Both are in active development. Waitlist members hear first, get early access before the public launch, and receive an exclusive launch discount. The size of the waitlist also helps decide which assessment ships first.

What will the Big Five and HEXACO assessments cost?

The same model as every Esperto assessment: pay-as-you-go per assessment, with no subscription and no platform fee. Exact rates are announced at launch, and waitlist members receive an exclusive launch discount on top.

Are these the official Big Five and HEXACO tests?

They are built on the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP), the open scientific item bank used in hundreds of peer-reviewed studies. The Big Five assessment uses the IPIP-NEO-120 inventory; the HEXACO assessment uses the IPIP-HEXACO item pool, the open counterpart of the HEXACO model developed by Ashton and Lee. They are not the commercial NEO-PI-R or HEXACO-PI-R, which are proprietary instruments; they are scientifically grounded open alternatives.

What is the difference between the Big Five and HEXACO?

The Big Five gives the deepest picture of personality available: five domains and thirty facets. HEXACO reorganizes the trait space into six dimensions and adds Honesty-Humility, the integrity factor, which makes it especially valuable for leadership and executive coaching.

Do I need to be certified to use the Big Five and HEXACO assessments?

No. In line with the rest of the Esperto catalog, coaches will be able to deploy both directly with their clients. Each assessment comes with coach support materials: a crash course, a debrief guide and suggested debrief questions.

Can I use the Big Five and HEXACO assessments with teams?

The reports are individual by design. Many coaches run them across a leadership team or cohort and debrief the results together, which works very well.

In which languages will the assessments be available?

English first. As with other Esperto assessments, additional languages follow demand.

What happens after I join the waitlist?

You get a confirmation, then a handful of emails in total: an early access invitation, the launch announcement with an exclusive waitlist discount, and possibly one sneak preview of the sample reports. Unsubscribe anytime.

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The gold standards of personality science are coming to Esperto

Coming soon to a coaching practice near you. Popcorn optional, evidence included.

The Big Five (IPIP-NEO-120) and HEXACO: the two most researched personality frameworks in psychology, rebuilt as clean, coach-ready assessments.

If you are a coach, trainer or HR professional, you know the feeling: type-based tools spark great conversations, but some engagements call for instruments with serious scientific weight behind them. That is exactly what we are building next. Join the waitlist to get early access and an exclusive launch discount when we go live. Your signup also tells us which assessment to ship first, so choose wisely.

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