eHarmony Blog.comI just took the personality profile at eharmony and my emotional stability came back as very responsive. I know from other five factor tests I should be very steady. I assumed I must have inadvertently answered some questions incorrectly so I took it again and was very careful. Go figure same result. Anybody else have this problem?
Since the profile is the cornerstone of their business you would think they could get the profile right!
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Amidst mudslinging … here are six new 6-month-plan codes 3 minutes, 4 seconds agoRipstopper, you’re giving the site’s personality profile way too much importance and worth than it deserves. It’s just a bait to get people to register and to finish the questionnaire. Its worth is exactly what you paid to get it.
The profile is not the cornerstone of their business. Neither is the matchmaking algorithm. It’s the throttling — and lots and lots of advertising.
It sounds like the test is precise (you got the same results) but you are questioning the accuracy. When is the last time you took one of those tests that you are comparing your results to? People change. I know that I changed on several criteria after a year elapsed between takes of the test. I know that my personality changed and it made sense that the results should change. Perhaps it is picking up on something you aren’t aware of. The one thing I’ve learned throughout this process is that there are a lot of “blinders” we wear and it can takes a 3rd party to reveal them.
There are only so many people you can meet if you go out to the bar. That’s throttling, too. I believe that you can find it in just about any of the alternatives I listed in the “least worst” discussion, so I’m not sure that it is such a big deal that they throttle. The fact that there is a constant entrance and exit of folks from the single pool is also effectively throttling for someone stuck in the single pool. Eventually, if you are picky enough, you can get to that point with any of these matching services, eHarmony, match.com, etc. You review/reject all the people in your area on the service you can be matched with and then you end up waiting on new blood. Reference my post on reaching “bottom of the bucket”. If you were to explore all of the possible ways to meet people, then you definitely would have to wait for folks to move to your area or have to move away to get new matches.
These services are what they are and just like the alternatives, they all have limitations.
I don’t have a problem with the throttling. In fact I want them to do it so long as they are doing it correctly. I just took a couple other five factor tests and I am scoring low on the emotionalism aspect as I would expect (as would any one that knows me.) I’m going to try it one more time.
Anyone know how they match you? Is it more or less opposites attract (like myers-briggs) or do they put people with similar personalities together?
Its still screwed. I think they are scoring their own test wrong.
I agree! If you do your questionnaire well, reports should reflect your personality. Except for one: Emotional Stability. All of my friends who thoroughly and honestly done the test, have been labeled VERY RESPONSIVE. Granted, one of them might be sometimes labeled as such. But everybody else? Some of them have little emotions, inside and out. Two of them are research psychologists, and they have noticed this misrepresentation as well. The consensus seems to be that the Eharmony questionnaire processing system has a software bug.
Well, software bug or not, I can understand if eHarmony sees no point in fixing it. Profile accuracy will hardly make a difference in site revenues.
I also was puzzled with a Very Responsive result. I re-took the test twice, with 1s in anxiety, depression, not caring what others say, etc. … yet same result. Anybody out there has a different Emotional report? I’m so curious to know why and where 
If anybody has any suggestions, I’d really appreciate your help. I believe that if reports are wrong, matching is also off. Please feel free to use the link to email me, especially if you like me have all reports in the “middle”, except for Openness (curious). English is my 2nd language, and I might be missing something, while EH reps aren’t willing to help there. I’m not looking to “play” the system, simply to get an accurate representation of myself.
Thanks in advance!
Sorry for another message (newbie!), but there’s no link (the lack of openid I guess), so my email is puzzled09 at gmail. thanks again
I’ve found the exact same thing. The other categories were correct, the emotional stability one way off. I too was described as responsive instead of steady. Friends and family members would laugh out loud to hear me described as someone keeps my emotions on the surface or “gives in to the wild dance of feelings.” If anything, I’m too steady. It’s reflected in every aspect of my life – I’m a grad student who spends most of every day studying; I hardly even have the opportunities to be emotional about much, although I am passionate about what I do – maybe it’s mixing these things two up?
I just took the test three times using different email addresses because I was either rated responsive or very responsive. I’m one of the most steady types around, verified with friends, family and dates too.
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