One of the 243 portraits · MLLHM
The Poker Face
I get along with everyone and join no one.
You keep your cards close.
You move through a room easily and give almost nothing away while you do it. Calm under pressure, loose with plans, you would rather adapt than commit to a side.
Composed · Guarded · Adaptable
The five together
Cool, casual and hard to read, you hold your cards and your judgements close, improvise well, and get along with people without ever quite joining them.
The Poker Face's result is high on Emotional Stability, low on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness and in the middle on Extraversion and Openness. Each band is wide on purpose: a score near a boundary can fall either side on a retake, and the portrait describes the pattern, not a precise point.
About 3 in 1,000 people
0.27% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Poker Face is an uncommon combination.
Bands are relative to a general adult reference sample. Honesty-Humility is measured in your Snapshot and appears in your report; it is not part of the portrait.
What The Poker Face might recognize
- You can be the easiest person in the room to talk to and still hard to actually read.
- You improvise your way past a problem calmly while others are still discussing it.
A question worth keeping
What would change if the people closest to you knew what you actually thought, not just what you let them see?
Six lenses
The Poker Face in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Poker Face come with the membership.
Written for this exact combination, alongside 90 trait pages, a strengths constellation and a growth plan.
Read them in the membershipOne band away
Move a single dimension and the portrait changes. These are the ten neighbours of The Poker Face.
- Extraversion lowThe Hermit
- Extraversion highThe Showstopper
- Agreeableness mediumThe Mellow One
- Agreeableness highThe Gatherer
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Referee
- Conscientiousness highThe Chief of Staff
- Emotional Stability lowThe Wisecracker
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Free Agent
- Openness lowThe Old Hand
- Openness highThe Prospector
The traits behind The Poker Face
A portrait is a pattern across five measured dimensions. Every trait is reported as a percentile against the reference sample; the three bands and the portrait name exist to make the result easier to talk about, and the percentile is always shown alongside. Each dimension has its own page explaining what it means, what the research says it predicts, and how it can change.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Extraversion?
How much you enjoy being around people, talking, and doing lively things, and how much energy that gives you.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Agreeableness?
How kind, trusting, and cooperative you tend to be with other people, and how much you put getting along ahead of getting your way.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Openness?
How much you enjoy new ideas, art, imagination, and experiences that are different from what you already know.
The Snapshot also measures Honesty-Humility, which appears in your report but is not part of the portrait code. How much you tell the truth, play fair, want only your fair share, and avoid showing off, even when you could get away with more.
Questions about The Poker Face
- What is the Poker Face personality?
- The Poker Face is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I get along with everyone and join no one. Cool, casual and hard to read, you hold your cards and your judgements close, improvise well, and get along with people without ever quite joining them.
- How common is The Poker Face?
- 0.27% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Poker Face is an uncommon combination among the 243 portraits in the reference sample, and the share will move as the norming sample grows.
- How do I find out if I am The Poker Face?
- Take the free Wellington Snapshot: 60 questions, about 7 minutes. You answer all the questions first, then you sign in with an email so your answers are saved and your results can be shown. There is no card. Your free results name your portrait and show your five dimensions.
- Is The Poker Face a personality type?
- Not in the sense of a box you are sorted into. Wellington measures continuous traits and reports each as a percentile against a reference sample. The Poker Face names the combination of bands your scores fall in, and a score near a band boundary can land on either side on a retake. Wellington describes ordinary variation in personality; it is not a diagnosis and is not designed for hiring. Read more about types and traits
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