Meeting Persona Quiz

Every team has them: the person who called a meeting for something that could have been a Slack message, the one who hijacks the agenda with "while we're here", the one who was present for every minute and contributed nothing. Meeting archetypes are universal because meeting culture is universal.

This quiz uses three situational questions to figure out which meeting persona fits you best. The result is not a personality test and it is not meant to be taken seriously. It is meant to start a conversation. Teams that can name their patterns, including the facilitator's own habits, are better placed to change them.

Take it individually and share results, or run the questions as a group discussion where everyone votes on each other's archetype. Either way, the conversation it generates is usually more useful than the quiz itself.

1. Each participant takes the quiz individually on their own device. It takes under two minutes.
2. Three situational questions appear one at a time, each with four answer options.
3. Select the option that best describes what you would actually do, not what you think you should do.
4. After question three, your persona result appears with a description and a tip for working with your type.
5. Share your result with the group. Go around the room: each person reads their persona name and tagline.
6. Discuss: does the result fit? Does the group agree? What would they have predicted for each other?
7. Use the Take the Quiz Again button to retake or try a different scenario perspective.

• Frame the quiz as fun and low-stakes before starting. Nobody should feel labelled by the result.
• If running as a group activity, have the facilitator take the quiz and share their result first. It sets the tone.
• The most productive debrief question is: "Does this match how you see yourself? Does it match how others see you?"
• For teams with existing trust, try guessing each other's personas before revealing results. The gaps between prediction and result are worth discussing.
• Tie the results to something actionable. If three people are Observers, what does the meeting need to change so they can contribute more?
• Do not use results to assign blame. The Tangent is not bad at meetings; they need a different kind of facilitation.
• Retake the quiz in three to six months. Meeting behaviour changes as team dynamics change.