You can't "pass" a personality test. Either you have misunderstood what the test is for, or the hiring company has misunderstood what the test is for.

The purpose is not to say whether someone has a "good" or "bad" personality, but whether they have the -right- personality for the role and team that they would be joining. Those are very different things.

One manager told me that he volunteers for the unsexy stuff that nobody wants to do, so that people won't complain about doing it. I said that if you have the right mix, someone in the team will LOVE doing those things.

My personality type is particularly suited to project/product management, research and marketing, which is why I am drawn to those things, I enjoy it and I'm great at it. My 'opposite type' careers include military, mechanic, banking and statistics work - they're fantastic careers, but I'd be miserable.

I know someone who is deeply introverted, terrified of change, comes off as scary at first and permanently pessimistic - in other words, high scores on neurotic and fairly low empathy. She's also extremely organised, fantastic with details, and has a thoroughly well-deserved reputation for doing great work. I just wouldn't hire her as an innovation coach.

One of the things that gets lost on those tests is that it's self-reported. It's literally saying "do you prefer to be alone or with other people"? It only has the answers you give it. You can have an interviewer ask those questions, or save everybody time and answer the MCQ.

Then, having told the hiring manager your preferences, you can then have a conversation about the stuff that the test leaves out. My 'type' gets bored quickly, but I actually have an unusually high completion rate for projects. I'm highly extroverted, but well used to socialising online.

As Jim Carrey's dramatic roles show, you might have a 'type', but that's not the only role you can play.