Strengths Test (Free CliftonStrengths Alternative)

The Strengths Test (Free CliftonStrengths Alternative) is a free, 36-item self-report inventory from Science of Apps that takes about 7 minutes. It identifies your top five strengths from 12 work strengths in four groups — getting things done (Drive, Organisation, Responsibility), influencing (Leadership, Persuasion, Communication), relationships (Empathy, Collaboration, Developing Others) and thinking (Analysis, Learning, Vision) — using 36 paired statements on a five-point scale, the format used by leading strengths assessments. A free CliftonStrengths® alternative with original items. There are no right or wrong answers: answer every item to get your Strengths Profile result card (SOA-STRE), with your profile and what each scale means. It is based on Strengths-based development research (Clifton & Harter; Peterson & Seligman, Character Strengths and Virtues) (Gallup Press and Oxford University Press).

Science of Apps offers a free Strengths Test, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures your top strengths across executing, influencing, and relationship building and strategic thinking and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Start it on this page — no fee or sign-up. Answer all 36 items honestly (about 7 minutes, untimed), then see your profile with a score for every scale. Add your name to get a verifiable Strengths Profile result card, on screen, as a PDF and by email.

You answer 36 short items about how you usually think, feel and act. There are no right or wrong answers. Your answers are scored on 12 scales — Drive, Organisation, Responsibility, Leadership, Persuasion, Communication, Empathy, Collaboration, Developing Others, Analysis, Learning and Vision — and you get your top five strengths, with what each scale means.

Professionals planning their development, Job seekers preparing for interviews, Managers building balanced teams, Students choosing a direction and Coaches running strengths workshops. It is a self-report tool for self-awareness, team conversations and career exploration in 2026 and 2027 — not a clinical or diagnostic test, and not a reason on its own to hire or reject anyone.

CliftonStrengths® (Gallup) measures 34 talent themes and is a paid, trademarked assessment. This free test uses the same paired-statement format with original items on 12 broad work strengths, so you can explore the strengths-based approach before or instead of a paid report.

Use them deliberately: describe them with examples in interviews, shape your role around them, and pair with colleagues whose strengths complement yours. Research on strengths-based development links using your strengths daily with higher engagement.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

36 items, untimed — most people finish in about 7 minutes. Answer with your first instinct; there is no pass mark.

No. It is a self-report inventory, not an exam: every honest answer is valid, and your result describes your preferences rather than your ability. Answer as you usually are, not as you think you should be.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.