What makes you follow a question? The pleasure of discovery, an answer you cannot leave unfinished, interest in another person or the pull of an unfamiliar experience can all start the search. Explore the different motives behind what catches your attention and what happens after it does.
Take the free Curiosity Profile Test: 40 original questions exploring 5 separate areas. The questionnaire and basic information are free. Your detailed personal analysis is optional.
Explore the differences behind your answers
Five areas distinguish enjoyable exploration, the pull of an information gap, tolerance of uncertainty, interest in people and attraction to unfamiliar experiences. They can move in different directions. Wanting an answer does not automatically make uncertainty comfortable, and enjoying new ideas does not require enjoying every new activity. This is a profile of reported preferences, not a test of intelligence or factual knowledge.
Think of an ordinary recent situation rather than the answer you believe you should give. The same overall impression can come from very different choices. Keeping the areas separate allows you to compare the parts of your profile without forcing every answer into one description.
What the 40 questions explore
Enjoying discovery
This area explores finding pleasure in new ideas, unfamiliar subjects and a wider view of ordinary things. Interest can be brief or become a lasting pursuit. The focus is the enjoyment of exploring rather than how much information you retain, how impressive the subject sounds or whether the discovery has an immediate practical use.
The pull of an unanswered question
This area concerns the tension of knowing that an answer is missing and wanting to resolve it. It explores persistence around an unexplained detail, an incomplete account or a problem that does not yet fit. That pull can support investigation, but the score does not tell you whether every question deserves unlimited time.
Staying with uncertainty
This area explores willingness to remain engaged when something is confusing, unfamiliar or not immediately within your competence. It concerns how you respond to the discomfort of not knowing. Staying with uncertainty does not require accepting unnecessary danger, ignoring evidence or continuing an activity that does not fit your circumstances.
Interest in other people’s experience
This area concerns wanting to understand how another person sees an experience, arrived at a preference or learned something you have not. It focuses on conversation and willing disclosure. Interest in people does not give access to their private thoughts, justify intrusive questioning or require them to share more than they want.
Seeking unfamiliar experiences
This area explores attraction to hands-on experiences that differ from your established routine. It includes manageable novelty, first attempts and opportunities to discover how something feels in practice. It does not measure bravery or encourage financial, physical or social risks that exceed your resources or boundaries.
A report built around your responses
The detailed report follows your actual selections. Each area receives its own score and interpretation, and every saved answer remains available to review. You can compare what stands out, where your responses are more mixed and which statements explain a difference between two areas.
Reading the explanation alongside the answer review matters. Two people can reach a similar score through different responses. The questionnaire organises the experiences or positions you select; it does not supply the circumstances of your life or decide what other people think.
How to take the test
Think about how you respond to unfamiliar ideas, unanswered questions, other people and new experiences in recent months. Choose the option that best describes what you usually do or feel. There is no requirement to be equally curious about everything. Consider each sentence separately, including statements that point in the opposite direction. There are 40 statements and five response options. Allow around 5-8 minutes.
Read each sentence on its own terms. Some statements point in the opposite direction, so selecting the same option automatically will not express a consistent position. If a statement feels difficult, consider one real example and choose the option closest to your usual response or view.
Free basic information and optional detailed analysis
You can complete the questionnaire and read the basic information without making a purchase. If you want to explore the detail, the optional report opens all 5 area scores, the interpretations matched to them, a complete review of your 40 answers and practical reflection prompts.
Your purchase also includes the downloadable personal report and the companion e-book Following a Question without Losing Your Way. One optional payment unlocks this additional material. There is no recurring plan.
Understand the scoring
Each area summarises responses to its own statements on a 0-100 scale. The values do not add to 100 and do not tell you what percentage of people are like you. The explanation in the full report shows how points are calculated and how to read the descriptive ranges.
This version uses original Mind Indicator questions. Research in the bibliography provides background for the topic. Published questionnaires and their population norms have not been copied or applied to the new statements.
Questions before you begin
How long does it take?
Allow about 5-8 minutes for 40 statements. You can take the time you need to read them carefully.
Do I need to choose an identity or label first?
No. Answer the statements separately. Your report compares the areas and keeps the underlying responses visible, so an existing label does not need to decide your choices.
What makes the detailed report personal?
Your selections determine the score and interpretation in each area. The full answer review lets you follow the connection from an individual statement to the summary rather than relying only on a general description.
