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Quiz: Find Your Emotional Intelligence IQ (E-IQ)

20 Questions (5 minutes)

I manage to find an outlet to express my emotions (e.g. Writing in a journal or blog, playing some music, drawing or painting, etc.).

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

When I feel negative emotions starting to crop up, I stop and take a moment to ask myself what I am feeling, and why.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

When I am feeling anxious I can think of ways to calm myself down.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I have difficulty snapping myself out of a grumpy mood.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I am impatient.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

When I am feeling negative emotions, like anger or sadness, I try to ignore them as much as possible.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I tend to over-analyze situations, finding problems that don't really exist.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I avoid fights, expressing my opinion, or doing what I want for fear that I will upset others or lose their love/friendship.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

If a friend or intimate partner is upset with me, I am likely to:

Accept blame or responsibility to sooth the other person

Get defensive and feel insulted or share my own grievances in return

Listen and see where he/she is coming from, expressing genuine curiosity, but standing up for myself without putting the other down

Zone out and have a hard time listening to him/her and tend to avoid this person or this subject in the future

Try to change the subject and distract him or her

I am surprised by my emotional reactions to situations I encounter in my life.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

When I need to do something difficult or unpleasant, I find it hard to motivate myself to get started.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

If the situation calls for it, I can be civil to a person whom I really dislike (e.g. At a get-together of a mutual friend or a business meeting).

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I tend to postpone or avoid discussing touchy topics.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I find myself feeling nervous about situations or events, and I don't even know why.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I have certain compulsive habits that I just can't seem to stop (e.g. overeating).

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Once a pessimistic thought pops into my head, it's like a floodgate opens - my thoughts get more and more negative.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

I adjust my behavior depending on who I am interacting with (e.g. Calm and friendly with a child, serious and professional with my boss, etc.).

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

When assessing how I feel emotionally about a situation or a person, I:

Focus on whatever feels wrong and ignore the positive emotions.

Allow myself to feel through both the positive and negative emotions.

Focus on the positive and try to ignore the negative emotions.

Suppress my emotions and try to look at it strictly rationally.

If someone were feeling enraged, which of the following activities would probably be the most challenging for him/her to do with ease?

Read a book

Drive

Console a child who is scared

Exercise

I don't know

You're riding an exercise bike at your gym in a room by yourself when a person walks into the room playing loud music on their phone. The person is holding headphones but they are not plugged in, and the music is a genre you strongly dislike. How are you most likely to respond?

Ignore the person in order to avoid a confrontation.

Wait for an opportunity to make a disapproving face at this person.

Immediately ask the person if he can plug in his headphones.

Wait two minutes to see if the person will notice you and realize he is being discourteous, then leave the room if not.

Scold the person for being inconsiderate and leave.

Greet the person with a smile and share something about yourself before "asking a favor" and asking if he minds plugging in his headphones.

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