Take the free EQ Dashboard assessment online. Measure all four branches of the Mayer-Salovey emotional intelligence model: perceiving, using, understanding, and managing emotions. 40 questions, detailed results.
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The EQ Dashboard is a comprehensive emotional intelligence assessment built on the Mayer-Salovey four-branch model — the most rigorously validated scientific framework for measuring EQ. Unlike popularized EQ tests that blend personality traits, this model focuses exclusively on emotional ability: how well you perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions.
The four branches measure distinct but interconnected abilities: perceiving emotions in yourself and others (Branch 1), using emotions to facilitate thinking and creativity (Branch 2), understanding how emotions evolve and blend (Branch 3), and managing your own and others' emotions strategically (Branch 4). Scores across all four reveal your emotional intelligence architecture.
JobCannon's 40-question EQ Dashboard delivers a full branch-by-branch profile based on the Mayer-Salovey framework — giving you the kind of nuanced emotional insight that professionals use for coaching, leadership development, and therapeutic growth.
40 science-backed questions. 8 min of your time. Instant results — no signup required for your first test.
Start the EQ Dashboard TestDeveloped by psychologists John Mayer and Peter Salovey in 1990, this model defines emotional intelligence as a set of four measurable mental abilities: perceiving emotions, using emotions to aid thought, understanding emotional knowledge, and reflectively regulating emotions. It is the basis for the MSCEIT — the most scientifically validated EQ instrument.
The short EQ test (10 questions) gives a quick snapshot of your overall emotional intelligence. The EQ Dashboard (40 questions) profiles all four Mayer-Salovey branches separately, so you can see precisely which emotional abilities are strong and which to develop.
The Mayer-Salovey model is unique in treating EQ as an ability — like IQ — that can be objectively scored. Peer-reviewed research demonstrates its predictive validity for leadership effectiveness, relationship quality, and mental health outcomes.
Leaders, managers, therapists, coaches, and anyone in high-interpersonal-demand roles benefit most. It is also valuable for anyone working on personal development who wants a precise, branch-level map of their emotional strengths and growth edges.
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