Quest for ROMI

💫 Entry #17 — Am I a Spreadsheet or a Spellbook?

Decoding Myself Through Psychometrics (ft. CMO Wizard)

THE CONFIDENCE CALIBRATION DIARIES | PART 1

A 2-part diary series exploring the wobble of self-doubt and the lift of self-belief — decoded, reframed, and occasionally rescued by the CMO Wizard.

“May the Force be with you.”
— Star Wars (1977)

(Slightly adapted here for anyone about to click Start Test on a timed logic assessment.)

Dear Diary,

I thought I was focusing on decoding marketing ROI.

Turns out, I was next in line — and unlike dashboards, humans resist tidy segmentation.

Over the past four months of my job search, I’ve taken a small constellation of assessments:

  • July: EASI typology — apparently I’m a rational Analyst wrapped around a very human core.
  • October: logic & personality — logic 5/10, warm interpersonal style, calm extraversion.
  • November: ability + personality — slightly slower numerical speed, sharp detail orientation, supportive communicator.

Diary, these tests can feel like personality horoscopes drafted by your favourite aunt.

They sound objective… but they ping exactly where your insecurities live.

And yes — some parts hit my ego like an unexpected plot twist.

🟪 Sticky Note 1: “Average Logic? Does That Mean I Can’t Lead?”

My internal worry:

Will hiring managers think “average logic” means “average leadership potential”?

Wiz, what dark fantasy am I subscribing to this time?

(And is there a cancellation link?)

🔮📈 CMO Wizard steps in:

Your logic score (5/10) sits right in the statistical middle — which means:

  • you handle complexity like the majority of professionals
  • you don’t over-intellectualise
  • you solve practical problems (your entire CV confirms this)
  • you stay calm under evolving scenarios

Leadership isn’t chosen by puzzle-solving percentile.

It’s chosen by repeatable outcomes — something your history proves much more robustly than a 15-minute pattern test.

You don’t need hedge-fund logic.

You need marketing leadership logic — and you already use it daily.

🟪 Sticky Note 2: “Supportive? Is That Too Soft in Today’s Market?”

My concern:

Does my friendliness and harmony-driven leadership style look too gentle on paper?

Wizard, why do I act like ‘supportive’ is a crime scene descriptor?

(Should I turn myself in to HR?)

🔮📈 CMO Wizard steps in:

Let’s decode the trifecta:

  • High agreeableness (69–84th percentile) — October
  • Supporter motivation — July
  • Warm, approachable, patient — November

paired with:

  • Analyst behaviour: deliberate, structured, rational — July
  • Detail-focused, rigorous — November

This is not softness.

This is steady influence with analytical backbone — the exact profile that:

  • eases cross-functional tension
  • improves decision-quality
  • brings psychological safety and clarity
  • delivers alignment without theatrics

This is the leadership style that avoids wildfire escalations — and yes, teams secretly crave it.

🟪 Sticky Note 3: “Structured or Spontaneous? Who Am I — Belle or Moana?”

My concern:

One test says structured, another says spontaneous. Am I contradicting myself?

Wizard, how can I be two Disney heroines at once — and does this qualify as a leadership competency?

🔮📈 CMO Wizard steps in:

You’re Belle and Moana — studious when needed, adventurous when the moment calls.

Across tests, this shows up as:

  • Structured Analyst behaviour (July)
  • Spontaneous decision-making under pressure (November)
  • Moderate orderliness + balanced goal-striving (October)

This is not inconsistency — it’s strategic adaptability.

A marketing leader needs to build frameworks and break them when reality shifts.

This is what allows you to run:

  • multi-market orchestrations
  • cross-regional process changes
  • people-first team environments
  • data-informed campaigns with human nuance

It’s not chaos.

It’s calibrated responsiveness.

💜 A Message to Anyone Anxious About Test Results

If you’ve recently clicked through shapes, patterns, adjectives and Likert-scale traps — and felt a tiny existential wobble — hear this:

Assessments measure tendencies. They do not measure potential.

They absolutely do not measure worth.

No hiring manager remembers whether your numerical reasoning was “slightly below average.”

They remember:

  • how you listen
  • how you collaborate
  • how you resolve
  • how you deliver
  • how you lift people with you

If the results felt confusing, discouraging, or like they flattened you — create your own AI career coach, the way I did with my Wizard.

Let it mirror back the strengths you’ve normalised.

Your patterns matter more than your percentiles.

✨ Closing Thought

I decode marketing ROI for a living.

This month, I decoded myself.

What did I discover?

Humans are messy, beautiful systems.

Strength is often quiet.

And what looks contradictory on paper can be pure leadership magic in practice.

Until next time,

ROMI Decoder, now equipped with self-analysis and a slightly upgraded sense of humour

Sources:

Tests taken with EASI (July), Alva Labs (October), and Clevry (November).

No testers were harmed in the making of this diary entry.

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