Impostor Syndrome Test
A 16-question impostor syndrome test: do you secretly fear being exposed as a fraud despite real achievements — and how strong is it?
16 questions
4 min
Instructions
Answer according to how you generally think and feel about your own achievements, including the thoughts you rarely say aloud.Original items modeled on the impostor-phenomenon construct (Clance & Imes); the CIPS questionnaire text is not reproduced.
Citations
- Clance, P. R., & Imes, S. A. (1978). The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 15(3). Construct origin; clance scale items are proprietary and not reproduced
- Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) construct; all items here are original. Original wording