Interactive

Kegan Stage Test (Beta)

An unofficial Kegan stage test inspired by the original Subject-Object Interview (SOI)

How it works

The assessment will take around 30 minutes.

Choose your topics

Pick topics where you have a recent, specific experience you can talk about. You'll need a different experience for each topic, and it's best if they touch different parts of your life (e.g. work, family, romance).

Remember, this is an informal test, not a real SOI

A certified SOI is scored by trained humans against a published manual, and even their agreement with each other is only around 80% to within a substage. Results from this test have not been calibrated against certified scorers, so treat it as a thoughtful perspective and a ballpark range vs. a well-honed guarantee.

I built this because the real interview costs hundreds of dollars and requires a certified scorer, and I wanted to make it easy and free. It’s just a beta though, so if you take it, I’d love your feedback (what did you get out of it? how did it feel?): hello@annpierce.com.

P.S. If you're interested in turning what's subject into object...

Whatever range the interview finds, growth from there happens the same way: by turning something you're subject to into something you can hold as object. If you want to change your everyday thinking, you can learn this mental move and practice it until it's automatic.

Starting September 14, I'm running a Kegan-inspired online course called The Subject-Object Move, where we'll be doing exactly this. Learn more here!