Interplay Between the Big Five Personality Traits and Oral Presentation Skills

Abstract

The innate ability to perform effectively during an oral presentation is an important skill to evaluate when testing the personality traits of engineering undergraduate students. The importance of oral presentation when assessing the personality of a candidate has been realized. The intention of this study is to investigate the significance of personality in students' oral presentation performance. Questionnaires based on the big five dimensions of personality traits were formulated, and it was responded to by 215 non-English engineering students. Furthermore, these five dimensions are represented with ten different archetypes. The probable combinations of these 10 archetypes resulted in 32 personality types. On the other hand, the presentation skills and other associated parameters of all 215 respondents were assessed by 24 jurors spread over 12 tracks. From the result, the specific personality type achieving best competencies in technical presentation has been identified. Additionally, the training model for disparate personalities has also been framed.