You may see the countless dating website commercials on television these days. They often discuss a story of how the male met the female through the online community and that they are each others "perfect match." Some must wonder how exactly individuals are actually matched on these online dating websites. The answer is quite simple: their "online personality test."

Each dating website has what is called a personality test (sometimes referred to as a compatibility test). No matter which online dating website you choose to join and/or use you will be asked numerous questions that will help determine your "perfect match." Questions include what you would expect from an online dating test, as well as questions used to determine your confidence level, happiness level & other various aspects of your personality.

Once you submit truthful answers to the test the website will use algorithms to determine your "perfect match." More often than not you will be provided with a list of possible matches, any where from five to ten - or even more in some cases. Some online dating communities will also feature how much (percentage wise) of a match you are to someone else. It is very important to answer truthfully on every question, because failing to do so will result in your matches being completely out of the sphere of what you are actually looking for.

An online personality test will provide you with information about yourself, while providing information to other matches as well. You will also only need to fill the personality test out once for the life of being on the certain online dating website. You may want to edit it when things have changed in your life, which may change your potential matches. Your matches will also be updated when new individuals join the website & match your traits, so you may only have three matches initially then the following week have three more matches, based on new individuals joining that community.