Free CTO persona quiz

What kind of CTO are you?

Find the leadership pattern you default to under pressure, then see the strengths and blind spots that come with it.

  • Get your CTO persona instantly
  • See which respected technology leaders share your style
  • Unlock a practical strengths and blind-spots breakdown

About 3 minutes · Free · No payment details

Your possible pattern matches

Which of these leaders are in your lane?

Take the quiz and find out who you pattern-match with. Spoiler: it is rarely the person you expect.

Kevin ScottCTO, Microsoft
Tobi LütkeFounder & CEO, Shopify (technical founder)
Werner VogelsVP & CTO, Amazon
Urs HölzleSVP, Technical Infrastructure, Google
Camille FournierFormer CTO, Rent the Runway
Will LarsonCTO, Carta
Bret TaylorFormer CTO, Facebook
Mike KriegerCo-founder & former CTO, Instagram
John CarmackFormer CTO, Oculus
Mira MuratiFormer CTO, OpenAI
David Heinemeier HanssonCTO, 37signals / Basecamp
Bryan CantrillCTO, Oxide

The six possibilities

Which CTO mode is running your week?

Knowing your type can help you play to your strengths and cover your blind spots.

01

Visionary

You see the product before the roadmap exists.

02

Ops Commander

When everything is on fire, you stay the calm.

03

Team Coach

Your real product is the people who build it.

04

Customer Lead

You hear the need before the ticket is filed.

05

Big Thinker

You live two product cycles ahead of the room.

06

Challenger

You upgrade the company, not just engineering.

Be honest. You are a little curious now.

  • Most technical leaders guess the wrong type on the first try.
  • Your default mode under pressure usually reveals the real answer.
  • One of these six shapes almost every hard call you make.

Ten questions. One clear answer.