Rachel McMahon
Personality Quiz Expert and Content Creator
Rachel McMahon is a personality quiz expert and content creator based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From 2017 to 2019, Rachel worked on BuzzFeed creating almost 700 personality quizzes gaining hundreds of thousands of views. Her top quiz brought in over 850,000 views and she was the second largest traffic-driver worldwide for BuzzFeed in 2018. She went on to create quiz content for other brands including Zimbio, TicToc by Bloomberg, Lifetherapy, Skin Kick, and Zenger News. For the past 5 years she has worked freelance for Netflix on their social media team and has worked for Disney branded television as well. Rachel has published a quiz book called What Kind of Quiz Are You and has a 6-book quiz series called Let’s Get Quizzical. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies from Grand Valley State University.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Communication / Digital Studies Minor, Grand Valley State University
Professional Achievements
- Featured in multiple articles, such as The New Yorker, New York Post, Observer, Detroit Free Press, Slate, as well as being on the YouTube Build Series and Vice News
- Published a quiz book with Simon & Schuster and a quiz book series for kids with Penguin Random House
- Made countless social media posts for @Netflix social media channels and has written scripts and questions for talent to answer in interviews and at content days
- Recently started doing social media writing for Disney Branded Television's social media channels
Certifications & Organizations
- Raechilling LLC
Favorite Piece of Advice
There's so many different job opportunities out there, don't put yourself in a sad, little box! Anything can be a job! I never thought writing online quizzes would turn into an opportunity to make money, but here I am!
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Forum Comments (3)
I got Luffy! What did you get?
That’s great! I would think it's pretty common to get your favorite character as a result, because a lot of times when you're watching a TV show or a movie or reading a book, you resonate with your favorite character. You see yourself in them. When I watch TV or consume other media, the characters I like the most are the people that I see myself in and think, "Oh yeah, I would be friends with this person". That makes sense to me.
How do you know if you're toxic?
As much as people enjoy quizzes and often want to believe they’re fully accurate and scientific, I think it's kind of up to you to decide how accurate they’re going to be for you and your life. I've taken quizzes before where I've really felt like the result describes me, and I've taken quizzes before where I’ve gotten results that I was unsure of. Just remember, quizzes are created by different people with different points of view. So if you got a result that you think is negative, just remember that everyone has different opinions, and that's why people get different results in personality quizzes. So I wouldn't take it too much to heart, unless you want to, but I don't think you'd have to.
This personality quiz lined up with my Myers-Briggs!
Personality quizzes are valuable because your personality can shine through in so many different ways that you might not even realize. You might take a quiz sometimes and think, "Why does this matter towards my personality?" But your personality is made up of so many different factors: opinions, personality traits, quirks, and all the other things that make you who you are. A quiz like Myers-Briggs can be the pathway to figuring out more about yourself because it can distill things quickly and easily.
