Personality profiles across occupations: The role of Situations and Job Characteristics Abstract: Many models of person-environment transactions suggest that people both select themselves into social roles that fit their personality and that their personality is moulded by those social roles. One implication of these models is that we would expect clear personality profiles amongst different occupational roles. Here, we examined to what extent occupational profiles exist, comparing 1,270 professionals from five vastly different occupational groups, in personality (BFI-2), social situations (CAPTIONs), and job characteristics. Results supported several theory-driven differences between occupational groups but overall occupational profiles showed more similarities than differences. We further examined whether social situations or job characteristics explained the trait profiles observed. Although both situational and job characteristics did predict personality, the variance explained was typically modest (R₂=.075-.199). Thus, there are some subtle differences in personality profiles across occupational roles but they are smaller than some models would suggest.