Harry Potter house quiz
Question 1 of 12
A friend asks you to cover for a lie they told their parents. What do you do?
An unofficial fan quiz. LifeSim is not affiliated with or endorsed by Warner Bros. Entertainment or J.K. Rowling. The questions and results are our own.
Which Hogwarts house am I in?
Answer 12 questions about what you value and how you act. The quiz sorts you into Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin, and shows how much of each house you have. It is free, with no sign-up and no trivia.
This quiz asks how you act and what you value: what you do when a friend is in trouble, how you spend a free afternoon, what you would hate to be called. It has no questions about the books or the films, so you need no fan facts to take it.
Each house stands for a set of values. Gryffindor is courage, Hufflepuff is loyalty and fair play, Ravenclaw is curiosity and learning, and Slytherin is ambition and resourcefulness. Most people have some of all four, which is why the result shows your share of each house, not only the winner.
How the scoring works
Each answer gives 2 points to the result it fits best, and 1 point to the result it fits next. Every result gets the same number of points across all the answers of the quiz, so no result is easier to get than another.
After the last question, the quiz adds up the points of each result. The result with the most points wins. The bars show the share of each result in all your points, as whole percentages that add up to 100.
If two results have the same points, your later answers decide. The quiz looks at your last answer, then at the answer before it, until one of the two is ahead. If every answer gave them the same points, the result that this page lists first comes first.
Your result gets its own link. The link holds the name of the result and the percentages, never your answers. Anyone who opens it sees the same result card, and can take the quiz themselves.
The four Hogwarts houses
Gryffindor
Gryffindor values courage, nerve, and standing up for others. Its colors are scarlet and gold, and its animal is the lion. People sorted here tend to act fast, say what they think, and take the risk that others avoid.
Hufflepuff
Hufflepuff values hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play. Its colors are yellow and black, and its animal is the badger. It takes everyone, and its students are known for being kind and for sticking with a job until it is done.
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw values intelligence, wit, learning, and a creative mind. Its colors are blue and bronze in the books (blue and silver in the films), and its animal is the eagle. Its students tend to be curious, original, and happy in their own company.
Slytherin
Slytherin values ambition, cunning, resourcefulness, and leadership. Its colors are green and silver, and its animal is the serpent. Its students tend to set big goals, think a few moves ahead, and protect their own people.
Questions
Is this the official sorting quiz?
No. It is an unofficial fan quiz, with questions we wrote ourselves. The official sorting is on the Harry Potter website. This quiz shows your house at once, with your share of all four houses.
How does the quiz pick my house?
Each answer gives 2 points to the house it fits best and 1 point to the house it fits next. The house with the most points wins. Each house can get the same number of points, so no house is easier to get.
Why do I get a different house when I take it again?
Your house changes only when your answers change. If two houses are close in your bars, a few different answers can tip the result. A close second house is a real part of who you are.
Are there questions about the books or the films?
No. The questions are about choices and values, like what you do when a friend is in trouble. You can take it without knowing anything about the series.
Can I live a school-of-magic life in a game?
Press the link under your result. LifeSim, a free life simulator, starts the life of a first-year student in Edinburgh. It has no spells: the magic is in the story you write, and the people you meet remember you.