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Personality Type

18 hours ago
last modified: 16 hours ago

I came across this test and took it just for fun. The test gives you a four letter identifier which you can Google for info, apparently it is some kind of Myers Briggs test. The results placed me in a category that seemed spot on and explains and describes some of the ways I interact with the world. But I'm wondering if it is vague descriptors that might apply to anyone; is it woo woo or is it real?

I'm wondering how accurate it might be for others.
Takes about 10 minutes.

https://psychology-tools.com/test/personality-type-indicator

Comments (20)

  • 16 hours ago
    last modified: 16 hours ago

    I can't change my INFJ no matter how many years pass. I've heard many times that the test is skewed, but I don't see how? And it absolutely describes me.

  • 16 hours ago

    It sounds like fun, lucille!

    I didn’t do the test, though. It’s not my personality to do personality tests. That I know.

    I think my attention span is too short.

  • 16 hours ago

    Mine is in line with how I tested 25-ish years ago when working. I'm not unhappy with that.

  • 15 hours ago

    My result is the same as it was many years ago when I first took one of these in more depth. When i was in a class in the 90’s we took a shortened version, similar iirc to this one, and I still had the same score. The last letter for me was always right on the borderline score of the other option (J or P). It’s interesting when you can see how the numbers fall on the scale and the more predominant traits.

  • 15 hours ago

    @rob333 (zone 7b) Close to you, I've been an INTJ for ever and ever. I initially took the test decades and decades ago by HR when I was not seeing eye to eye with a boss (department director...pfft)

  • 15 hours ago

    Hobbitmom, either my first or second time taking it (one was for my Psych minor, the other was for work), the work person told me I "got the right answer". Um, that's not possible. We need all types for teams!! Silly goose

  • 14 hours ago

    "the work person told me I "got the right answer". Um, that's not possible. We need all types for teams!! "

    1) You are very perceptive

    2) Goose is clueless

  • 14 hours ago

    The most interesting thing I remember learning from it was how I or E or T or F could describe us all to some degree or other. A continuum. More situational. T or F we all do, of course, just may do one more often or initially.

    The N or S and P or J are very different in my thoughts anyway. Very different perspectives on life and how to live it. S and N's or P and J's may simply not understand what drives the other, and may have to learn why they are the way they are. (deep thoughts too early in the morning.)

  • 9 hours ago

    I remember first taking the model assessment at a leadership retreat. We all went through the steps, got the category and then 1) Had to stand up to share our personal result and say if it provided any insights or was off the mark, and then 2) got feedback from others in the room, comments on how much they agreed or disagreed with the category and the person's reactions to it. .

    It was an interesting exercise, one done in "public". Brutal for some, humorous for others.


  • 8 hours ago

    INTJ from birth.

  • 6 hours ago

    Interesting, that test is still around ! Our work group took it in the '80s


    One question I never forgot regarding choose 'mercy or justice' and I chose justice because I thought if we really had justice there'd be no need for mercy... hence, I got an INTJ instead of my desired INTP, haha ... I thought the whole thing was ridiculous at the time (in my defense, I was only 26 ) .

  • 6 hours ago

    I really came to dislike that Myers Briggs personality assessment that was so popular for a time. It was over used IMO. For a few years it came up at every managers retreat or training I attended. It sometimes worked as an ice breaker when most of the attendees were unknown to each other. It also was a handy way to break a large group into teams. It was pretty obvious that one’s answers were largely affected by the mood the person was in at the time of testing.

  • 6 hours ago
    last modified: 5 hours ago

    Well said. Not everywhere or for everything but it was very much overused. And, as a result, debunked and discredited. Its validity was apparently easily challengable and dismissable by experts in the personality field.

  • 5 hours ago

    Yes. And there were those ’trouble makers’ 😉 who tried gaming the system by giving opposing answers to the questions that could be recognized as the same question but were same as prior questions but restated with different situations. That meant the questions meant to validate a certain personality type instead showed equal scores - the Jekyll Hyde thing. A risky game to play at some workplace functions to be sure!

  • 4 hours ago
    last modified: 4 hours ago

    INTJ here. Also test as an Enneagram 8 Wing 9. Taken several over the years and always comes back the same.

    Lately I done a little research to gain knowledge about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It seems to be epidemic on the internet, if you know what I mean. ;)

  • 4 hours ago

    Well, certainly the Felon sings his own praises frequently on social media about his own greatness.

  • 3 hours ago
    last modified: 2 hours ago

    One question I never forgot regarding choose 'mercy or justice' and I chose justice because I thought if we really had justice there'd be no need for mercy...

    Lat, great minds think alike.

    INTJ too, but who knows on a different day when my mood changes.

  • 2 hours ago

    WOW! Quite a showing for INTJ's here. Kindred Spirits, no doubt. This is awesome!

  • 2 hours ago
    last modified: 2 hours ago

    I've taken this several times over my working career. ESTJ here 🙋‍♀️

  • 1 hour ago

    ^^^ me too. sephia.

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