Myers Briggs Personality Types

[doctork]

From time to time we've mentioned or discussed Myers Briggs types, but I don't recall having a test for it - most likely because it is usually either an expensive out-of-pocket test, or it is given as part of your employment.

But here is a free online version. My results on this one are the same as those I have obtained on the "paid/employment" version/

www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

[gailkate]

Interesting. As usual, I balked at some of the questions and wanted to clarify/rewrite them. But if anyone is daunted by the number of questions, this version goes quickly and is not so time-consuming as the full MBTI. I think I've said that I was certified to administer and interpret the results of this test. I always saw merit in it but always thought it too simplistic. Still, there are trends - preferences - in our make-up that really do help account for differences among people at work or even in a family.

Bottom line for me is that I've wiped out my extroversion and returned to type. Introverted with streaks of extroversion in some situations.

But remember - all the variables lead to 16 little boxes into which people are tucked, even if their bits and pieces don't fit.  Kind of like shoving the Pillsbury Doughboy into a cupcake box.

[doctork]

I've been consistently ENFP for decades. The only change - when I was a resident in training, I was ENTP, but I've been ENFP ever since, apparently not a common type for doctors, but it has worked out OK, despite that.

Maybe simplistic, but as long as you remember it is preferences (not an absolute "This you"), it's made sense to me. Reminded me that someone is not necessarily out to ruin my life, but rather, they have a different preference for approaching an issue.

[joew]

I - 89%
S - 38%
T - 38%
P - 22%

A while back a different on line test gave me very strong I and S, slight F, and moderate P.

[liriodendron]

I've taken this sort of test before and although I don't remember what it said I was, I don't think it was this.


ISFP
Introvert(67%) Sensing(50%) Feeling(75%) Perceiving(44%)

You have distinct preference of Introversion over Extraversion (67%)
You have moderate preference of Sensing over Intuition (50%)
You have distinct preference of Feeling over Thinking (75%)
You have moderate preference of Perceiving over Judging (44%)

I have to question how they analyze some of the answers. For example, the one about preferring having conversations with small groups of people rather than large groups (or something like that) - I answered this yes; I do prefer smaller groups over larger groups. It does not, however, mean that I am introverted (which is how I believe my answer was interpreted). It has much more to do with the fact that I don't hear as well as I once did and it is much harder for me to follow a conversation when I am in a larger crowd than when I am in a smaller group. There were other questions like that, but I can't remember them at the moment.

[Jane]

the judging and perceiving function is not what it appears. J is wanting to get to the bottom line, know the outcome, go in with a plan, like things tidy and organized. P is open to anything, spontaneous, messy.

I/E pretty much equally although less E than I used to be
N
F (no T at all)
J

[gailkate]

The judging/perceiving thing gives us all the most trouble, I think. I was always high on P but this time I came in J. I don't like rules and schedules, but there's no way I'd take a trip without knowing what motels I'd stay at along the way. Another example that used to be used often is planning an office party. The high J will want sign-up sheets and, if everyone wants to bring salad, will needle/bully till the menu is balanced. I hate sign-up anything, but I've seen what "oh, everyone can bring what they want and it will all work out." I'd be the bossy one saying we have to have more than chips and celery.

Lirio, I agree on the E/I. That's what I meant about wanting to rewrite the questions, or have an "other" response. So many of my responses would start with "that depends." But I still think the preferences are useful, despite all their flaws. We used to play games where a group - an office unit or team - would gather at one corner of the room and move forward each time their individual answer to a question was yes. It was remarkable how they sorted into subgroups. Teams that were having trouble working together or communicating could see why, with no blame. If Joe is an introvert, he might seem uncommitted when he's just thinking, weighing and mulling things over. Extroverts often don't know what they think for sure till they talk it through. I know I became more extroverted in a large organization simply because I had to be. And I was driven to get hearing aids before I really needed them because work forced me to deal with large groups, noisy meetings, and the damn cafeteria!

[joew]

See what would be hell for you, based on personality type.
thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2015/05/the-definition-of-hell-for-each-myers-briggs-personality-type/

[Jane]

I will take the test, but I already know. Being buried alive.

[Jane]

You are eternally damned to working for a morally corrupt company that aims to exploit the weak and generally degrade conditions for all of society.

[jspnrvr]

ISTJ – You are expected to complete a highly esteemed project with absolutely no guidance as to what’s expected of you.

[liriodendron]

ISFP – You have to listen to rude people criticizing your personal choices, your appearance and your art form all day long. Nobody cares that they’re hurting your feelings.

Been there, done that.

[Jane]

JSP: You're the same type as my husband. Today I think his idea of hell is moving.

[gailkate]

I forget - D-Day is tomorrow?

Myers-Briggs
ENFP – Every minute of the rest of your life has been scheduled for you – and it’s a long series of arbitrary, solitary tasks.

As I read through all the personal hells, they comprise a total vision that would be Hell for all of us.  But this one is my favorite:

INTP – You are eternally condemned to researching an extremely vapid topic using wildly inaccurate methods, mostly involving interviewing people who have no idea what they’re talking about. Sounds a lot like what we call journalism.

[doctork]

Being ENFP, if I found out that every minute of the rest of my life had been scheduled for me as a long series of arbitrary, solitary tasks, I would say "Oh no it is not." And then I would kill myself right then and there. Or in the next few days, if it took me a while to line up my methodology (no, it is not jumping off a cruise ship in the north Atlantic).

But looking at my "opposite's" hell, as an ISTJ – You are expected to complete a highly esteemed project with absolutely no guidance as to what’s expected of you. I wouldn't have any problem with that, and in fact if there is no guidance, all for the better. I will do it exactly as I want, and the results will not only be highly esteemed, they will win prestige and cash prizes (I actually had a job like that once).