What Myers-Briggs personality type are you? (1 Viewer)

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INFJ

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Took this test again

INTP this time

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[Hooper31]

- people are typically poor self-reporters/self-evaluators; this test can easily (and unintentionally) be manipulated by how we'd like to perceive ourselves or how the think we ought to behave, rather than how we actually do; for fun, you could have someone who knows you very well take the test "for" you and see how the results come out;

This can't be understated. I teach high school mathematics. I start first day every year giving a quick Myers Briggs test to every student. I use the information for creating groups. My main purpose is to separate the INF and ENF students into different groups. ENFs in one group would be a zoo. Put too many INFs into a group and there's total silence. Some work well together (SJ - Guardians) and some don't (NT - Rationals).

My anecdotal experience tells me that high school students don't have the ability to self analyze well enough to consider the information horribly accurate, but I use it as best as I can. Way too often immature students end up as ENFPs because they answer the way they want to appear, not the way they really are.

Many years ago I was introduced to Myers Briggs during my masters program. I read this on the first page of an assigned book:

If I do not want what you want, please try not to tell me that my want is wrong.

Or if I believe other than you, at least pause before you correct my view.

Or if my emotion is less than yours, or more, given the same circumstances, try not to ask me to feel more strongly or weakly.

Or yet if I act, or fail to act, in the manner of your design for action, let me be.

I do not, for the moment at least, ask you to understand me. That will come only when you are willing to give up changing me into a copy of you.

I may be your spouse, your parent, your offspring, your friend, or your colleague. If you will allow me any of my own wants, or emotions, or beliefs, or actions, then you open yourself, so that some day these ways of mine might not seem so wrong, and might finally appear to you as right -- for me. To put up with me is the first step to understanding me. Not that you embrace my ways as right for you, but that you are no longer irritated or disappointed with me for my seeming waywardness. And in understanding me you might come to prize my differences from you, and, far from seeking to change me, preserve and even nurture those differences.

This had an enormous impact on my personal and professional life. Not a week goes by where I'm not reminded of this passage. If anything its made me very intolerant of intolerance.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Many years ago I was introduced to Myers Briggs during my masters program. I read this on the first page of an assigned book:

If I do not want what you want, please try not to tell me that my want is wrong.

Or if I believe other than you, at least pause before you correct my view.

Or if my emotion is less than yours, or more, given the same circumstances, try not to ask me to feel more strongly or weakly.

Or yet if I act, or fail to act, in the manner of your design for action, let me be.

I do not, for the moment at least, ask you to understand me. That will come only when you are willing to give up changing me into a copy of you.

I may be your spouse, your parent, your offspring, your friend, or your colleague. If you will allow me any of my own wants, or emotions, or beliefs, or actions, then you open yourself, so that some day these ways of mine might not seem so wrong, and might finally appear to you as right -- for me. To put up with me is the first step to understanding me. Not that you embrace my ways as right for you, but that you are no longer irritated or disappointed with me for my seeming waywardness. And in understanding me you might come to prize my differences from you, and, far from seeking to change me, preserve and even nurture those differences.

This had an enormous impact on my personal and professional life. Not a week goes by where I'm not reminded of this passage. If anything its made me very intolerant of intolerance.

INTJ checking in to say to hell with that.

 

[FUBAR]

Your Type is INTJ

Famous people of your particular type:

Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, C. G. Jung, Michel de Montaigne, Michel Nostradamus, Ada Lovelace, PatsWillWin FUBAR

Seems about right. I think that's what I got the last time we did this.

Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging

Strength of the preferences %

22 25 75 33

6 years later I've become more introverted and think more.

INTJ
Introvert(56%) iNtuitive(25%) Thinking(88%) Judging(33%)

 

[Hooper31]

INTJ checking in to say to hell with that.

As another INTJ I can easily say that's a major challenge for me too.

 

[Bull Dozier]

ISTJ

• You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (89%)
• You have moderate preference of Sensing over Intuition (38%)
• You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (38%)
• You have moderate preference of Judging over Perceiving (44%)

Famous ISTJs, Michael Shumacher, Harry S Truman, Amelia Earhart, Prince Charles, Greta Garbo.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Many years ago I was introduced to Myers Briggs during my masters program. I read this on the first page of an assigned book:

If I do not want what you want, please try not to tell me that my want is wrong.

Or if I believe other than you, at least pause before you correct my view.

Or if my emotion is less than yours, or more, given the same circumstances, try not to ask me to feel more strongly or weakly.

Or yet if I act, or fail to act, in the manner of your design for action, let me be.

I do not, for the moment at least, ask you to understand me. That will come only when you are willing to give up changing me into a copy of you.

I may be your spouse, your parent, your offspring, your friend, or your colleague. If you will allow me any of my own wants, or emotions, or beliefs, or actions, then you open yourself, so that some day these ways of mine might not seem so wrong, and might finally appear to you as right -- for me. To put up with me is the first step to understanding me. Not that you embrace my ways as right for you, but that you are no longer irritated or disappointed with me for my seeming waywardness. And in understanding me you might come to prize my differences from you, and, far from seeking to change me, preserve and even nurture those differences.

This had an enormous impact on my personal and professional life. Not a week goes by where I'm not reminded of this passage. If anything its made me very intolerant of intolerance.

INTJ checking in to say to hell with that.

I laughed, not that you care or think that it was appropriate.

 

[Jayrod]

My anecdotal experience tells me that high school students don't have the ability to self analyze well enough to consider the information horribly accurate, but I use it as best as I can. Way too often immature students end up as ENFPs because they answer the way they want to appear, not the way they really are.

Just did this and came out ENFP. I was truly trying to be honest.

Curious to know how my wife would score me.

Found this explanation page on ENFPs... bolded the parts I feel are quite accurate descriptions.

As an ENFP, your primary mode of living is focused externally, where you take things in primarily via your intuition. Your secondary mode is internal, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit in with your personal value system.

ENFPs are warm, enthusiastic people, typically very bright and full of potential. They live in the world of possibilities, and can become very passionate and excited about things. Their enthusiasm lends them the ability to inspire and motivate others, more so than we see in other types. They can talk their way in or out of anything. They love life, seeing it as a special gift, and strive to make the most out of it.

ENFPs have an unusually broad range of skills and talents. They are good at most things which interest them. Project-oriented, they may go through several different careers during their lifetime. To onlookers, the ENFP may seem directionless and without purpose, but ENFPs are actually quite consistent, in that they have a strong sense of values which they live with throughout their lives. Everything that they do must be in line with their values. An ENFP needs to feel that they are living their lives as their true Self, walking in step with what they believe is right. They see meaning in everything, and are on a continuous quest to adapt their lives and values to achieve inner peace. They're constantly aware and somewhat fearful of losing touch with themselves. Since emotional excitement is usually an important part of the ENFP's life, and because they are focused on keeping "centered", the ENFP is usually an intense individual, with highly evolved values.

An ENFP needs to focus on following through with their projects. This can be a problem area for some of these individuals. Unlike other Extraverted types, ENFPs need time alone to center themselves, and make sure they are moving in a direction which is in sync with their values. ENFPs who remain centered will usually be quite successful at their endeavors. Others may fall into the habit of dropping a project when they become excited about a new possibility, and thus they never achieve the great accomplishments which they are capable of achieving.

Most ENFPs have great people skills. They are genuinely warm and interested in people, and place great importance on their inter-personal relationships. ENFPs almost always have a strong need to be liked. Sometimes, especially at a younger age, an ENFP will tend to be "gushy" and insincere, and generally "overdo" in an effort to win acceptance. However, once an ENFP has learned to balance their need to be true to themselves with their need for acceptance, they excel at bringing out the best in others, and are typically well-liked. They have an exceptional ability to intuitively understand a person after a very short period of time, and use their intuition and flexibility to relate to others on their own level.

Because ENFPs live in the world of exciting possibilities, the details of everyday life are seen as trivial drudgery. They place no importance on detailed, maintenance-type tasks, and will frequently remain oblivous to these types of concerns. When they do have to perform these tasks, they do not enjoy themselves. This is a challenging area of life for most ENFPs, and can be frustrating for ENFP's family members.

An ENFP who has "gone wrong" may be quite manipulative - and very good it. The gift of gab which they are blessed with makes it naturally easy for them to get what they want. Most ENFPs will not abuse their abilities, because that would not jive with their value systems.

ENFPs sometimes make serious errors in judgment. They have an amazing ability to intuitively perceive the truth about a person or situation, but when they apply judgment to their perception, they may jump to the wrong conclusions.

ENFPs who have not learned to follow through may have a difficult time remaining happy in marital relationships. Always seeing the possibilities of what could be, they may become bored with what actually is. The strong sense of values will keep many ENFPs dedicated to their relationships. However, ENFPs like a little excitement in their lives, and are best matched with individuals who are comfortable with change and new experiences.

Having an ENFP parent can be a fun-filled experience, but may be stressful at times for children with strong Sensing or Judging tendancies. Such children may see the ENFP parent as inconsistent and difficult to understand, as the children are pulled along in the whirlwind life of the ENFP. Sometimes the ENFP will want to be their child's best friend, and at other times they will play the parental authoritarian. But ENFPs are always consistent in their value systems, which they will impress on their children above all else, along with a basic joy of living.

ENFPs are basically happy people. They may become unhappy when they are confined to strict schedules or mundane tasks. Consequently, ENFPs work best in situations where they have a lot of flexibility, and where they can work with people and ideas. Many go into business for themselves. They have the ability to be quite productive with little supervision, as long as they are excited about what they're doing.

Because they are so alert and sensitive, constantly scanning their environments, ENFPs often suffer from muscle tension. They have a strong need to be independent, and resist being controlled or labelled. They need to maintain control over themselves, but they do not believe in controlling others. Their dislike of dependence and suppression extends to others as well as to themselves.

ENFPs are charming, ingenuous, risk-taking, sensitive, people-oriented individuals with capabilities ranging across a broad spectrum. They have many gifts which they will use to fulfill themselves and those near them, if they are able to remain centered and master the ability of following through.

I will say my wife often remarks at my "potential" and "abilities" but gets frustrated at my lack of follow through and ambition. I also feel like I'm able to be social in just about any setting and comfortable. I've not run across a lot of people who genuinely don't like me and if there is, it really bugs me. I'm way too damn sensitive and have a bad habit of overreacting. The parenting bit above was dead on accurate. In dealing with my kids I swing from good buddy to strict disciplinarian in a matter of minutes.

 

[Statcruncher]

ISTJ

Introverted 44

Sensing 38

Thinking 38

Judging 89

ISTJ

Introverted 44Sensing 38

Thinking 62

Judging 67

Over 5 years later and I'm still almost exactly the same. I don't know if that's good or bad.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

I found detailed profiles for anyone looking into it further... here's my INTJ (although about 25% of the time, I end up with ISTJ): http://www.16personalities.com/intj-personality

You can just change the url to reflect your type as well.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

yeah, ENTP will argue (for fun/edification) with anybody, while INTP reserves that for people they know well

Apparently we are still on a Like quota so ;Like:.

 

[ShaqAttaq]

The ISTJ write up on 16personalities describes me

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Again seems like we are pretty heavily represented here on the FFA.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Again seems like we are pretty heavily represented here on the FFA.

Forums in general tend to attract I's, which is why I'm not surprised to see INTP's heavily rep'd around these halls.

 

[njherdfan]

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Again seems like we are pretty heavily represented here on the FFA.

Forums in general tend to attract I's, which is why I'm not surprised to see INTP's heavily rep'd around these halls.

Yep, there aren't many more introverted activities than posting on internet message boards.

 

[Hooper31]

My anecdotal experience tells me that high school students don't have the ability to self analyze well enough to consider the information horribly accurate, but I use it as best as I can. Way too often immature students end up as ENFPs because they answer the way they want to appear, not the way they really are.

Just did this and came out ENFP. I was truly trying to be honest.

In no way did I mean that as in insult. I hope I didn't offend. I find that when the teenage mind "tries" to mark answer that they think other people would want them to answer they choose ENFP type answers. Its not a bad thing. No personality is better or worse than others. People that are truly ENFP have some special qualities that lots of others wish they had IMO.

 

[TheIronSheik]

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Again seems like we are pretty heavily represented here on the FFA.

Forums in general tend to attract I's, which is why I'm not surprised to see INTP's heavily rep'd around these halls.

Yep, there aren't many more introverted activities than posting on internet message boards.

I'm so introverted, I had to take a break from this place because I was getting to know too many people.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Again seems like we are pretty heavily represented here on the FFA.

Forums in general tend to attract I's, which is why I'm not surprised to see INTP's heavily rep'd around these halls.

Yep, there aren't many more introverted activities than posting on internet message boards.

I'm so introverted, I had to take a break from this place because I was getting to know to many people.

I said "hello" the mailman yesterday and it took me hours to re-energize.

 

[Jayrod]

Going through the famous people by personality type, you see some trends:

ISFP's make great musicians:

Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Trent Reznor, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Enya & David Gilmore (Pink Floyd).

ISTP's are driven idealists:

Steve Jobs, Ron Paul, Putin, Stanley Kubrik, Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale, Eminem, Phil Ivey, David Blaine, Bruce Lee, Simon Cowell & Jenna Jameson.

ISFJ's work hard and make good military generals:

Robert E Lee, Petraeus, Custer, Heinrick Himmler, Francisco Franco, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Kanye West & Tiger Woods.

ISTJ's make great leaders:

George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth, Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon, Pope Ratzinger, Angela Merkel (German PM) & Stonewall Jackson

INFJ's are revolutionaries:

Plato, Carl Jung, Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Noam Chomsky, Dostoevsky, Hitler, Bin-Laden, Trotsky, Marilyn Manson, Daniel Day-Lewis & Mystery, the Pick up Artist guy

INFP's are writers, artists & poets:

Kierkegaard, George Orwell, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Virginia Woolf, JK Rowling, Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Anderson, Homer, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Bjork, Thom Yorke, Andy Warhol, Louis CK & George RR Martin.

INTJ's are perfectionists and deep thinkers:

Newton, Marx, Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, Tesla, Bobby Fischer, Mark Zuckerberg, Stephen Hawking, John Keynes, Paul Krugman, Isaac Asimov, Martin Luther, Lenin, the Unabomber, James Cameron & Jodie Foster.

INTP's are great achievers:

Lincoln, Einstein, Darwin, Marie Curie, Richard Dawkins, James Madison, Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, founders of Wikipedia, Microsoft & Google, Jane Austen, Alan Greenspan, Tina Fey & Ben Stein.

ESFP's are inspirational leaders/performers:

Clinton, JFK, Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Mussolini, Quentin Tarantino, Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Dana White, Katy Perry, DiCaprio & Bieber.

ESTP's are great leaders:

Alexander the Great, Churchill, Teddy Roosevelt, General Patton, Andrew Jackson, FDR, Douglas MacArthur, Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, Dale Carnegie, L Ron Hubbard, GW Bush, LBJ, Malcolm X, Glenn Beck , Al Capone & Sasha Grey

ESFJ's make good talk show hosts:

Andy Rooney, Larry King, Regis Philbin, Barbara Walters & Chris Wallace. Also a lot of female celebrities of all kinds.

ESTJ's are trailblazers:

Henry Ford, Hillary Clinton, Condi Rice, Dr. Phil, Martha Stewart, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Apostle Paul/Saul, Muhammad, Billy Graham, Saddam Hussein, Roger Ebert, Judge Judy & Nancy Grace

ENFJ's are political activists:

MLK Jr, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul, Pericles, Cicero, Gorbachev, Joe Biden, Tony Blair, Michael Moore, Yasser Arafat, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, Bono, Zack de la Rocha & James Lipton.

ENFP's are quirky comedians, authors and dictators:

Mark Twain, Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Walt Disney, Kurt Vonnegut, Che, Castro, Gaddafi, Hugo Chavez, Robin Williams, Ellen Degeneres, Jack White, Gwen Stefani, Orson Welles, Salvador Dali, Oscar Wilde, Olivar Stone & Anne Frank

ENTJ's are powerful leaders and control freaks:

Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Margaret Thatcher, Aristotle, Bill Gates, Carl Sagan, Karl Rove, **** Cheney, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Stalin, Rush Limbaugh, David Letterman & Adele.

ENTP's are philosophers and inventors:

Socrates, da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, Machiavelli, David Hume, Steve Wozniak, Heisenberg, Karl Popper, Kissinger, Mao, Jon Stewart, Colbert, Bill Maher, Sacha Baron Cohen & Neil Patrick Harris.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Going through the famous people by personality type, you see some trends:

ISFP's make great musicians:

Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Trent Reznor, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Enya & David Gilmore (Pink Floyd).

ISTP's are driven idealists:

Steve Jobs, Ron Paul, Putin, Stanley Kubrik, Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale, Eminem, Phil Ivey, David Blaine, Bruce Lee, Simon Cowell & Jenna Jameson.

ISFJ's work hard and make good military generals:

Robert E Lee, Petraeus, Custer, Heinrick Himmler, Francisco Franco, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Kanye West & Tiger Woods.

ISTJ's make great leaders:

George Washington, Dwight Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth, Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon, Pope Ratzinger, Angela Merkel (German PM) & Stonewall Jackson

INFJ's are revolutionaries:

Plato, Carl Jung, Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Noam Chomsky, Dostoevsky, Hitler, Bin-Laden, Trotsky, Marilyn Manson, Daniel Day-Lewis & Mystery, the Pick up Artist guy

INFP's are writers, artists & poets:

Kierkegaard, George Orwell, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Virginia Woolf, JK Rowling, Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Anderson, Homer, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Bjork, Thom Yorke, Andy Warhol, Louis CK & George RR Martin.

INTJ's are perfectionists and deep thinkers:

Newton, Marx, Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, Tesla, Bobby Fischer, Mark Zuckerberg, Stephen Hawking, John Keynes, Paul Krugman, Isaac Asimov, Martin Luther, Lenin, the Unabomber, James Cameron & Jodie Foster.

INTP's are great achievers:

Lincoln, Einstein, Darwin, Marie Curie, Richard Dawkins, James Madison, Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, founders of Wikipedia, Microsoft & Google, Jane Austen, Alan Greenspan, Tina Fey & Ben Stein.

ESFP's are inspirational leaders/performers:

Clinton, JFK, Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Mussolini, Quentin Tarantino, Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Dana White, Katy Perry, DiCaprio & Bieber.

ESTP's are great leaders:

Alexander the Great, Churchill, Teddy Roosevelt, General Patton, Andrew Jackson, FDR, Douglas MacArthur, Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, Dale Carnegie, L Ron Hubbard, GW Bush, LBJ, Malcolm X, Glenn Beck , Al Capone & Sasha Grey

ESFJ's make good talk show hosts:

Andy Rooney, Larry King, Regis Philbin, Barbara Walters & Chris Wallace. Also a lot of female celebrities of all kinds.

ESTJ's are trailblazers:

Henry Ford, Hillary Clinton, Condi Rice, Dr. Phil, Martha Stewart, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Apostle Paul/Saul, Muhammad, Billy Graham, Saddam Hussein, Roger Ebert, Judge Judy & Nancy Grace

ENFJ's are political activists:

MLK Jr, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul, Pericles, Cicero, Gorbachev, Joe Biden, Tony Blair, Michael Moore, Yasser Arafat, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, Bono, Zack de la Rocha & James Lipton.

ENFP's are quirky comedians, authors and dictators:

Mark Twain, Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Walt Disney, Kurt Vonnegut, Che, Castro, Gaddafi, Hugo Chavez, Robin Williams, Ellen Degeneres, Jack White, Gwen Stefani, Orson Welles, Salvador Dali, Oscar Wilde, Olivar Stone & Anne Frank

ENTJ's are powerful leaders and control freaks:

Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Margaret Thatcher, Aristotle, Bill Gates, Carl Sagan, Karl Rove, **** Cheney, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Stalin, Rush Limbaugh, David Letterman & Adele.

ENTP's are philosophers and inventors:

Socrates, da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, Machiavelli, David Hume, Steve Wozniak, Heisenberg, Karl Popper, Kissinger, Mao, Jon Stewart, Colbert, Bill Maher, Sacha Baron Cohen & Neil Patrick Harris.

Good to see a FBGer get a shout out here.

 

[Jayrod]

Going through the famous people by personality type, you see some trends:

ESTJ's are trailblazers:

Henry Ford, Hillary Clinton, Condi Rice, Dr. Phil, Martha Stewart, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Apostle Paul/Saul, Muhammad, Billy Graham, Saddam Hussein, Roger Ebert, Judge Judy & Nancy Grace

Good to see a FBGer get a shout out here.

Well....he is a trailblazer and all.

 

[njherdfan]

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Again seems like we are pretty heavily represented here on the FFA.

Forums in general tend to attract I's, which is why I'm not surprised to see INTP's heavily rep'd around these halls.

Yep, there aren't many more introverted activities than posting on internet message boards.

I'm so introverted, I had to take a break from this place because I was getting to know to many people.

I said "hello" the mailman yesterday and it took me hours to re-energize.

Wow, that does sound draining. Although in all seriousness, of the four traits, I find the "E" the easiest to fake. I can act social when I need to, but I have a really hard time acting like I'm not impatient when people won't just get to their point instead of laying out a ton of unnecessary informationl

 

[chauncey]

My anecdotal experience tells me that high school students don't have the ability to self analyze well enough to consider the information horribly accurate, but I use it as best as I can. Way too often immature students end up as ENFPs because they answer the way they want to appear, not the way they really are.

Just did this and came out ENFP. I was truly trying to be honest.

In no way did I mean that as in insult. I hope I didn't offend. I find that when the teenage mind "tries" to mark answer that they think other people would want them to answer they choose ENFP type answers. Its not a bad thing. No personality is better or worse than others. People that are truly ENFP have some special qualities that lots of others wish they had IMO.

Great post. I've taken the test a dozen times over the past 15 years and always get ENFP. I've never determined if I'm just immature, very intuitive, or a true champion. If someone else took it for me I might be an INFP. Even if my personality isn't an ENFP that is the type I strive to be. (This comment alone tells me I probably am an ENFP)

 

[Drifter]

As always, INTP but borderline INTJ

 

[cstu]

INTP's are great achievers:

Lincoln, Einstein, Darwin, Marie Curie, Richard Dawkins, James Madison, Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, founders of Wikipedia, Microsoft & Google, Jane Austen, Alan Greenspan, Tina Fey & Ben Stein.

Not all of us:

INTPs are considered the laziest of the 16 personality types. 'Slacker' is even recommended as an INTP career path.

There are a couple of reasons that explain this perceived laziness.

Firstly, INTPs use the parts of the brain responsible for inward-facing, detached thinking. This makes them the worst at listening (unless interested in the discussion) and it means that external objects become essentially invisible if they remain motionless. This makes organizing the external world a massive chore for the INTP.

This is why many INTPs are accidental minimalists - they want as little of their time impinged upon by external reality.

This is how the INTP brain is naturally wired - therefore making their lack of organizational skills and work ethic something that should not be blindly ridiculed.

Furthermore, INTPs are masters of mental abstraction. The mental world is malleable, and the INTP is fine with complexity, because they can reduce it down to the bare essentials.

This is why INTPs are great at providing clear reasoning and easily finding fallacies and contradictions.

The physical world, however, is filled with details that this abstraction can't make disappear. To follow-through on external projects, there are numerous mundane details one must keep check of.

INTPs find this entire process extremely draining because it goes agains the way they operate. The details of external reality are like a stick jamming up the cogs in the INTP brain. This is not something they can help.

As a result, the INTP performs a sort of real-world abstraction. They ignore as much as possible and minimize unnecessary interactions. If you decide not to carry out an external project, you don't have to deal with the details. The abstraction is successful, but other people see you as simply lazy.

In actual fact, you have reduced the amount of time you have to worry about external reality so you can focus on what comes naturally - detached analysis and idea-generation - which, if left to do without pressure, can provide a great service, in the long run, to a society that wants results right now.

 

[njherdfan]

INTP's are great achievers:

Lincoln, Einstein, Darwin, Marie Curie, Richard Dawkins, James Madison, Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, founders of Wikipedia, Microsoft & Google, Jane Austen, Alan Greenspan, Tina Fey & Ben Stein.

Not all of us:

INTPs are considered the laziest of the 16 personality types. 'Slacker' is even recommended as an INTP career path.

There are a couple of reasons that explain this perceived laziness.

Firstly, INTPs use the parts of the brain responsible for inward-facing, detached thinking. This makes them the worst at listening (unless interested in the discussion) and it means that external objects become essentially invisible if they remain motionless. This makes organizing the external world a massive chore for the INTP.

This is why many INTPs are accidental minimalists - they want as little of their time impinged upon by external reality.

This is how the INTP brain is naturally wired - therefore making their lack of organizational skills and work ethic something that should not be blindly ridiculed.

Furthermore, INTPs are masters of mental abstraction. The mental world is malleable, and the INTP is fine with complexity, because they can reduce it down to the bare essentials.

This is why INTPs are great at providing clear reasoning and easily finding fallacies and contradictions.

The physical world, however, is filled with details that this abstraction can't make disappear. To follow-through on external projects, there are numerous mundane details one must keep check of.

INTPs find this entire process extremely draining because it goes agains the way they operate. The details of external reality are like a stick jamming up the cogs in the INTP brain. This is not something they can help.

As a result, the INTP performs a sort of real-world abstraction. They ignore as much as possible and minimize unnecessary interactions. If you decide not to carry out an external project, you don't have to deal with the details. The abstraction is successful, but other people see you as simply lazy.

In actual fact, you have reduced the amount of time you have to worry about external reality so you can focus on what comes naturally - detached analysis and idea-generation - which, if left to do without pressure, can provide a great service, in the long run, to a society that wants results right now.

This is definitely true, to an extent. Obviously I (and presumably all INTPs) have had to make concessions to the world that we live in, but it's definitely true that I'll avoid the mundane details of boring tasks until it's almost too late. I'll go months without depositing a check. Near the end of a semester when I need to mail back the textbooks I rented, I'll feel like I've accomplished more by walking the half mile to a Fed-Ex and shipping the books than if I read an entire novel on the same day.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I was ENFP when I took this like 2 years ago.

Took it again. ENTP.

Extravert 89%

Intuitive 62%

Thinking 1%

Perceiving 44%

Interesting that the only one to change was thinking, and it's now a 1% advantage over Feeling. Surely that could go either way on a daily basis.

 

[The Duff Man]

ENTP but only 1% E. Was previously an INTP.

 

[vnel8tn]

Survey says:

ESFP

Now I will compare that to the one I took last week on Facebook, as those are the two closest in time evaluations of this....

ESFP

You are outgoing, friendly, and accepting. You are an exuberant lover of life, people, and material comfor...ts. You enjoy working with others to make things happen. You bring common sense and a realistic approach to your work, and make work fun. You are flexible and spontaneous, and adapt readily to new people and environments. You learn best by trying a new skill with other people. Famous people with your same ESFP personality include: Saint Mark the Apostle, Dale Evans, Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn, Arsenio Hall, Mary Lou Retton and Kathy Lee Gifford

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Forgotten I had seen this one before, but I did it again earlier tonight and got the same thing. Curious, six years later, the fact that this result has been repeatedly consistent has me feeling more respectful of the results. It seemed like I was frequently torn between yes/no on multiple questions as I hurriedly raced through the test, but nevertheless wound up at the same place.

 

[Drifter]

Survey says:

ESFP

Now I will compare that to the one I took last week on Facebook, as those are the two closest in time evaluations of this....

ESFP

You are outgoing, friendly, and accepting. You are an exuberant lover of life, people, and material comfor...ts. You enjoy working with others to make things happen. You bring common sense and a realistic approach to your work, and make work fun. You are flexible and spontaneous, and adapt readily to new people and environments. You learn best by trying a new skill with other people. Famous people with your same ESFP personality include: Saint Mark the Apostle, Dale Evans, Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn, Arsenio Hall, Mary Lou Retton and Kathy Lee Gifford

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Forgotten I had seen this one before, but I did it again earlier tonight and got the same thing. Curious, six years later, the fact that this result has been repeatedly consistent has me feeling more respectful of the results. It seemed like I was frequently torn between yes/no on multiple questions as I hurriedly raced through the test, but nevertheless wound up at the same place.

"Hurried" is the only way to take these tests honestly. That's why they tell you to take the first answer that occurs to you. That first instinct is much more likely to be accurate than after your consciousness and thus ego have a chance to influence your answer or your perception of what the answer should be

 

[PIK95]

INTJ-11-12-12-1%. Whatever all that means. The description was pretty right on. The jobs part for tests always mention law for me. I got the same results when I went through a bunch of manual testing in College in the mid 90's.

 

[T Bell]

INTP's are great achievers:

Lincoln, Einstein, Darwin, Marie Curie, Richard Dawkins, James Madison, Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, founders of Wikipedia, Microsoft & Google, Jane Austen, Alan Greenspan, Tina Fey & Ben Stein.

Not all of us:

INTPs are considered the laziest of the 16 personality types. 'Slacker' is even recommended as an INTP career path.

There are a couple of reasons that explain this perceived laziness.

Firstly, INTPs use the parts of the brain responsible for inward-facing, detached thinking. This makes them the worst at listening (unless interested in the discussion) and it means that external objects become essentially invisible if they remain motionless. This makes organizing the external world a massive chore for the INTP.

This is why many INTPs are accidental minimalists - they want as little of their time impinged upon by external reality.

This is how the INTP brain is naturally wired - therefore making their lack of organizational skills and work ethic something that should not be blindly ridiculed.

Furthermore, INTPs are masters of mental abstraction. The mental world is malleable, and the INTP is fine with complexity, because they can reduce it down to the bare essentials.

This is why INTPs are great at providing clear reasoning and easily finding fallacies and contradictions.

The physical world, however, is filled with details that this abstraction can't make disappear. To follow-through on external projects, there are numerous mundane details one must keep check of.

INTPs find this entire process extremely draining because it goes agains the way they operate. The details of external reality are like a stick jamming up the cogs in the INTP brain. This is not something they can help.

As a result, the INTP performs a sort of real-world abstraction. They ignore as much as possible and minimize unnecessary interactions. If you decide not to carry out an external project, you don't have to deal with the details. The abstraction is successful, but other people see you as simply lazy.

In actual fact, you have reduced the amount of time you have to worry about external reality so you can focus on what comes naturally - detached analysis and idea-generation - which, if left to do without pressure, can provide a great service, in the long run, to a society that wants results right now.

This is definitely true, to an extent. Obviously I (and presumably all INTPs) have had to make concessions to the world that we live in, but it's definitely true that I'll avoid the mundane details of boring tasks until it's almost too late. I'll go months without depositing a check. Near the end of a semester when I need to mail back the textbooks I rented, I'll feel like I've accomplished more by walking the half mile to a Fed-Ex and shipping the books than if I read an entire novel on the same day.

*slowly raises hand*

 

[chauncey]

Survey says:

ESFP

Now I will compare that to the one I took last week on Facebook, as those are the two closest in time evaluations of this....

ESFP

You are outgoing, friendly, and accepting. You are an exuberant lover of life, people, and material comfor...ts. You enjoy working with others to make things happen. You bring common sense and a realistic approach to your work, and make work fun. You are flexible and spontaneous, and adapt readily to new people and environments. You learn best by trying a new skill with other people. Famous people with your same ESFP personality include: Saint Mark the Apostle, Dale Evans, Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn, Arsenio Hall, Mary Lou Retton and Kathy Lee Gifford

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Forgotten I had seen this one before, but I did it again earlier tonight and got the same thing. Curious, six years later, the fact that this result has been repeatedly consistent has me feeling more respectful of the results. It seemed like I was frequently torn between yes/no on multiple questions as I hurriedly raced through the test, but nevertheless wound up at the same place.

You guys are fun to be around. Life of the party. A little ADD.

 

[Fly]

Fellow INTJ checking in (but I'll be in the corner):

Introvert(89%) iNtuitive(88%) Thinking(75%) Judging(22%)

You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (89%)

You have strong preference of Intuition over Sensing (88%)

You have distinct preference of Thinking over Feeling (75%)

You have slight preference of Judging over Perceiving (22%)

 

[Psychopav]

I'm an INFP but generally mostly middle of the road I guess:

INFP
Introvert(11%) iNtuitive(50%) Feeling(12%) Perceiving(22%)

• You have slight preference of Introversion over Extraversion (11%)
• You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (50%)
• You have slight preference of Feeling over Thinking (12%)
• You have slight preference of Perceiving over Judging (22%)

 

[T Bell]

Survey says:

ESFP

Now I will compare that to the one I took last week on Facebook, as those are the two closest in time evaluations of this....

ESFP

You are outgoing, friendly, and accepting. You are an exuberant lover of life, people, and material comfor...ts. You enjoy working with others to make things happen. You bring common sense and a realistic approach to your work, and make work fun. You are flexible and spontaneous, and adapt readily to new people and environments. You learn best by trying a new skill with other people. Famous people with your same ESFP personality include: Saint Mark the Apostle, Dale Evans, Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn, Arsenio Hall, Mary Lou Retton and Kathy Lee Gifford

Read More

Forgotten I had seen this one before, but I did it again earlier tonight and got the same thing. Curious, six years later, the fact that this result has been repeatedly consistent has me feeling more respectful of the results. It seemed like I was frequently torn between yes/no on multiple questions as I hurriedly raced through the test, but nevertheless wound up at the same place.

You guys are fun to be around. Life of the party. A little ADD.

In my experience, NFP's are great in bed.

 

[Sinn Fein]

INTP

 

[Slapdash]

Usually INTJ with the I being the only part anywhere close to flipping (used to get ENTJ in high school)

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Capricorn

 

[Osaurus]

Task/Task

 

[gianmarco]

INTP

Yep, just like me: ESFJ  , although I read ISFJ and that probably describes me better.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Took it again and now have a baseline - taken it 6 different times and ENFJ has been described 5 of the 6.  The only other result was 4 years ago when I was ESFJ.  Not gaming the system and answering what I think I should answer to get a certain result and the result comes out remarkably similar...so I must be an ENFJ.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I have always tested as an INTJ, but over the past few months, I think I have realized that I am actually an INTP.

 

[Sinn Fein]

I have always tested as an INTJ, but over the past few months, I think I have realized that I am actually an INTP.

That is very perceptive of you.

 

[FatMax]

ISTP, again.

Apparently I share personality types with Sandor Clegane, Syrio Forrel, and Arya Stark.  Not sure what that says about me, other than I could probably kill everyone in this thread.

 

[popeye]

ISTP, again.

Apparently I share personality types with Sandor Clegane, Syrio Forrel, and Arya Stark.  Not sure what that says about me, other than I could probably kill everyone in this thread.

As an INTJ, I would be willing to assist in building the proper systems to carry out your carnage.   Of course, if you didn't carry out the carnage I would be disappointed yet likely not vocalize this.

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

INTP, I think in college psych (20 years ago) I think I tested INTJ, but that probably had to do with my working on an accounting degree.

@hagmania posted that he likes to observe introverts and finds it fascinating.  The fascinating thing about that is that as an INTP, that is the one reason I actually do like social situations; it allows me to watch people interact.

Also - I don't remember my %ages, but I do remember that I wasn't borderline anything on the test I took.  I hate large groups of people.  But I will talk for 3 hours with people I know that I have some respect for. I'm pretty great in small groups like 2-15 people.  People seem to like me.  The larger the group, the harder it is for me to follow everything because I am constantly analyzing everything.

 

[jamny]

INTJ

 

[rascal]

E S/N T J (S/N differed by 1%).

 

[mr roboto]

ENTP