What is your Myers-Briggs type?

[Tobin S.]

I took the online assessment for some counseling I'm doing. You can do that for $50. The assessment and the explanation take less than an hour. I came came back INFP- Introvert, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceptive. I've always known I was an introvert, but I used to be much more of a thinker than the assessment now indicates. Not that I'm less intelligent now- being more absorbed with linear thought doesn't necessarily make one more intelligent. I had one of those really big and serious life changing events happen to me about a year ago and it has caused me to develop an area a Jungian analyst might call an inferior function. I'm much more in tune with my intuition and feeling now. I can still think logically, even philosophically, but it's just not my natural mode being anymore.

[vlyons]

1. There are other systems of personality types

The 9 Personality types proposed by Gurdjieff and adopted by Arica Institute and the Eneagram folks is what I started learning first. Parts of it map with Myers-Briggs.

Tibetan Buddhism has 5 personality types. Its the system that I work with now.

[Tobin S.]

7. I've heard of those, and I plan on checking them out.

I just haven't yet. This kind of thing is pretty new to me.

[vlyons]

10. From the Buddhist perspective

The whole point of any personalty system is to recognize our unconscious habitual thoughts and behaviors. By bringing mindfulness and discriminating awareness to our way of being, we can work with the energy that resonates with a personality type and transform it from a harmful negative emotion to an energy that is beneficial.

[Achilleaze]

2. I rank as a non-republican

which means I am honest, intelligent, high-minded, and possessed of honor and integrity.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Taken it several times over the years and generally come up INTJ.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. INTJ the last two times I have taken it.

It was required for one job I had believe it or not.

[Tobin S.]

9. I have heard of employers doing that before.

I could see how maybe some types of employers might be interested in this kind of thing where people have to work together closely. For what I do you just have to be physically healthy and drug-free.

[JenniferJuniper]

5. INTP

A rare female INTP.

[violetpastille]

6. INTJ

The criminal mastermind. Somewhat lacking in soft skills. Reputedly .08% of the female population.

[AJT]

8. INFJ

I took this at work. I was a computer systems programmer. Other than the I(introvert) I was the opposite of all 11 other systems programmers.

[smirkymonkey]

11. We did this at work - It's called "Type Coach" but based on Myers-Briggs.

I am also an INFP. I have done it a number of times and always come up as an INFP.

[FSogol]

12. Is "totally cool" one on the types?

[catbyte]

13. INTP

[Starseer]

14. INFP

I tested as such in my youth, and it continues to be my predominant MBTI classification.

Though Nardi says it isn't possible, even his own test sometimes hasn't been able to figure me out. I've mostly been FiNe, but NiFe (INFJ) is the result on about a third of my administrations, and I've had the occasional NeFi (ENFP) as well.

It definitely makes matters interesting. FWIW, I'm an Enneagram 4 (balanced wings), 469 tritype. That could be a whole other thread, though; hopefully, I don't sidetrack this one!

-- Star

[MarvinGardens]

15. INTP

I took it twice when I was younger, a few years apart, and came up INTP both times. The last time was probably over 10 years ago, so I wonder if it would be the same now? I can see how it might change with life experience.

[Tikki]

16. The test I just took on-line said: ENFJ-A

Not sure what it means, but I was truthful.


Tikki

[Tobin S.]

19. Extravert, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging

[Tikki]

20. I grew up without a father so I can be judging when it comes to my idea of 'fathering'..

but I know it can be skewed by that very fact.
I judge fathers by my husband and my father-in-law..both pretty perfect that way.

Tikki

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. INFJ or INFP

It varies depending on the test. It's been 30 years since I took the full blown test, but the different online versions consistently come up with these 2 types. I originally trained as a science teacher and I remember when I took the test in grad school, in an educational psychology course, the instructor said NFs made great teachers because they care about their students, but they are also the most likely to get burned out for the same reason. Sure enough, I only lasted 9 years.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. INTP trending sometimes to ISTP.

Not sure what it really means but every time I take one of these tests it comes out that way.

[appalachiablue]

21. Myers-Briggs, 16 Types referred to by an abbreviation of 4 letters: ESTJ, INFP

The 16 types are typically referred to by an abbreviation of four letters—the initial letters of each of their four type preferences (*except in the case of intuition, which uses the abbreviation "N" to distinguish it from introversion).

For instance:

ESTJ: extraversion (E), sensing (S), thinking (T), judgment (J)

INFP: introversion (I), intuition (N), feeling (F), perception (P)

These abbreviations are applied to all 16 types.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. ENTJ

[hunter]

23. ISTP. A very dangerous fellow when I don't know what I'm doing.

Which is most of the time.

Too many of us end up as tools.

I like to think I've avoided that fate.

[Luciferous]

24. ISTJ

[SharonAnn]

25. ESTJ or ENTJ

It’s a weak S or N. About 50/50.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

26. You realize that the Myers Briggs has never been validated.

It's simply not reliable in any way. And yes, I know lots of people who absolutely swear by it, but personally, I'd rather a good astrological reading than this.

[dameatball]

27. I took the Myers-Briggs once (during interviewing) and it was by far the worst job I have ever had.

I did a good job, had plenty of experience and references, but left after six years. Company (multi-state) folded two years later. I have never worked with as many d**heads in my life. That ended mid - 80's.

[FormerOstrich]

28. ENTJ

I have taken it a couple of times.