# Keirsey Temperment Sorter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646 "2000-09-18T20:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/41 "2000-09-19T13:18:10Z")
The very first time I took the test, I came up INTP. The I, N and P aspects were strongly pronounced, but the T was sort of near the middle. Since then, I have mutated into an INFP. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/42 "2000-09-19T13:34:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spider Woman \* > \*\*Although I had previously understood INFPs to be a rare type, there are **lots** of us here at this thread (all three of my daughters are INFP also). I wonder if this is coincidence, or something about this message board is attractive to us, or some other interesting thing links us. \*\* I noticed this, too. I lurked here for a while before I started posting. I joined because I felt “at home” with the group of people on SDMB. This is the only message board I really like out on the web. I KNOW it is something to do with the board, but I can’t put a finger on it. Maybe it’s just the simple pleasure of meeting other folks who are like-minded? This is intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/43 "2000-09-19T13:42:29Z")
eStJ - Guardian Supervisor here. Let’s get this thread in order! Stick to the point, people, and stop with the detours already. We have a job to do here, and I’m gonna see that we do it right! Yep, I can see that. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/44 "2000-09-19T13:53:08Z")
I’m an INFP…everytime I take the test, it comes out the same way, including the time I was professionally tested. **Angie** , we were playing around with the Spark’s test this weekend. I found out I’m way more compatable with **Globe-trotter** than my husband. And since we know that the Spark’s tests are always 100% accurate…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/45 "2000-09-19T13:54:13Z")
Me again. My husband of fifteen years is a Fieldmarshal! What an interesting pair we make.😃 ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/46 "2000-09-19T13:58:35Z")
Another INFP here. I’ve taken this test about 10 times and always come up the same, but my “NFP” is toward the middle of the scale. I couldn’t be more “I” though. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/47 "2000-09-19T14:05:19Z")
eNFj - Idealist/Teacher Anyone want coffee? Tea? Snacky-cakes? Y’all having a good time? Just checking. Charades, anyone? Hey, let’s put on a show! My uncle has an abandoned barn we can use! [That just doesn’t seem like me. I’m taking that again.] ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/48 "2000-09-19T14:15:39Z")
Every time I have taken this test, I always come up with iNTj. After reading the description found here: [http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html](http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html) I realize that it really doesn’t sound like me at all. Yet I always get this particular result. Maybe I’m a born leader and have just never realized it. The examples of people who were apparently the same types of personality are Sir Isaac Newton, Peter I of Russia, Fredrich Nietzsche, and Niels Bohr. Shadowfox ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/49 "2000-09-19T15:06:54Z")
I tried both the Temperament Sorter and the Character Sorter. Character Sorter: eStP - Artisan Temperament Sorter: eNFj - Idealist/Teacher Not sure I agree with those descriptions. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/50 "2000-09-19T15:58:14Z")
INFP here. Been that way since I first took the Myers-Briggs in college, more than 12 years ago. Pardon me while I retreat back into my shell. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/51 "2000-09-19T18:08:59Z")
What a coincidence, I just took this test (again) last week. (It had been a few years.) This time I came up as iNFj – Idealist Counselor. ---
**Author:** ![Pembridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Pembridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pembridge)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646/52 "2000-09-19T18:15:51Z")
Hi Nimue…I think I know you from somewhere else 🙂 I’m INFP…which is perfect, as the most common type where I work is ESTJ…the exact opposite…figures… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperment-sorter/33646.md?page=2)