# What is your MBTI Personality Type? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387 "2007-03-10T16:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/61 "2007-03-11T17:34:09Z")
Watchdogs bark when they smell something odd - someone is being dishonest It is not hard to guess, what lures them, lures us, but the fly is just a standard test. Walk away, otherwise you’ll either know and screw the experiment, or be just dim. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/62 "2007-03-11T19:43:10Z")
IxxP When I’ve tried to take it seriously, I ended up borderline in the center two dimensions. Partially because the questions that determine N/S and T/F don’t make sense to me. To me, they don’t compare opposites or even comparable categories or ideas. To me it’s “Which do you prefer blue or an airplane?” So now, I tend to ignore those questions before they annoy me. When I read all of the IxxP types, none of them seems to particularly apply to me more than the others. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/63 "2007-03-11T22:48:25Z")
Infp, Fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/64 "2007-03-12T02:31:48Z")
[QUOTE=XJETGIRLX] Yes. I am saying I am NOT skeptical, unlike some here, because I do get the same results over and over again, hence I tend to feel the results are fairly accurate. [/QUOTE] Well there’s Reliabillity (above), but also Validity (how close does the test measure what it purports to measure). Two different things. While I think such personality systems have their merits, I think the aphorism The Map Is Not The Territory applies here most definitely. Are there 16 basic types (MMTI), or are there 9 (Enneagram), or whatever? Is it truly possible to boil the human condition down to N categories? As I said in my earlier post I now doubt that it is so, but the typologies can help you see certain aspects about yourself. It’s just that they cannot see ALL aspects. ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/65 "2007-03-12T04:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] Math is really an INTP specialty. **drachillix**? **lokij**? 😉 [/QUOTE] Sixty Million. You just drop two zeros dude. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/66 "2007-03-12T05:33:54Z")
INTP though you’d never guess it. I’m pretty bubbly on the outside. I just hate everyone on the inside. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/67 "2007-03-12T11:49:16Z")
INTJ. Very strong I, very strong N, weaker J, the T is almost an F. I think of INFJ as “me on a bad day”. Mom is ESFJ (very J… she isn’t more J because there isn’t a higher number). While “all it does is take the information you’ve given to them and regurgitate it”… it does so in a fashion that works. It gave me some ways to explain myself that I didn’t previously have but which I’ve found useful. And there’s some things that surprised me a lot but which on reflection are actually true (something like “prefers to work on his own even though he works well in teams, does not have a need to be alpha dog but will lead and lead well if he has to”). A lot of psychological tests insist in seeing “leadership” in terms of “leader vs follower”; this one actually considers the possibility of “independent”! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/68 "2007-03-12T16:41:41Z")
**ENTP** So I’m either a Sid Ceaser or a Hitler, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/69 "2007-03-12T17:27:01Z")
INTJ here too, although most people think of me as extraverted. I can understand the whole concept of being pegged as introverted – seems that is probably based on the “no” answers to all the “I like to discuss my feelings” questions. Does anyone else find it interesting that the descriptions invariably paint the INTJ as the most rare of all and yet there is such an abundance of them on the SDMB? I have taken this test several times over the years and always end up as INTJ, although the percentages change from one test to the next. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/70 "2007-03-12T18:56:50Z")
Yet another INTJ, last time I looked. Speaking of “team building exercises” anyone here know about Personalysis? The whole lot of us were run through that a while ago, and we all get these multi-colored charts that look like kites. I wish I ould have skipped the thing and just flown a kite that day. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/71 "2007-03-12T19:46:40Z")
ISTP - absent-minded professor type. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/72 "2007-03-12T19:50:47Z")
I’m an INTJ, with moderate measures on the NTJ, but a weak measure on the I. I’d say the “highly analytical” part is definitely true for me, as I tend to overthink almost everything that I encounter. I’d also say that the idea of “INTJs spend a lot of time inside their own minds, and may have little interest in the other people’s thoughts or feelings” bit is pretty true for me, as, well, I’m not very sympathetic and glurge drives me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/73 "2007-03-12T21:20:31Z")
Another INTJ checking in, I’ve taken various tests over several years and have always gotten the same result. The description of the type fits better than the other “nearby” ones, so I think it’s pretty much pegged me correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/74 "2007-03-12T21:38:19Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Does anyone else find it interesting that the descriptions invariably paint the INTJ as the most rare of all and yet there is such an abundance of them on the SDMB? I have taken this test several times over the years and always end up as INTJ, although the percentages change from one test to the next. [/QUOTE] I find it interesting. When describing INTJs, one page says the following: > [@](#): > > They value intelligence, knowledge, and competence, and typically have high standards in these regards, which they continuously strive to fulfill. To a somewhat lesser extent, they have similar expectations of others. Another page says this: > [@](#): > > In the broadest terms, what INTJs “do” tends to be what they “know”. Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia). Assuming all this to be true, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the SDMB had an unusually high number of persons fitting this type. This board, I would think, would certainly attract the type of individual that places great importance on the aforementioned qualities. Like I said earlier, this place is a T/J’s paradise. Cue Coolio: _“keep spending most our lives, living in the T/J’s paradise…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/75 "2007-03-13T00:31:12Z")
Over the course of my career I’ve done the MB evaluation several times and I come up different each time. Yeah, I’m moody. The only consistency is I’m an I, not an E. So I just call myself an IHOP and smile nicely during the seances (thank you, **don’t ask** ). ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/76 "2007-03-13T00:47:59Z")
I have a rather big problem with this test being used for something like career selection as I consistently identify with many of the [strike]friendless loser geek[/strike] answers on social interaction so I always end up INTP, but there is no way in hell anyone could guess that from the way I present myself. I don’t LIKE most people or hanging out with them, but I love money and making it, so I’ll do what’s necessary, including smiling, brushing my hair nicely and making [strike]inane chatter[/strike] small talk. Part of my job is being gregarious and interacting with parties who are far more used to the private sector attorney personality, and I’m already well-known in my office for being “requested” for transactions in the office by outside law firms as I do not fit the industry-reject federal profile. I find the test rather idiotic as it is not determinative of how I would behave in any given situation. I have personal preferences regarding social interaction but they have never determined how I actually manage my social and professional life. ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/77 "2007-03-13T01:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bobtheoptimist] You should see one of those people doing the class when confronted with a room full of programmers, software and hardware test engineers, and EE’s. 30 IxTJs staring at the lone ENFP who was bouncing around emoting like mad and telling us all how we can get along with all the different personality types. The eyerolling was audible. [/quote] I suspect this was why, when our university help desk and computer lab supervisors recently did training, the focus was more “please tell us if the computers are crashing” and “please don’t drop kick the patrons, no matter how much they deserve it” than “let’s all get along!” I worked for our Residence Life department once. ONCE. I agree with the idea that the m-b test is basically just answering you with a digest version of whatever you put on the questions, but in that specialized task it seems to be quite accurate. When one Ixxx is in a room with any number of Exxx people, it is a recipe for migraine. [QUOTE=amarinth] When I’ve tried to take it seriously, I ended up borderline in the center two dimensions. Partially because the questions that determine N/S and T/F don’t make sense to me. To me, they don’t compare opposites or even comparable categories or ideas. To me it’s “Which do you prefer blue or an airplane?” [/quote] I do that a lot too. On tests where I can’t straddle the fence, I am an INTJ. This archetype is usually subtitled: “The Mastermind”. I like to think I live up to that. My mother once told me, as a teenager, that if the cops ever brought me home she would know perfectly well that whatever I’d been doing, it was entirely my idea. On tests that allow you to score equally on both sides, I end up an IxTJ, an INxJ, or even an IxxJ. The main idea here, I think, is that I can stand to be around other people best when I am telling them what to do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/78 "2007-03-13T02:30:37Z")
**INFP** , consistently… I always read that INFP is either 1% of the population or 3.5% or something rare like that. It’s astonishing to see how many of us weirdies are coming out here. I keep finding more of us every time I turn around. The woman who’s my best girlfriend at work just told me she’s INFP. The Unitarian woman in my interfaith group who intuitively gets along best with me just mentioned last night she’s INFP. So we seem to have a gift for finding one another. Either that or we’re not as rare as the test analyses tell us. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/79 "2007-03-13T02:39:06Z")
The bit I really loved was the bit that said that NT women have very difficult lives. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387/80 "2007-03-13T02:50:00Z")
[QUOTE=FRDE] INTJ - I had to think about roughly three of the questions @PastAllReason - was that just a sneaky way of sampling ? - while I confess that until about 6 years ago I read Harry Potter books if placed in front of me, I don’t exactly see how that site is related to Quidditch or Owls Quite a neat idea, as most SDers will have read one Harry Potter simply to find out what the bucks/publicity are/is about, the phrase ‘funnel spider trap’ comes to mind. A neat trick for a thesis - but a bit derivative. I wish you well in your future career. And it also looks as if you could get some really interesting results if you colluded with the hamster. Sorry to p/ss on your parade - but my personality type points out the obvious - even if other people don’t (or won’t) see it. [/QUOTE] Just to be clear, that wasn’t \*\*my \*\* website, but one that I found amusing. I do actually already have a career, thanks anyway, one that has nothing to do with psychology, and everything to do with being a lawyer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mbti-personality-type/395387.md?page=5)