# What is your Myers-Briggs type?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 27, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165 "2009-01-27T01:31:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/41 "2009-01-27T08:01:50Z")
> [@Sonnenstrahl](#):
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> INFP. I’m not artistic at all, though. Mainly I’m just inefficient and overly sensitive, hence the F and P.
Heh. Sounds like me too…INFP as well.
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### Author:  [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/42 "2009-01-27T08:45:10Z")
INFJ represent!
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/43 "2009-01-27T08:47:57Z")
ESFP
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### Author:  [@Azhure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azhure)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/44 "2009-01-27T08:55:20Z")
ISTJ here.
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### Author:  [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/45 "2009-01-27T09:20:55Z")
INFJ, 33/50/12/44
I’ve taken this test several times in various permutations and it’s always come out the same. The husband says it’s spot on, for whatever that’s worth.
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### Author:  [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/46 "2009-01-27T10:04:19Z")
INFP, mostly. Once in a great while I’ll make a quick sidestep into INFJ.
Both types are said to make up less than 1% of the population. First time I took the test in HS, mum told me this thinking it would be comforting to me, somehow. Mostly it just means that no one can relate to me. 😛
Based mostly on the [Keirsey sorter](http://keirsey.com/), which seems to have the same sorting system, but I don’t know how similar the tests are.
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### Author:  [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/47 "2009-01-27T10:23:38Z")
iNTj, although it’s been a few years since I was tested.
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### Author:  [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/48 "2009-01-27T10:47:41Z")
INTJ. Although I took this years ago and was sure I was something different then. INFP, I think.
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### Author:  [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/49 "2009-01-27T11:14:46Z")
> [@Ms\_Macphisto](#):
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> Heh. Sounds like me too…INFP as well.
Another INFP here… 56, 12, 12, 22.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/50 "2009-01-27T11:26:16Z")
ENTP
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### Author:  [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/51 "2009-01-27T11:27:21Z")
Woah. INTP.
Sure do have a lot of INTJs around here!
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### Author:  [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/52 "2009-01-27T12:59:19Z")
> [@Rysdad](#):
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> INTJ
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> To other INTJ’s…dontcha just hate it when someone says, “Because we’ve _always_ done it that way!”
Arrgh! Yes! This is why the part of my job I love the most is process reengineering. I get to walk around and ask people, “But WHY have you always done it that way? And why should you continue?”
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### Author:  [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/53 "2009-01-27T13:03:35Z")
ENTJ here, married to an INFP.
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### Author:  [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/54 "2009-01-27T13:28:32Z")
> [@robardin](#):
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> Why would I want to spend the time and money do this? What exactly is finding out my M-B type supposed to help me determine?
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> Or is it me this test is meant to enlighten at all? Is this some kind of evaluation that some schools, companies or agencies are requiring people to undergo as a prerequisite for employment or placement?
The Myers-Briggs test is basically an indicator of your natural personality preferences and tendencies and how you process information. So for example, an E would naturally tend to be more outgoing. It’s basically just a guide to help you understand how and why you percieve and react to your environment and how and why others may react differently.
For example, I am an **ENTJ**. According to the test, I am “frank, decisive, assume leadership readily. Quickly see illogical and inefficient procedures and policies, develop and implement comprehensive systems to solve organizational problems. Enjoy long-term planning and goal setting. Usually well informed, well read, enjoy expanding their knowledge and passing it on to others. Forceful in presenting their ideas.” This is fairly accurate. Someone who is a "T"hinking is logical while their opposite "F"eeling bases decisions on emotion. As a T, I might misinterpret this as “this guy is soft and doesn’t know what the hell he is doing”.
I’ve never seen any place make anyone take the test as a condition of employment and it isn’t really meant for that. I’ve taken the test several times, usually at work or school as part of some sort of management training class or something. Basically, the idea is to help understand how your people interpret the world differently and why it’s good to have a mixture of types on the team.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/55 "2009-01-27T13:36:17Z")
> [@msmith537](#):
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> The Myers-Briggs test is basically an indicator of your natural personality preferences and tendencies and how you process information. So for example, an E would naturally tend to be more outgoing. It’s basically just a guide to help you understand how and why you percieve and react to your environment and how and why others may react differently.
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> For example, I am an **ENTJ**. According to the test, I am “frank, decisive, assume leadership readily. Quickly see illogical and inefficient procedures and policies, develop and implement comprehensive systems to solve organizational problems. Enjoy long-term planning and goal setting. Usually well informed, well read, enjoy expanding their knowledge and passing it on to others. Forceful in presenting their ideas.” This is fairly accurate. Someone who is a "T"hinking is logical while their opposite "F"eeling bases decisions on emotion. As a T, I might misinterpret this as “this guy is soft and doesn’t know what the hell he is doing”.
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> I’ve never seen any place make anyone take the test as a condition of employment and it isn’t really meant for that. I’ve taken the test several times, usually at work or school as part of some sort of management training class or something. Basically, the idea is to help understand how your people interpret the world differently and why it’s good to have a mixture of types on the team.
Lordy, **msmith537** , whenever I see you post in business-related threads, it is clear we overlap in a few ways - now I see why. Fellow \*\*ENTJ \*\*here, with similar experiences and perspectives on M-B. I was first exposed to/took it in college and then repeatedly at HP (along with that MIR training - Driver, Analytical, Amiable, Expressive). MB and MIR can help sensitize you to your team and how all of you inter-relate.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/56 "2009-01-27T13:38:31Z")
Pisces.
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/57 "2009-01-27T13:56:38Z")
INTJ, like so many Dopers. Very strong I, very strong N, medium but consistant J. On a bad day I’m INFP (meaning I seem to get the “bad” parts of INFP, not the good ones).
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/58 "2009-01-27T14:01:07Z")
ISTJ.
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### Author:  [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/59 "2009-01-27T14:28:14Z")
INFJ here. 44/38/25/22. The strength of the J will vary occasionally, but usually stays in J rather than P territory.
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### Author:  [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/60 "2009-01-27T14:47:31Z")
ENTP
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