# 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:  [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/81 "2009-01-27T19:21:37Z")
I’ve always scored INTJ pretty consistently; just tried it again, got ISTJ (78/1/62/22). The lapse into S-dom seems related to a bout of depression I’m going through, as well as my profession (quality control), which seems to be eroding my N-ness. Sometimes my J gets P’d.
Introversion is NOT shyness. Introverts function just fine in society; it’s a matter of orientation. I’m HAPPY alone, mostly. Some extroverts get positively panicked at extended periods of isolation, just as some introverts get panicky in crowds, but both of these are abnormal.
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### Author:  [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/82 "2009-01-27T19:46:01Z")
Having taken various versions of the free test a few times over the years: Borderline I/e (borderline meaning sometimes one, sometimes the other, slightly more often I, and never more than about 10% either way), slight N, borderline F/t , and borderline J/p.
Which, if you like astrology, makes PERFECT SENSE because I am a Gemini and therefore naturally schizophrenic personality-wise. :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/83 "2009-01-27T21:35:10Z")
INTP female.
Supposedly the majority of INTPs are male. For whatever reason.
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### Author:  [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/84 "2009-01-27T22:04:56Z")
**INFJ** , with a higher F than N, fwiw, which reminds me that I should follow my heart and get out of the IT business, and start working with people instead; I want to work with young people, be there and make a difference for troubled kids… now that I’m heading 40 and everything…
(Hm, there’s not much money in that, is there?)
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### Author:  [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/85 "2009-01-27T22:10:01Z")
> [@Kyla](#):
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> I got INFJ. I wondered about this because I am not an introvert really. Well, I definitely have a complex inner life, but no one would ever describe me as “quiet”. But the descriptions of the ENFJ doesn’t sound like me at ALL.
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> So I don’t know. Other than the “introvert” bit, the INFJ is very close to my personality.
They don’t necessarily mean “introvert” as a person who hates social interaction. I think I score as an “I” because I like to work on projects alone and enjoy relaxing without other people around. I don’t enjoy going to large social gatherings where I don’t know anyone and my hobbies do not involve group activities, but I like going out with friends and I definitely like to talk. 🙂
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/86 "2009-01-27T22:44:38Z")
INTJ here
I’ve taken this a few times and have consistently scored about the same each time. I first got into this because I was a psychology major back in school and this type of thing has always fascinated me
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### Author:  [@twopiecesofeight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twopiecesofeight)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/87 "2009-01-28T00:20:31Z")
INFP, although I sometimes wander into INTP territory. INFP is not as rare as the types listed in Post #32, but it’s rare enough that I feel like the odd one out during group events. However, knowing this has made me more comfortable with being myself. I’ve met other INXX types, too, so I know that I’m not the only nonconformist out there 🙂
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/88 "2009-01-28T00:59:13Z")
Did you hear about the Myers-Briggs counselor who was thrown out of her own company presentation? She was giving a presentation at a small company and the owner of the company wasn’t convinced of the utility of the system. So she tried to show him how it might be useful.
She had given the little quickie test and had his scores. He had scored very high in Judgement. So she told him that he might have a tendency to make decisions before all of the information regarding a problem had been collected and analyzed. The presentation was over when she said: “You have too much J-ness and not enough P-ness.”
Apologies if I’ve told that one before. Mind like a steel sieve. (Is that an INTP trait?)
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### Author:  [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/89 "2009-01-28T01:17:17Z")
I was INFP in high school. I don’t think I’ve changed that much since then, but I haven’t taken a full test in a while.
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### Author:  [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/90 "2009-01-28T03:04:08Z")
Another INTJ here.
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/91 "2009-01-28T03:11:23Z")
> [@Theodore\_Striker](#):
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> INFP as well. just taken this morning as I realized that I do not like what I am doing for a living because I do not feel engaged at all.
I (INFP) absolutely have to feel like what I am doing is making a meaningful difference for somebody or some worthy cause, or I get very quickly bored and disconnected (in my current iteration I’m a tutor, and I love it). Mindless pointless busywork is anathema to me.
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### Author:  [@Galena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galena)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/92 "2009-01-28T03:44:35Z")
Yet another INTJ checking in. Used to be an INTP, but as I’ve gotten older (and spend too much time studying engineering), I’ve progressively gotten more J. Neither P/J preference is especially strong though.
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### Author:  [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/93 "2009-01-28T03:53:20Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> I (INFP) absolutely have to feel like what I am doing is making a meaningful difference for somebody or some worthy cause, or I get very quickly bored and disconnected (in my current iteration I’m a tutor, and I love it). Mindless pointless busywork is anathema to me.
I know that EXACT feeling. It pretty much describes my life purpose.
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/94 "2009-01-28T05:16:59Z")
My husband took it and is an ENTJ.
That didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t already know!
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### Author:  [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/95 "2009-01-28T07:02:22Z")
I just tried two online tests, both of them said ISTJ.
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### Author:  [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/96 "2009-01-28T07:29:34Z")
INTJ with ISTJ coming up occasionally. I knew we were all geniuses here! 😉
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
ETA: By the way, my sister, who is the opposite of me in almost every way, got the exact opposite personality type—ENFP.
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### Author:  [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/97 "2009-01-28T07:36:35Z")
Also, I’m almost 100% I and about 55-60% N. I don’t remember the other percentages (I took the test a while ago). The pages for INTJ and ISTJ seem like they both describe at different times and moods.
Valete,
Vox Imperatoris
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### Author:  [@Omgalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omgalion)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/98 "2009-01-28T07:58:12Z")
Last time I took the test (a few years ago) I fit the INTP profile, this time around I got INTJ.
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/99 "2009-01-28T13:05:06Z")
Do (some) employers require M-B tests? I can understand using it for security clearances or something, but for some cubicle McJob, I don’t see the point. I don’t think that anybody, including employers, has any right to know what M-B type I am. Yeah, I know I revealed my “type” here, but like I said before, it would be different if I took it today. I don’t ever answer that stuff completely honestly, because it’s obvious to me what they’re looking for, and I pick the “best” answer. I usually don’t have any strong feeling one way or another about the questions, anyway. I believe most of them depend upon the situation.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-myers-briggs-type/483165/100 "2009-01-28T13:33:02Z")
ENTJ
You are:
```
* slightly expressed extravert
* slightly expressed intuitive personality
* moderately expressed thinking personality
* moderately expressed judging personality
```
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