# What Myers-Briggs typs are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433 "2011-03-12T18:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/41 "2013-02-05T09:11:40Z")
WTFC ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/42 "2013-02-05T10:01:35Z")
Apparently, I’m an ENFJ today. I’ve gotten about every result imaginable, depending on my mood, my recent workload, when the last party I attended was and how bad my Depression’s flaring. So it’s not a very good tool for me personally. Like **Lynn Bodoni** , there are too many false choices for me. One time I’ll pick one, another time the other, but the actual preference is just so slim as to be essentially random. (Which is probably an indication of some sort of personality type right there.) ---
**Author:** ![Other\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Other\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Other_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/43 "2013-02-05T11:27:49Z")
The first time I took the test, some years ago, I scored as a Mastermind type, or INTJ. Since then, I have reconciled a few things, and have found that the INFP fits me best (and the test confirms). With that said, I was just as certain then as I am certain now that the test results I received were definitive. I believed I was INTJ and now I believe I am INFP. Mostly I am convinced that it is a convenient way to categorize yourself – to give hints as to your character to those just meeting you. Categories…can be useful. In other dreams, they can lead to a lot of silly presumptions and general lack of ability to step outside of the box (or to willingly step into one). Hmm. These things make me wary but I don’t believe there is any harm to them if one is mindful of the possible downsides from participating in the test. 😉 At any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/44 "2013-02-05T15:23:40Z")
Intj. It’s always come up that way for me. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/45 "2013-02-05T15:56:14Z")
I entered INTP, but I sometimes test out as INFP depending on how logical or emo I feel on the given day. 😉 It’s generally always close to the line. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/46 "2013-02-05T17:27:28Z")
Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator is: ENFP, the “Advocate” Extroversion: 80% iNtutitive: 95% Feeling: 60% Perceiving: 50% I used to be an introvert, but gradually became an extrovert. I am clearly in a minority here in this cohort. ---
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/47 "2013-02-05T19:56:47Z")
I voted INTP, because that’s what the “real” MB test said. I had to take a few online tests for Psych class recently. Being lazy, I will recycle a portion of the report I had to write then. "Ah, my assessments. My precious assessments (think Gollum of “Lord of the Rings”). Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. They are just so….flattering. This isn’t a bad thing, especially if you subscribe to the humanistic view. I took a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test back in 1996, courtesy of my last employer. According to this old assessment, I am (or was) an INTP. The “I” was called “inward focused” but really means introverted, and was classified as “clear preference”. The “N” is the divide between iNtuitive and Sensing. I was classified as “slight preference”. “T” is for thinking versus feeling. I rated a “clear preference” here. That final “P” separates perceiving from judging. I drew a “moderate preference” for this category. Now the present day test results. I was disappointed that these tests didn’t recognize the unique characteristics of an INTP (I’m kidding). Humanmetrics says that I am now an “INTJ”, with a “moderate preference” for all categories. I guess I’m mellowing with age, except for that judging thing (and get off my lawn!). At least it is close to where I was years ago. 41Q says I am an “ISTJ”. They display a scale, but they don’t give a name to the positions. I would estimate the categories as “moderate, moderate, clear, and moderate”. So now I know I am an introverted thinker, recently judgmental. The only question left is should I sense my intuition, or do I need to intuit my senses? Again, I couldn’t resist. I think that these assessments can provide limited insight to a portion of a person’s personality. First, the categories themselves prove that only a portion of personality is to be analyzed. Nothing wrong with that, I’m just pointing it out. The limitations are less obvious unless you think about the fact that the observations are, by necessity, abridgments. Kind of like a “Cliff’s Notes” for something that is a much larger work. I would say there is nothing wrong with that either, as long as that fact is kept in mind when reviewing the results. In conclusion, I will add that for me, there were no revelations in the assessments. I knew that I am an introvert and that I prefer thinking over feeling long before I ever took a test to confirm it." ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/48 "2013-02-05T23:07:21Z")
ISTX. I didn’t really understand the last one. Maybe I’ll have it figured out next time this gets bumped. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/49 "2013-02-06T16:33:24Z")
I’m on the border between INTP and INFP. I lean more towards T or more towards the F, depending on what I’m doing. I think I end up being much more T in my scientific work, and much more F with my students. I think that kind of flexibility is a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/50 "2013-02-06T17:26:31Z")
ENTJ here. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/51 "2013-02-07T00:01:41Z")
I’m an ESVP. What? It’s totally legit, I found it on the internet: > **[Additional Myers-Briggs Personality Types](https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/additional-myers-briggs-personality-types)** > > Unfeeling Uncaring Judging Screaming (UUJS) > Lurking Touching Hurting Regretting (LTHR) > Lying Denying Confessing Lying (LDCL) > Smoking Dancing Laughi... ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/52 "2013-02-07T01:52:47Z")
I’ve never been tested. On self-tests I’ve gotten three of the INxx results, but I can never be sure I’m not unconsciously gaming it in some way, giving what I think of as the “right” answer rather than what actually applies to me. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/53 "2013-12-02T07:06:36Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > To compare them to a horoscope with no input from the subject is ridiculous, though. So much this. I have never officially been administered the test, but taking online versions I always unambiguously score ENTP and I read descriptions of this type that are uncanny in how well they describe me. Yet it is not uncanny the way an apparently accurate horoscope would be, because it is after all based on a detailed survey about my self-reported feelings and tendencies, and not on some nonsense about what “constellations” (which aren’t even a real astronomical thing) were where when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/54 "2013-12-03T00:48:22Z")
ENTJ According to a book I read. Male ENTJs end up as leaders of industry, generals, and the people who run complex organizations. Female ENTJs end up being lonely, bitter old women. ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/55 "2013-12-03T02:22:30Z")
I’m ENTP. I had the opportunity to do the Step II which burrows down into individual nuance within the types. It was really interesting. I don’t relate so much to the broad descriptions given of the basic type, but the “out of preference” pieces made absolute sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/56 "2013-12-03T14:54:16Z")
Tests like this bug me so much, especially the questions like: You prefer: a) Justice b) Mercy OR You want to get someone to agree with you. You use: a) Persuasion and tact b) Logic and facts YOU CAN DO BOTH, YOU KNOW. There’s no reason you can’t be both logical and tactful at the same time! It’s not like you’re forced to be an asshole when you want to be honest; you can point out the facts AND still pay attention to your audience’s emotional responses. You can even present facts in such a way to appeal to your audience’s emotions. Imagine that! It’s called having social skills. It’s not like you have to choose between being a creampuff and a robot, for god’s sake. Surprise reveal: I usually score as an INXP. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/57 "2013-12-03T15:29:41Z")
I’m an INTJ. I see we’re the most common type here in the Dope. I find that both irrelevant and troubling. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/58 "2013-12-03T15:57:37Z")
I’m also an INTJ, but apparently not so much so that I don’t get hoodwinked by zombie threads occasionally. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/59 "2013-12-06T12:16:29Z")
> [@Heckity](#): > > I’m ENTP. I had the opportunity to do the Step II which burrows down into individual nuance within the types. It was really interesting. I don’t relate so much to the broad descriptions given of the basic type, but the “out of preference” pieces made absolute sense to me. I would love to try that; but excerpted below is the [profile](http://www.typelogic.com/entp.html) I found uncanny (the one that comes up higher in the Google search results is less so): > [@](#): > > ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue–both for its own sake, and to show off their debating skills. ENTPs tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil’s advocate. This sometimes confuses, even angers, those who don’t understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport. > > […] > > Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of “toys” – physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. Once these have been “solved” or become too familiar, however, they’ll be replaced with new ones. > > ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they can become petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (Major setbacks they regard as challenges, and tackle with determination.) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. In general, however, they are genial, even charming, when not being harassed by life. > > In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are capable of bonding very closely and suddenly with their loved ones. Some appear deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who’ve only seen their professional side. ENTPs are also quick to spot a kindred spirit, and good at acquiring friends of similar temperament and interests. > > ENTPs may sometimes give the impression of being largely oblivious to the rest of humanity except as an audience: good, bad, or potential. In general this is unfair – but it can be difficult to get an ENTP’s attention when they’re not immediately aware of you, especially for an Introvert. Is that not you, so much? Or had you not seen that one? ETA: > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I’m also an INTJ, but apparently not so much so that I don’t get hoodwinked by zombie threads occasionally. 😃 What’s wrong with digging back into a so-called “zombie” thread if the subject matter still strikes anyone as interesting? ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-myers-briggs-typs-are-you/574433/60 "2013-12-06T22:03:58Z")
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