# Whats your Personality type? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889 "2003-07-07T23:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/21 "2003-07-08T02:25:43Z")
ENFP, and I gotta say I really agree. These tests always make me feel so good about myself… sigh… See NoClueBoy’s post, as we are the same type (rock on, Boy!) ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/22 "2003-07-08T02:26:29Z")
I think we can safely derive a higher percentage of SDMBers are Introverts than is true in the general populace, just going on current info 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/23 "2003-07-08T02:36:34Z")
Extroverted 22% Intuitive 67% Feeling Judging 33% Strength 44% slightly expressed extrovert distinctively expressed intuitive personality moderately expressed feeling personality moderately expressed judging personality ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/24 "2003-07-08T02:38:32Z")
I forgot to mention I’m ENFJ. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/25 "2003-07-08T02:46:27Z")
ENFP ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/26 "2003-07-08T02:52:43Z")
iNFp checking in 78 11 44 56 I guess I’m really introverted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/27 "2003-07-08T02:53:50Z")
Also an ENFP, apparently, though not a very strongly expressed one… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/28 "2003-07-08T03:00:44Z")
INTP – to the very core of my being.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/29 "2003-07-08T03:15:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cadolphin \* > \*\*Your Type is > INFJ > Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging > Strength of the preferences % > 56 11 56 33 \*\* > [@](#): > > How accurate do you feel the test was at pegging you? I’ve taken this test several times over the past dozen years or so. Although my life is extremely different then it was the first time I took it, I’ve consistantly scored the same. Seems spooky to me how accurate it is. :eek: Kathy ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/30 "2003-07-08T03:49:13Z")
I think it’s odd that when I took the Myers-Briggs the first time, when I was 22-ish, I came out as an ENTJ. Now, at 34, I’m an ENFP… Hmmmm… guess I’m not as much as a control freak/perfectionist as I used to be!!! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/31 "2003-07-08T03:52:03Z")
ENFJ or ENTP, depending on my job (very reliable over time). I think I’m an ENFJ, though. I find the MBTI more accurate and its descriptions more congruent than the Kiersey types. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/32 "2003-07-08T03:54:19Z")
ENTP I think it’s very accurate. It’s been a couple of years since I tested, but at that time I was just on the E side of the E/I spectrum, very strong N and T and at the very extreme of P. I’m an Inventor. I’ve found that this is a highly apt description of how I prefer to operate. I enjoy creating and disdain maintenance. It’s a handy thing to realize – a man’s got to know his limitations. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/33 "2003-07-08T03:58:10Z")
Always always always iNFp. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/34 "2003-07-08T04:10:35Z")
INFJ, every time. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/35 "2003-07-08T04:20:31Z")
Like **Trigonal Planar** & **jinwicked** , I also keep coming up INTJ, even months between taking the test. It’s nice being a Mastermind. 🙂 From Keirsey’s description (this is my favorite part!): > [@](#): > > Natural leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command of projects or groups, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. That is me to a T. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/36 "2003-07-08T04:50:30Z")
ISTJ. Strength of the preferences % 89 22 44 44 I’ve taken the test before, but can never remember what I am. I think it describes me accurately. I checked the types descriptions and this one definately had the closest fit. It’s not one of those situations that they use overly general terms so that every description describes everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/37 "2003-07-08T04:54:09Z")
Your Type is ENFP Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving Strength of the preferences % 22 44 67 11 Wow! Reading the things they had to say is so dead on and scary! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/38 "2003-07-08T05:13:44Z")
> [@](#): > > I think we can safely derive a higher percentage of SDMBers are Introverts than is true in the general populace, just going on current info. That’s part of why I have a bit of a hard time taking Myers-Briggs seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/39 "2003-07-08T07:13:28Z")
## quote: ## I think we can safely derive a higher percentage of SDMBers are Introverts than is true in the general populace, just going on current info. From [Jonathan Rauch’s](http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/03/rauch.htm) article, > [@](#): > > How many people are introverts? I performed exhaustive research on this question, in the form of a quick Google search. The answer: About 25 percent. Or: Just under half. Or—my favorite—“a minority in the regular population but a majority in the gifted population.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-personality-type/186889/40 "2003-07-08T07:56:52Z")
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