Backwards Myers-Briggs
I am positive that I once took a Myers-Briggs Personality Test because I remember talking to my parents about the results, but I have zero clue right now which personality type I fit and only a modicum of interest in re-answering all the questions in order to get the result.
But I was thinking about this because I read a humour piece on what everyone wishes I would stop doing based on my Myers-Briggs personality type. I thought that maybe I was an INFP (“Acting like your dark, brooding thoughts make you superior to other people because you’re deeper and more complex than they are.”) except that I really fit the annoying qualities of an ISFJ as well as an ISFP.
Rather than take the test, which would directly reveal my personality type, I decided to check this chart and figure it out by the description.
I know that I’m definitely an I and not an E, so that eliminates 8 possibilities.
I think I’m more S than N. Maybe. I don’t know. Maybe I’m more N.
I think I’m more T than F. Like I make quick decisions and move on. That sounds more T than F, right?
And I know I’m definitely a J and not a P. I am the least flexible and spontaneous person that I know.
Which makes me an ISTJ. Or an INTJ. (Or maybe an ISFJ or an INFJ).
So I think I’m an INTJ. Maybe. I should probably just take the test, right? What are you?
And if I am an INTJ, that means my most annoying quality is “Talking to everyone like you’re a wise sage from the future, sent back in time to lecture them on the foolishness of their actions and thoughts.”
Yep.
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I’ve taken the test multiple times for work and just for myself to check…. INFJ, every time. And, I’ve just read what I should ‘stop’ doing… cracked me up. I do kinda take some absurd sort of pride in being in the rarest group – hehe. I don’t usually mention it though… not an easy thing to bring up in casual conversation without sounding ridiculous.
I’ve taken it twice, once in high school and once in college. I got intp once and intj once. But I was really close to 0 for most.
Funny story–I failed the meyers Briggs the first time I took it because I didn’t fill in enough answers. 3 people in my class did the same thing. They placed me as a roommate with one of them, and reader, I married the other.
I am an INTJ and that definitely sounds like me. 😀
INTJ, then ENTJ. I must be on the borderline of I and E, although I see myself as an I. Perhaps I was particularly outgoing that day.
I’m an INFP – I totally describe myself as complex lol. I use the Myers-Briggs in my career counseling work and also for fun – I’m weird like that. I love talking about it with friends and trying to guess what type people are. Sounds like you did a good job of finding your type backwards. The ability to make quick decisions sounds like J. The T and the F functions are about how you make decisions – more subjectively or objectively, considering your values and the effect on people or evaluating the facts. Here’s an online test if you haven’t seen it: http://www.humanmetrics.com
I have you pegged as an INFJ. Ts don’t care as much for people’s feelings, so I think you are more of an F than a T.
I am, too.
It’s nice to be on a high horse of statistical rarity with you, lol.
I”m an INFP. The frustrating part for me is that I am mildly disabled and have chronic illnesses so I’m always around somebody. Some times you just need privacy. Do you find it hard to blog because you are an Introvert? Sometimes, I do.