What's Your Keirsey Personality Type?

[S_Happens]

E N T P- 44 75 75 44

Now it's more moderate in the E and P and distinctly N, which I think is true.

 

[symbolipoint]

Yes, I know that personality tests are highly inaccurate, but I'm interested anyway

Basically, I'm asking for your Keirsey personality type. The test can be found here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp or http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-long-scientific-personality-test .

So, I'm wondering what most PF people will score. Comments about how penguins aren't represented in this test are welcome...

Does any better method exist? Picking numbers to give some accurate personality statement seems inadequate. The some of the questions themselves contained in that test are incomplete or imprecise.

 

[ZombieFeynman]

ENFP:
Extravert(56%) iNtuitive(25%) Feeling(12%) Perceiving(78)%

You have moderate preference of Extraversion over Introversion (56%)
You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (25%)
You have slight preference of Feeling over Thinking (12%)
You have strong preference of Perceiving over Judging (78%)

 

[FreeMitya]

Wow! Too many unreasonable pigeonholes.

Exactly what I thought.

Apparently I'm a mastermind.

 

[reenmachine]

Architect

They were some questions that I could have clicked on any of the two statements.

They were also some tough questions to answer truthfully , like: When you do feel better?

-after a decision
-before a decision

Caught me by surprise , never thought about this before.

 

[WannabeNewton]

I hear girls find architects very attractive. Either that or How I Met Your Mother IS A LIE! T_T

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Introvert(56%) iNtuitive(38%) Feeling(12%) Judging(11%)

 

[goingmeta]

intj, like everyone else

 

[OmCheeto]

INTP
Introvert(22%) iNtuitive(50%) Thinking(25%) Perceiving(56)%

I blame it on my age.

I only think 25% of the time, and my vision is kind of crappy, so I can only perceive 50% of what I'm looking at.

 

[WannabeNewton]

Introvert(89%) Sensing(1%) Thinking(25%) Perceiving(44)%
...Interesting

 

[Zarqon]

Nice to see the bump, I had forgotten there was a poll on this here earlier. We could almost replace this forum with intjforum.com and nobody would notice :P

On topic, I'm INTP, but when I voted a few years ago I probably clicked INTJ, because that's what I usually get on simpler tests. (From more careful investigation on personalities in general over the last year I know I'm P though).

Must say I'm a bit suprised over the fairly extreme values in the poll, as INTX are two of the most unusual types of all personalities. Even though you might expect some difference here compared to the population as a whole, it's a very big difference. Hope more people take the test and vote here so we can get better statistics.

 

[DiracPool]

Introvert(44%) iNtuitive(50%) Thinking(50%) Perceiving(22)%

What does that mean? It said I should go into a science career. I think this thing works!

 

[Ryan_m_b]

ENFJ: the teacher

This test is ridiculous. The options miss a lot of nuance which is very important, the most striking to come to mind is "Objective criticism is always useful in any activity" yeah because at a hypothetical funeral in which the grieving widow mucked up the flower order it would be appropriate to point out all the mistakes and how she could do better next time. Or any of the questions about reason vs emotions as though they arent complimentary by necessity (pretty hard to reason a solution to a problem when you have no emotional context to judge the situation by).

This absolute theme runs in the questions and the test itself which seems barely less primitive than the idea of humourism with the assumption that personalities are a simple set of sliders on a small number of axis. It might be possible to characterise a personality this way but the number of axes would be huge and the entire affair far more complicated. On top of this many of the questions a just repeats or reiterations of each other e.g:

-You prefer to act immediately rather than speculate about various options
-You are inclined to rely more on improvisation than on prior planning
-You usually plan your actions in advance
-Your decisions are based more on the feelings of a moment than on the thorough planning

 

[nitsuj]

I was ENTP, with the only remarkable differentiation being between Intuition and whatever else was in comparison.

What a remarkable result over all, 44% "Mastermind"!

 

[Kholdstare]

Chalk me up for super-awesome-20000IQ-XX4. Not in the list yet, but soon will be.

 

[reenmachine]

Tried the other test (the first one) and got INTJ instead of INTP (which I got from the 2nd test).

I guess either way I belong here

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

INTP.

Introvert(22%)
iNtuitive(50%)
Thinking(62%)
Perceiving(11)%

I guess the introvert part is a little iffy, seeing as how I'm fairly crazy when around friends, but I still really enjoy some time on my own, and some peace and quiet, which is probably why I turned out to be an introvert.

 

[Nikitin]

Introvert(22%) Sensing(1%) Thinking(1%) Judging(1%)

Apparantly my personality is fractured :p

 

[FlexGunship]

I am ENTJ... the commandant.

Extravert(33%) iNtuitive(69%) Thinking(50%) Judging(78%)

• You have moderate preference of Extraversion over Introversion (33%)
• You have distinctive preference of Intuition over Sensing (69%)
• You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (50%)
• You have strong preference of Judging over Perceiving (78%)

This is probably different that I would've scored myself. I certainly would've thought my "Thinking" score to be higher (100% or more). As far as judging versus perceiving, I might not understand the details of either.

EDIT: I think the most difficult question was "would you rather read a book or go to a party?" or some such derivation. I took it to mean: "would you rather be alone or in a group for recreation?" But that's only because the specific choice of "reading a book" is pretty enticing if I'm working on a good book at the time.

 

[DrDu]

I thought we would have more crafter considering physics is more engineering.

I disagree. I would not make a good engineer. I think the biggest difference between a physicist and an engineer is that the former is looking for the only true solution while the latter one is content with one of many working solutions.

 

[Solcielo L]

Intj

i 89%
n 50-75%
t 25%
j 22%

 

[Filip Larsen]

ENTP here.

I was rather skeptical about the whole concept at first, but after doing the test (performed by a coaching team as part of team building in one of my earlier employments) and reading up on the details (like dominant, auxiliary and tertiary attitude) I was a bit surprised how accurate it was. I came away from the experience with a feeling that afterwards it was easier to accept that people you work with have a different attitude and focus than yourself, and perhaps also that us extroverts should try give the poor introverts a chance to speak at meetings too

 

[Lavabug]

INTJ, no surprise there. This is a forum with a lot of high academic achievers/overall studious people.

 

[PhysicsGente]

I got ENTP.

I better start inventing stuff.

 

[Dembadon]

For any students who're interested in the MBTI test, I would suggest checking with your university's counseling center to see if they offer the official version. Some schools will cover the cost because they believe it helps people be successful in college. I took mine my first semester through the counseling dept. It took about two weeks to get the results back (INTJ); it had to be reviewed by a certified professional. I think it is the best way to get accurate results.

 

[HayleySarg]

I've been tested many times and it always comes back to

xNTx. Equally split down the middle in my introversion/extroversion. I seem to vary between ENTP, ENTJ and INTJ depending on my mood before the test or what's going on in my life. I'd wager I'm closest in stable form to ENTP.

That being said. I voted ENTJ so I'd at least *look* like a scientist. Which makes me much less of one... skewing data. How naughty.

My most recent "formal" test pointed towards ENTP. All of my formal ones have. But these online ones always give me ENTJ or INTJ. Maybe I'm subconsciously doing it...?

 

[cobalt124]

ISTJ - The Inspector - whatever that means?

 

[HayleySarg]

ISTJ - The Inspector Gadget - whatever that means?

Fixed that for you =P

 

[B. Elliott]

My result was INTJ. Introvert(78%) iNtuitive(50%) Thinking(62%) Judging(44%)

I picked ISTP because, at least on the surface, it seem more in-line with my personality. But hey, I'm not a psychologist.

 

[Nikitin]

Chaotic neutral.

 

[drizzle]

Introvert(11%) iNtuitive(50%) Thinking(12%) Judging(1%)

• You have slight preference of Introversion over Extraversion (11%)
• You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (50%)
• You have slight preference of Thinking over Feeling (12%)
• You have marginal or no preference of Judging over Perceiving (1%)*no comment*

 

[HayleySarg]

So many INTJ's. I guess it does come with the field. But wowza.

 

[Enigman]

INTP- The Architect
scored 0% I to E, 11% N to S, 71% F to T, and 63% J to P
interesting...

 

[DennisN]

Just tried it for fun and got INTJ, don't know really what it means, but it's obviously not uncommon here, since almost 50% of the test takers here got it.

Introvert(56%) iNtuitive(50%) Thinking(12%) Judging(1%)

 

[Aero51]

ENTJ, which is pretty accurate about me: overbearing, intelligent, not afraid of conflict, etc. Also, which is implicitly stated in the test, is that I'm also a love machine.

 

[DennisN]

Also, which is implicitly stated in the test, is that I'm also a love machine.

Pictures please.

 

[Akaisora]

Pictures please.

Ask for citation; it's more subtle.

As for the test, I've done it before and I did the one evo linked; I got INTJ in both.

 

[Enigman]

Wow, not one promoter (ESTP) in the forum?
Oh! Now I see...http://www.16personalities.com/estp-personality
ESTP personality type also tend to see laws, rules and obligations as recommendations or instructions rather than as unbreakable principles...As ESTPs dislike theory and abstract thinking, they often have problems in school, especially in later years. People with this personality type see theoretical discussions as boring and pointless.

 

[Enigman]

In Evo's link I am a INTJ a mastermind.
A Mastermind and an Architect .....Interesting.
You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (89%)
You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (50%)
You have moderate preference of Thinking over Feeling (38%)
You have marginal or no preference of Judging over Perceiving (1%)

 

[Aero51]

Pictures please.

I am actually closest to one of the older model sex machines:
http://www.damninteresting.net/content/doble_boiler_large.jpg