Given the recent poll threads, it's the perfect time to psychologize each other. So, what's your personality type? If you don't know, the link below also includes a link to the personality test. Anyway, here are my results (with multiple intelligence results included):

INTJ

Anyway, I have no clue how accurate or scientific the typing is (it's based on Jung after all), so this is mostly just for fun and curiosity's sake. However, feel free to discuss the scientific credibility of personality typing if you'd like.

http://www.mypersonality.info/account-pe...y-results/

http://shar.es/5ciXP

Interestingly it tested "normal" personality traits.

Taken a test like that twice across multiple years and got INTJ twice. Supposedly one of the rarest types, but it always seems people get INTJ more often than any other type on threads like these. Sort of funny.

i took a full length version of this around when i finished university and got INTP: http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/intp/

i actually think it's pretty decent, as personality tests go. Like, i think it would be possible to get a different result at different times in life, but i can't see it moving very far away either...

I get either INTJ or INTP any time I take it, which doesn't give me much faith in it, and I already knew I was an introvert beforehand...I know people who swear by them though.

I remember taking this test a few years ago and got INTJ too. I did it again just a moment ago and got the same result, though I do feel it matches my personality quite closely.

INFP

I got ESTP, haha. Doesn't sound like me at all.
http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/estp/

But I felt silly answering the questions. Sometimes I thought, "I would do one around Japanese friends and another around American and British friends." And often I thought "Both are true of me, depending on the situation" and just chose randomly.

My stats:
http://www.mypersonality.info/tzadeck/
(Actually, I think my stats are pretty good, but the personality type is way off)

INTJ

Chigun Wrote:Taken a test like that twice across multiple years and got INTJ twice. Supposedly one of the rarest types, but it always seems people get INTJ more often than any other type on threads like these. Sort of funny.

Although INTJs are rare, I think a forum like this is a sort of refuge for them. In terms of thinking deeply about a topic, introverts tend to prefer the written form to speech. Furthermore, how many people do you know in real life who are eager to discuss the intricacies of language acquisition or how many places do you know where you can go to have such discussions? Q.E.D.

jeez i was thinking about this tonight, specifically about how i bet everyone on this forum is an introvert. i was wondering if people who take on language study are more introverted in general, because it involves periods of concentration and listening closely and being sensitive to nuance. ont op of that, i reckon internet forums are rife with introverts. i haven't taken a test yet, so i'll have to use my favorite tool: the 'edit' feature.

http://www.mypersonality.info/trentbent/

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Linguistics majors? I hear they're a wild species which can usually be found around colleges.

INFP/INTP - INTP on the official test, but I've often come out INFP. Very strong I (100%, in fact), strongly N (about 89%), F/T closely split (nearly 50/50, though the odd numbers of the test push it either way), weak P preference (maybe 60%).

Agree that forums like this are a haven for those with a certain flavour of mind. MBTI seems to be about expressed preferences, and these may not be particularly strong, at least not as elicited by the test, hence the slightly inconsistent results some might see.

kitakitsune Wrote:INFP

I read about it just now (http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/infp/) and it perfectly matches my personality to the point that I had goosebumps while reading about it!!!

Good to see I'm not alone, phew!
Still waiting for my result...
Edit: seems the page wasn't loading properly, will take the test again

Edit2: Result: http://www.mypersonality.info/saifomano/

Either the test is in accurate or there's an error on my side, which is expected in these kind of test.
Logical should be 95-100% and I found INFP to be way more descriptive of mine!

INTJ all the way: [1]

Personality Type:
INTJ - The "Strategist"
Temperament: NT (Intellectual)
Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: 1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female)

Extraverted 0%, Introverted 100%
Sensing 32%, Intuition 68%
Thinking 74%, Feeling 26%
Judging 84%, Perceiving 16%

I’m another INFP, though my T(hinking) category has developed to the point that it feels like it's equal to my natural F(eeling) type. When I took a workshop about Myers-Briggs at my college, the speaker had mentioned that we can only have one true type. So, technically we can’t change types (so my true type is INFP). This explains it a bit more:

http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-perso...eflect.asp

http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-perso...opment.asp

There are problems with the test and little to nothing showing that it really does provide test takers with any valuable information to base decisions on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Brigg...r#Validity (this section and the next two are relevant) So like so much of personality testing it ends up pretty useless on an individual level. Or hey, maybe you can reflect on your answers to these kinds of questions and get something from it. Just don't take the score all that seriously, you probably know yourself better already.

I'd also like to mention that personality testing as used by companies during interview procedures is, generally, a bad thing. The tests aren't so good that it's really hard to "cheat" on the tests - besides, I'm sure that the more popular they get, the more information will be spread about how to cheat on them. And there are huuuge problems with them being biased for natives, since linguistic difficulties influence answers. Moreover, people who aren't as sure of themselves might answer in a self-depreciating manner, giving off a overly negative image, and those who are overly confident will answer in a more exaggerating manner. The biggest issue with the tests is that, as far as I know, there hasn't been any randomized studies done in real situations, meaning the findings that are supposed to back up the usage of the tests aren't necessarily applicable to real-world interviews. Some companies also use intelligence tests, basing their decision on that studies have shown intelligence tests to predict a huge chunk of the variation in job performance. But within many areas, there is a much more limited range of intelligence test performance among the applicants (since those with higher education aren't randomly distributed on the intelligence curve, especially when you're talking eg building engineers) which means they probably predict much less of the variance in job performance. And with intelligence tests, language becomes an even bigger problem. So lolimmigrants. You can't be assured that there are no problems even if a psychologist is administrating the tests, because many psychologists aren't really aware of these potential and widespread issues.

So much of psychological testing is bullshit. A lot of it boils down to failure to acknowledge that psychologists DON'T know many things and that they are unable to do some things they wish they could do, in favor of exaggerating their competence to increase their "value". It's an abuse of authority and "expertise".

Surreal Wrote:There are problems with the test and little to nothing showing that it really does provide test takers with any valuable information to base decisions on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Brigg...r#Validity (this section and the next two are relevant) So like so much of personality testing it ends up pretty useless on an individual level. Or hey, maybe you can reflect on your answers to these kinds of questions and get something from it. Just don't take the score all that seriously, you probably know yourself better already.

I'd also like to mention that personality testing as used by companies during interview procedures is, generally, a bad thing. The tests aren't so good that it's really hard to "cheat" on the tests - besides, I'm sure that the more popular they get, the more information will be spread about how to cheat on them. And there are huuuge problems with them being biased for natives, since linguistic difficulties influence answers. Moreover, people who aren't as sure of themselves might answer in a self-depreciating manner, giving off a overly negative image, and those who are overly confident will answer in a more exaggerating manner. The biggest issue with the tests is that, as far as I know, there hasn't been any randomized studies done in real situations, meaning the findings that are supposed to back up the usage of the tests aren't necessarily applicable to real-world interviews. Some companies also use intelligence tests, basing their decision on that studies have shown intelligence tests to predict a huge chunk of the variation in job performance. But within many areas, there is a much more limited range of intelligence test performance among the applicants (since those with higher education aren't randomly distributed on the intelligence curve, especially when you're talking eg building engineers) which means they probably predict much less of the variance in job performance. And with intelligence tests, language becomes an even bigger problem. So lolimmigrants. You can't be assured that there are no problems even if a psychologist is administrating the tests, because many psychologists aren't really aware of these potential and widespread issues.

So much of psychological testing is bullshit. A lot of it boils down to failure to acknowledge that psychologists DON'T know many things and that they are unable to do some things they wish they could do, in favor of exaggerating their competence to increase their "value". It's an abuse of authority and "expertise".

that's true, but it's kinda fun. and no matter what personality type you end up with the descriptions are complimentary. i think this one, being that it's not for a company, is more along the lines of what you said, "Or hey, maybe you can reflect on your answers to these kinds of questions and get something from it." i only recently figured out that introverted is not just an adjective, but a personality type and it clarified a lot of things for me in a way.

I once had to do one of these for a job interview. I can't remember what the result was, but I remember basically just answering based on my assumptions about what the company is looking for. I got the offer too (but didn't take it).

I was just going to post and say that I always get INTJ on these tests, but I took it anyway and was not surprised.
http://www.mypersonality.info/prink00/

I tend to agree with Surreal: caveat emptor - the MBTI yields subjective and expressed responses to dichotomous questions, which may well be culturally conditioned to some extent, but it is an interesting glimpse into priorities and preferences (rather than necessarily predictive/prescriptive - human nature is too much of a hurricane.)

I wonder if those with stronger preferences are more likely to see it as useful/accurate?

And as taskippy points out: Forer effect.

http://www.mypersonality.info/andrewblake/
INTJ - The "Strategist" What a suprise.. Not really.

Did not think my Sensing and Intuition would be about the same. But I guess I am a bit mixed in that, head in the clouds and sometimes not.

What was most creepy was this though:
INTJ Career Matches: Corporate Strategist, Psychologist, Scientist, Medical Doctor, Lawyer/Attorney, Engineer

Besides Corporate Strategist, these are the only jobs I have considered in my life...

I would agree that it seems quite a high number of forum dwellers are indeed INTJ, haha.

tashippy Wrote:

Surreal Wrote:SNIP

that's true, but it's kinda fun. and no matter what personality type you end up with the descriptions are complimentary. i think this one, being that it's not for a company, is more along the lines of what you said, "Or hey, maybe you can reflect on your answers to these kinds of questions and get something from it." i only recently figured out that introverted is not just an adjective, but a personality type and it clarified a lot of things for me in a way.

Yeah sorry I should've pointed out that I wasn't hating on these kinds of leisure tests on the internet, I just got going and all I saw was red. As long as people don't take it too seriously, treating it basically the same as say one of those "What Naruto character are YOU?" tests, I don't think it harms anyone.

nadiatims: Haha, best company EVER. Even the people who created the test say that it shouldn't be used like that, especially since no probes for faking are built into the test.

^^ Lots of companies use those tests like that though. It's really bad, actually, so whereas on this site it's just a bit of fun, it is important as well to keep pointing out the problems with that, i think.

The only way a company is ever justified in picking staff based on these tests is if it really is a covert test to see if you can answer a test in compliance with their expectations. But that doesn't really prove a whole lot except that you are capable of dishonesty, so it's really totally not ok.

Even the British government uses tests like this for the civil service, at the 1st stage. I mean, i can understand that you need to cut through applicants somehow when you have over 30,000 applicants for 400 or so jobs, but i read that they even reject applicants who get in the top 10% for the maths and verbal reasoning tests if they fail the questionnaire, so, god knows how many intelligent and able people they are missing out on...

I didn't find it very convincing, for example some questions had both answers true for me and the result isn't accurate. But the questions that made me think twice before answering pointed out some traits in me I didn't notice before. Also the unexpected personality type in the result made me think of other possibilities for myself, without being serious about it, just though maybe.

So all in all it was a good experience, I've never taken a personality test before, thanks vileru!