To ask what Myers Briggs type you are?

[NorthernLurker]

Did this on a course today. I am ISFJ and I was totally freaked out by the profile. It isn't sort of like me. It IS me. It's like somebody sat on my shoulder for a year and then described me. Anybody else had this?

The only time I've ever had a personality test as part of an interview (not MB) it was in conjunction with numeracy, literacy, logical reasoning test, presentation, practical assessment and 2 interviews. Admittedly it was a huge company that loves all this stuff.

To use the MN parlance, surely it was a red flag.

Literacy test? Numeracy? Like number bonds or percentages?

Intj

And to be fair to HR types in big organisations, what they're concerned with is vastly different to what academics are concerned with (I've worked closely with both).

HR types are interested in finding things that they think work for the organisation, that make sense on an intuitive level, that please senior management, that are efficient. Sometimes they're interested in things simply because they sound a bit buzzy - often this links back to pleasing senior management.

Often what academics would call 'scientific validity' is much less important to them than something they feel (from personal experience) works for them. It's just a very different environment, with very different requirements.

Of course it isn't a major issue. I would however think 'moron' if I saw anyone using it in whatever capacity.

That's nice, @solarisIsAClassic. So in any capacity at all? Did you test as or do you see yourself as extrovert?

solarisIsAClassic

Of course it isn't a major issue. I would however think 'moron' if I saw anyone using it in whatever capacity.

Oh the irony.
I don't know where your psychology PhD is from, but you really should have picked up along the way that moron is no longer considered an acceptable way to state that you think someone, or a group of someones, are lacking intelligence. I hope you don't use that term professionally.

YANBU OP

Protagonist here, not sure about that...

Arealhumanbeing

Never done it. In any capacity beyond one of those annoying Facebook 'tests'. FWIW, I'm a "Beatles Genius".

Yes, I'd assume I'm an extrovert.

Somerville

Who said I had a psychology PhD? I said it was insignificant in my academic studies. I mostly write computer code. From Bath, as you asked.

What's the modern and acceptable form of 'moron' then (for a group of "someones")?

Professionally, as in 'whilst at work', we say dickers or divs although I think it's a bit of a colloquialism and the first has a hint of misogyny for good measure.

INFP-T missed my calling

Yes, I'd assume I'm an extrovert.

Thought so. It's usually only those who see themselves as extrovert who start throwing out insults during a discussion about different personality types.

Something to do with quieter people receiving validation of any kind. The idea (for example) that you can make a valuable contribution at work without bouncing off the walls and talking non stop.

Am I close?

Also, you've never even done the test?

solaris As your thesis wasn't in psychology, or even social or medical sciences, then your reference to inclusion of MBTI in your thesis and your assertion of academia's view on MBTI aren't pertinent, surely? My background is also in an unrelated field of academia and it is where I was first introduced to MBTI, so I know your assertion is incorrect.

I've said from the start that there are issues with MBTI. Peer reviewed research is limited, however, on both sides of the debate, so as far as I've been able to gather (including asking friends in the psych department) the jury is still out.

I have varied between ENTP & ENFP at different points when I've done it.
The Think/Feel bits are the fluid bits for me depending on what stage of life I've been at - the rest never budges.

Not too sure if I've insulted anyone here, I've simply dismissed those who believe the MB test carries weight. Fortunately, any kind of academic critique is on my side.

In the same way I listen to my MiL talking about my star sign, I've just discovered I'm E(91%), S(22%), T(6%), J(3%).

I felt I qualified my opinion on MB. Apologies if I suggested I was more read than I am. I can't actually find anything supportive of MB tests though.

I think you need to question your friends in the psych dept. ability. For a start, stringent academic beliefs would suggest that something is untrue unless evidence supports otherwise.

I haven't done the test either. But I would assume it would give me a fairly accurate assessment of my personality. Partly because that's how it's designed-to generate analyses that are reasonably generic-partly because it would involve asking a a lot of questions about how I see myself and then putting my answers through a programme that produces a composite analysis of my answers.

INFP-t - so a people pleasing, day dreaming hermit - sounds about right....

ISTJ. It's pretty much spot on, tbh.

Re comments about extrovert/introvert - I always understood when I did Myers Briggs that it wasn't about whether you were outgoing or loud versus quiet, it was how about how your energy was renewed. So an extrovert gains energy from being with others, an introvert gains energy from being alone.

So the quietest member of my team was an Extrovert as they gained energy from being in company - one of our Senior Managers, although confident and outgoing was an Introvert as he needed time alone to re-energise.

I'm a Turbulent INFJ.

I love humanity.
I don't like people very much.
I over-think everything.
I have a grand plan for life which is already minutely worked out in my head- but will never put in into practice because what's the point in spending all that time on something which can never be perfect?
Paralysed perfectionist.
Hugely introverted but everyone thinks I'm an extrovert because I am confident and sociable (they don't see me cringing as I replay every conversation on the way home.)

An online club for INFJs would be heavenly (although we'd all spend hours examining every sentence for every nuance and emoji and wondering if we'd done something to upset someone else.)

I would however think 'moron'

@solarisIsAClassic.

That's an insult.

Arealhumanbeing

It supposed to be.

It's like horoscopes. Pretty much bullshit.

It asks you questions about yourself, then parrots back some generic guff to you in line with how you answered.

Ofgs.

@solarisIsAClassic

Ok. Maybe make your mind up though.

I think I'm ENTJ if I recall. What I do recall and found most interesting is how this means you relate to others. To me it explained why I didn't get on with my boss. He's kind of in the midldle and I'm on the edge. Once I understood this it made things a lot easier.