I can't change my INFJ no matter how many years pass. I've heard many times that the test is skewed, but I don't see how? And it absolutely describes me.

It sounds like fun, lucille!

I didn’t do the test, though. It’s not my personality to do personality tests. That I know.

I think my attention span is too short.

Mine is in line with how I tested 25-ish years ago when working. I'm not unhappy with that.

My result is the same as it was many years ago when I first took one of these in more depth. When i was in a class in the 90’s we took a shortened version, similar iirc to this one, and I still had the same score. The last letter for me was always right on the borderline score of the other option (J or P). It’s interesting when you can see how the numbers fall on the scale and the more predominant traits.

@rob333 (zone 7b) Close to you, I've been an INTJ for ever and ever. I initially took the test decades and decades ago by HR when I was not seeing eye to eye with a boss (department director...pfft)

Hobbitmom, either my first or second time taking it (one was for my Psych minor, the other was for work), the work person told me I "got the right answer". Um, that's not possible. We need all types for teams!! Silly goose

"the work person told me I "got the right answer". Um, that's not possible. We need all types for teams!! "

1) You are very perceptive

2) Goose is clueless

The most interesting thing I remember learning from it was how I or E or T or F could describe us all to some degree or other. A continuum. More situational. T or F we all do, of course, just may do one more often or initially.

The N or S and P or J are very different in my thoughts anyway. Very different perspectives on life and how to live it. S and N's or P and J's may simply not understand what drives the other, and may have to learn why they are the way they are. (deep thoughts too early in the morning.)

I remember first taking the model assessment at a leadership retreat. We all went through the steps, got the category and then 1) Had to stand up to share our personal result and say if it provided any insights or was off the mark, and then 2) got feedback from others in the room, comments on how much they agreed or disagreed with the category and the person's reactions to it. .

It was an interesting exercise, one done in "public". Brutal for some, humorous for others.

INTJ from birth.

Interesting, that test is still around ! Our work group took it in the '80s

One question I never forgot regarding choose 'mercy or justice' and I chose justice because I thought if we really had justice there'd be no need for mercy... hence, I got an INTJ instead of my desired INTP, haha ... I thought the whole thing was ridiculous at the time (in my defense, I was only 26 ) .

I really came to dislike that Myers Briggs personality assessment that was so popular for a time. It was over used IMO. For a few years it came up at every managers retreat or training I attended. It sometimes worked as an ice breaker when most of the attendees were unknown to each other. It also was a handy way to break a large group into teams. It was pretty obvious that one’s answers were largely affected by the mood the person was in at the time of testing.

Well said. Not everywhere or for everything but it was very much overused. And, as a result, debunked and discredited. Its validity was apparently easily challengable and dismissable by experts in the personality field.

Yes. And there were those ’trouble makers’ 😉 who tried gaming the system by giving opposing answers to the questions that could be recognized as the same question but were same as prior questions but restated with different situations. That meant the questions meant to validate a certain personality type instead showed equal scores - the Jekyll Hyde thing. A risky game to play at some workplace functions to be sure!

INTJ here. Also test as an Enneagram 8 Wing 9. Taken several over the years and always comes back the same.

Lately I done a little research to gain knowledge about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It seems to be epidemic on the internet, if you know what I mean. ;)

One question I never forgot regarding choose 'mercy or justice' and I chose justice because I thought if we really had justice there'd be no need for mercy...

Lat, great minds think alike.

INTJ too, but who knows on a different day when my mood changes.

WOW! Quite a showing for INTJ's here. Kindred Spirits, no doubt. This is awesome!

I've taken this several times over my working career. ESTJ here 🙋‍♀️

^^^ me too. sephia.

I've never done one of these tests and have no idea what all those letters mean. No job I've done has required one. And I'm quite glad about that.

It's not a bad thing to have an insight into why you do what you, for some of us floral. It was usually used for teammates to communicate better too. Knowing my teammate is revived when they have fewer interactions (tends to introversion) means, I might give them more space. A teammate who tended to extroversion might need to be invited to more activities to get them pumped up. Nothing inherently bad about knowing it. Overuse makes the test trite.

• Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I): Where you direct and get your energy—either from the outer world or your inner thoughts.
• Sensing (S) or Intuition (N): How you gather information—focusing on basic, concrete facts or big-picture patterns and future possibilities.
• Thinking (T) or Feeling (F): How you make choices—using objective logic or personal values and empathy.
• Judging (J) or Perceiving (P): How you handle the outside world—preferring structure and closure or keeping options open and flexible. [1, 2]

Also, I remember the actual book itself was on the weird side. Full of references to Greek mythology, and confusing terms. E and I, and T and F are easy, but not so much the other four. The way I like to think of them is:

S for science only, vs. N for intuition, and a belief in faith as a large part of reality. I can see whereupon a couple from differing camps may simply not understand the thought processes of the other.

"How can you not believe in a God, or supernatural creator to explain the universe? OR:

The Bible? It's just a d*mn book. Written by humans. The Universe? Science can, and has explained it all. Your fanciful ideas are just wishful thinking with no proof whatsoever."

P and J made sense to me by comparing someone (a P) who is fine with unfinished projects all over the place, multitasker, lots of irons in the fire, OK with clutter. "I'll get to it when I get to it, what's the big deal?"

Versus a J. Neat and tidy, orderly, lets finish this task before we start another. A place for everything, Clutter is promptly dealt with. A clean and organized kitchen is required. A big holiday dinner? The temporary mess is still an organized mess.

Simplistic? Absolutely. But a couple who wish to live together, or an office work team, or what have you, may confront these differences as the years go by. Friction may result. Just something to think about.

I'd rather get to know colleagues personally than have them predefined by a test result. I also think it could lead people to feel they can't change. If a colleague needs more space I'd hope I could tell that without having to rely on knowing how the have been labelled.