[Discussion] Discuss: What is your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)? — DEV Community (2024)

Dian Fay

• Oct 15 '18

Arden de Raaij

• Oct 15 '18 • Edited on Oct 15 • Edited

Brian Rinaldi

• Oct 15 '18 • Edited on Oct 15 • Edited

We just did this at work. I ended up as an ENTJ. The description from the assessment at work sounded like me, but someone sent me the link to the 16personalities.com description and my first thought was that the ENTJ sounds like an a--hole...and lo and behold the first two examples are Steve Jobs and Gordon Ramsay, two notorious a--holes.

The nice thing that the one at work did (which I am not sure if this one does as I didn't retake it) was that it laid out some of the specifics within each grouping. So, for instance, I am T for Thinking over Feeling, but I also got tender over tough within that grouping. So my hope is that offsets some of the a--holeishness. 😉

That being said, it was a fun and useful exercise. Especially where it forced me to think about the ways I see myself versus the way the evaluation sees me.

Stephanie Handsteiner

• Oct 15 '18

I took this test a few years ago, when one of our teachers made us to, during one lesson in our last school year (apparently a lot of HR people like this stuff, idk), got INFJ-A back then. Retook the test a few months ago, when I saw it pop up on reddit, still got INFJ-A as a result.

This apparently means that I'm an INFJ-A. 🤔

Casey Brooks

• Oct 15 '18

🇨🇵️ Nathan Graule

• Oct 16 '18

Coming late with an obligatory relevant Idea Channel episode: youtube.com/watch?v=5_wy8P2iwW8

MBTI, as with any personality test that aspires to boil down personalities into categories, shouldn't be taken more seriously than "for sh*ts and giggles". I feel like employers are attracted to those as they promise an easier and quantifiable way to sort through applications. How can there be a good company culture if everybody is an I type?

Ryan Palo

• Oct 15 '18

ISTJ, but like right on the line between Introvert and Extrovert (although, I feel more introverted than extroverted). All the way over on the Judging side of the scale, which makes sense. I do love a good to-do list.

I've read some things that mention this type as a good choice for a "second-in-command" kind of "useful, capable, support person". I feel like that lines up with how I like to be. I feel most comfortable not leading but being so useful and anticipating the teams needs that it makes the leader's job a lot easier.

Kasey Speakman

• Oct 15 '18 • Edited on Oct 15 • Edited

I ended up being ISFP-T, aka the Adventurer. I only answered in the context of work. I have to say, on the whole it seems spot on (about work things).

Edit: I read the briefs on the Architect, the Logician, and the Advocate, and found a few points in each of those which strongly correlated to me (like the Logician sharing thoughts that are not fully formed and using conversation as a sounding board to develop their ideas further -- that's totally me). The Adventurer result I got most strongly correlated to me as a whole, but it is certainly not comprehensive.

I've done numerous personality tests over the years as group activities. They are always just one (limited) model of a person, and as such it provides some (limited) value in understanding how to interact with them. But you can't take it too seriously. A personality profile and a person have an infinite difference in depth.

I also find that a single individual's personality varies based on situation. To provide any value, you have to have a "scene" in mind, like work or home.

Vaibhav

• Oct 15 '18

Roxanne Buchanan

• Oct 15 '18

Quentin Sonrel

• Oct 15 '18

I just took it (first time, I knew about it but never cared to try).

It seems I'm an INTJ-T.

Don't know what to do with that 🤔

Helen Anderson

• Oct 16 '18

It doesn't matter how many times I do this or what mood I'm in, I always get ISTJ-A.

High introversion, highly observant, and highly highly judging (93%!). Probably not a bad thing for a Data Analyst.

Dylan Kilkenny

• Oct 15 '18

Roberto Sanchez

• Oct 15 '18

Ali Spittel

• Oct 15 '18

Daragh Byrne

• Oct 17 '18

JD Gonzales

• Oct 18 '18

Chris Frewin

• Oct 15 '18

Herb Wolfe

• Oct 16 '18

INTJ-T.

I've taken these before, and I'm fairly certain they all turn out relatively the same. The last one I took and saved the results was the same as this.