I took a personality test today. Here are my results:
| E | I | ||
| Do you prefer to direct energy towards the outer world of people and things (E) or the inner world of ideas and information (I)? | |||
| Extraversion involves interacting with people, having broad interests, and tending to act first and then think. | Introversion involves concentrating on a few, deep issues, and thinking things through before acting. | ||
| S | N | ||
| Do you prefer to deal with facts and tangible outcomes (S) or possibilities and potential (N)? | |||
| Sensation looks at facts, takes a practical approach and tends to be interested in clear, detailed information. | iNtuition looks at potential and possibilities, and tends to be interested in what is not yet known. | ||
| T | F | ||
| Do you prefer to decide on the basis of objective logic (T) or subjective values (F)? | |||
| Thinking involves using principles, taking a detached, objective view as an onlooker, analysing and criticising. | Feeling involves using values, taking a personal, subjective view as a participant, valuing and appreciating. | ||
| J | P | ||
| Do you prefer to live an organised and structured life (J) or be flexible and go with the flow (P)? | |||
| Judgement structures and controls life, making decisions and establishing closure or stability. | Perception retains flexibility, inquiring, being spontaneous, keeping options open and waiting to see what develops. | ||
In personality type theory there are four pairs of opposites. Isabel Briggs Myers (IBM), the creator of the four letter code, believed that for every pair there were two groups - e.g. extraverts and introverts. However, C.G. Jung, on whose theory IBM based her ideas, believed there was a third group in the middle - i.e. those who liked a balance of both. Research tends to support Jung's view.
Relevance To You
The theoretical differences matter because they can affect important decisions, such as your choice of career. In IBM's theory, you choose a career associated with your type. In Jung's version, you choose a career that has the right balance for you.
The bars in the table, right, show your preferred balance of preferences. The optional Careers Report uses both approaches to match you with careers. We'll describe this in more detail on a later page.
| ISTJ 68% | ISFJ 73% | INFJ 53% | INTJ 48% |
| ISTP 53% | ISFP 64% | INFP 54% | INTP 43% |
| ESTP 62% | ESFP 68% | ENFP 48% | ENTP 42% |
| ESTJ 62% | ESFJ 73% | ENFJ 63% | ENTJ 52% |
In IBM's theory, you combine the four letters to get your personality type code. In Jung's version of the theory, each type is a stereotype that you can refer to, in order to understand your unique personality. This is like using landmarks to identify your unique location.
The table (right) shows how close your personality is to each stereotype. You can use the descriptions, below, to check which is your closest type.
| ISFJ If your closest personality type is ISFJ then you are interested in knowledge and experience, particularly in relation to family, friends and colleagues. You are a quiet, serious observer of people, listening intently and getting to know a great deal about them. You pay attention to their emotions and feelings, and are keenly aware of the state of relationships between them and you take your responsibilities to them very seriously. | ESFJ If your closest personality type is ESFJ then you seek to develop harmony in relationships, and promote cooperation and teamwork. You regard the needs of others as very important, perhaps more so than your own, and seek to recognize their contributions and make them feel valued. You encourage and motivate others, engender team spirit, and try to overcome any conflict by finding common ground and ways in which people can agree. |
These reports are pretty correct on my personality. :-)
I took another personality test:
Personality test results
Your personality type is ISTJ!
| Introverted (I) 82% | Extraverted (E) 18% |
| Sensing (S) 64% | Intuitive (N) 36% |
| Thinking (T) 50% | Feeling (F) 50% |
| Judging (J) 82% | Perceiving (P) 18% |
Careers for ISTJ Personality Types
Whether you're a young adult trying to find your place in the world, or a not-so-young adult trying to find out if you're moving along the right path, it's important to understand yourself and the personality traits which will impact your likeliness to succeed or fail at various careers. It's equally important to understand what is really important to you. When armed with an understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, and an awareness of what you truly value, you are in an excellent position to pick a career which you will find rewarding.
ISTJs generally have the following traits:
- Value tradition, security, and peaceful living
- Will work long and hard to fulfill duties
- Can be depended on to follow through on tasks
- Loyal and faithful
- Stable, practical and down-to-earth
- Family-minded
- Dislike doing things which don't make sense to them
- Dislike abstract theory, unless they see the practical application
- Natural leaders
- Prefer to work alone, but work well in teams when necessary
- Extremely observant, they take in facts via their senses and store them internally
- Vast, rich inner store of facts which they rely on to understand problems which they encounter in their lives
- Profound respect for facts and concrete information
- Make decisions objectively, applying logic and rational thinking
- Dislike change, unless they are shown it's benefit in a concrete way
- Have strong opinions about the way things should be done
- Appreciate structured, orderly environments
- Have very high standards for their own behavior and the behavior of others
- Not naturally in-tune with other people's feelings
- Able to accomplish almost anything if they put their minds to it
- Community minded "good citizens"
ISTJs have one character trait which puts them at a definite advantage in terms of career success - Perserverance. An ISTJ can do almost anything that they have decided to do. However, there are areas in which they will function more happily and naturally. An ISTJ will do best in a career in which they can use their excellent organizational skills and their powers of concentration to create order and structure. ISTJs seem to fit extremely well into the Management and Executive layer of the corporate business world.
The following list of professions is built on our impressions of careers which would be especially suitable for an ISTJ. It is meant to be a starting place, rather than an exhaustive list. There are no guarantees that any or all of the careers listed here would be appropriate for you, or that your best career match is among those listed.
| Possible Career Paths for the ISTJ: |
| Business Executives, Administrators and Managers |
| Accountants and Financial Officers |
| Police and Detectives |
| Judges |
| Lawyers |
| Medical Doctors / Dentists |
| Computer Programmers or Systems Analysts |
| Military Leaders |
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