MBTI

[Dintiradan]

One of the courses I'm taking has a large term project, so we're spending the opening lectures on teamwork -- something I think is great, as it seems most projects (in and out of school) die because of lack of people skills, not technical skills. So I'm a bit disappointed when the first full-length lecture deals with Myers-Briggs Type Indicators.

 

I don't think computing science should be divorced from the other sciences, but I don't think it was necessary to spend the entire lecture on Jung and personality types. Specific complaints about MBTI aside, I think the system should have been mentioned only in passing. The prof made a couple feeble protests that people shouldn't be pigeonholed because of their types, but spending so much time on the subject gave the class the wrong idea. My suspicions were confirmed when someone asked which types were best suited for each other when it comes to teamwork (note this is before many people have chosen groups).

 

So now we have to complete a test on this site (which also has some tests for 'marriage compatibility') and send the result to a TA. After everyone forms groups, each group will be told what five types are present in it. Don't worry, it's confidential -- there's no way people will be able to match five types to the five group members!

 

You've probably figured out that I'm just ranting, and I'm unlikely to change my mind. I'm posting anyway because I need some form of outlet. I'm so close to posting a sarcastic personal ad on the course's forum. However, I've been flippant enough to my professors this semester -- and it's only the first week.

 

 

 

Anyway, have a poll! Everybody loves polls!

[Dintiradan]

INTJ seeking other iNtuitive Thinkers for pair programming. I enjoy debugging sessions by candlelight and long walks on the beach -- but only when the wireless is good.

[Callie]

INTP, but I already knew that from a Facebook app.

Introvert: 18%

Intuitive: 80%

Thinking: 88%

Perceiving: 10%

[Sudanna]

Introvert: 89%

Intuitive: 75%

Thinking: 75%

Judging: 33%

[Dikiyoba]

Introvert: 100%

Sensing: 1%

Thinking: 50%

Percieving: 11%

 

The other scores typically vary a fair amount, but no matter which version Dikiyoba takes, Dikiyoba always ends up with 100% introvert.

[Dantius]

Your Type is

ENTJ

Extroverted 33

 

Intuitive 75

 

Thinking 88

 

Judging 33

 

These personality test are ********, just for your future reference.

[keira]

http://www.mypersonality.info/wdueck/

 

istj.

[VCH]

That test was lame.

 

 

ISTP

 

Introverted 11%

Sensing 1%

Thinking 12%

Perceiving 11%

 

 

Why are all my scores so low?

[Alorael at Large]

INTJ. I didn't take the test. I've taken too many MBTI tests and now can't get meaningful results.

 

—Alorael, who may get around to it later. He'll just enjoy the fact that INTJ, a supposedly uncommon type, is currently Spiderweb's plurality.

[Ephesos]

INTP. That was supremely confusing and not entirely satisfying.

 

22% Introverted

12% Intuitive

1% Thinking

11% Perceiving

 

Yeah, my scores are rather low too.

[Enraged Slith]

I had to do this for my Introduction to Engineering class. There are better ways to spend one's time.

[Dintiradan]

Originally Posted By: VCH

Why are all my scores so low?

Because you fail.

No, seriously, you failed the test -- you didn't get a single score above 50%. Get off the Internet. We don't need your kind here.

[Ouroboros]

INFP

Introverted 56%

Intuitive 38%

Feeling 25%

Perceiving 33%

[inni]

intp

my profile is

extravert:61

intuitive:88

thinking:88

perceiving:11

[Frozen Feet]

INTJ. I read a description about it, and can't help but wonder why it's thought to be rare. The description fit me quite well, though.

[Dantius]

Originally Posted By: Enraged Slith

I had to do this for my Introduction to Engineering class. There are better ways to spend one's time.

Why on earth would you need to take personality tests in an engineeing class?

[Monroe]

Originally Posted By: VCH

Why are all my scores so low?

Just that the test couldn't meaningfully place you in one of the two extremes it was designed to. In a way, the test failed. Just like all of these types of tests do. No offense to the creators. At least these tests often provoke some kind of self-reflection, at least.

Edit: My

of test fail. See VHC, he got a low score, too.

[Dikiyoba]

Originally Posted By: VCH

Why are all my scores so low?

Dikiyoba thinks a low score just means you don't mind which aspect you use, rather than strongly prefering one or the other.

[Student of Trinity]

FWIW, I understand that the neo-Jungian ideology behind the original development of the MBTI would consider low scores good. They mean you're well-rounded, not polarized into one way of being and interacting.

[Niemand]

I also come out INTJ:

Introverted: 56

Intuitive: 25

Thinking: 38

Judging:33

[Celtic Minstrel]

Probably not accurate, since I didn't even quite know what some of the questions meant, but... apparently I'm INTJ. (Which, if I recall correctly, is the result I got the last time I took a test like this.)

 

Introverted 78%

Intuitive 25%

Thinking 75%

Judging... 1%?

[Slawbug]

And the results have converged about where you might expect for this forum: very large margins in favor of I, N, and T, and a small margin in favor of P.

 

What's interesting though is that the variance is so uniformly small -- individual types represented may vary and show E, S, or F, but never more than one of those. And more than half the types represented are in fact INT.

[Rowen]

Your Type is

ENFJ

Extraverted 1%

Intuitive 12%

Feeling 12%

Judging 44%

 

I did it just so I don't feel left out.

[A less presumptuous name.]

Introverted: 22

Intuitive: 12

Thinking: 25

Judging: 56

[Goldengirl]

Originally Posted By: Atomic Rage Quit

INTJ. I didn't take the test. I've taken too many MBTI tests and now can't get meaningful results.

For the same reasons, I know that I am INFP. That said, I believe that through sheer use of willpower to repress and transformation the conscious personality, it's possible to shift around.