Take This Personality to Help Choosing Your Career

[Mehdi]

Reader Steph asked in the blog comments if I ever took a Myers - Briggs test. Steph thought I was an INTP

I'm an ENTJ.
# slightly expressed extravert
# moderately expressed intuitive personality
# slightly expressed thinking personality
# moderately expressed judging personality

ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshall and direct. This may be expressed with the charm and finesse of a world leader or with the insensitivity of a cult leader. The ENTJ requires little encouragement to make a plan. One ENTJ put it this way... "I make these little plans that really don't have any importance to anyone else, and then feel compelled to carry them out." While "compelled" may not describe ENTJs as a group, nevertheless the bent to plan creatively and to make those plans reality is a common theme for NJ types.

ENTJs are often "larger than life" in describing their projects or proposals. This ability may be expressed as salesmanship, story-telling facility or stand-up comedy. In combination with the natural propensity for filibuster, our hero can make it very difficult for the customer to decline.

ENTJs are decisive. They see what needs to be done, and frequently assign roles to their fellows. Few other types can equal their ability to remain resolute in conflict, sending the valiant (and often leading the charge) into the mouth of hell. When challenged, the ENTJ may by reflex become argumentative. Alternatively (s)he may unleash an icy gaze that serves notice: the ENTJ is not one to be trifled with.

As an ENTJ, the job I did for 5 years was like wearing jeans that are 2 sizes too small: it didn't feel good. ENTJ's are made to lead, to give orders, not to receive them.I have the reputation to be stubborn when I want something, to go against the flow, to stand ground, etc. I always had problems with my ex-boss' authority/rules. The problem wasn't me (although they wanted me to adapt), the job was. There's a lot more that was wrong with the job, like the lack of challenge, ability to change things, etc

If you have no clear ideas of what kind of job you want/don't want, the myers - brigg test can help. However don't limit yourself by rules. Personality changes. I'm not the guy that I was 5 years ago, I'm not even the guy I was 6 months ago. Just like your personality influences thoughts/actions, so do your thoughts/actions influence your personality. If you change the way you think/the things you do, it will change your personality. It's a lot of work at first, as it demands constant "awareness" of thoughts/actions to re-adjust what goes wrong, but if you keep at it, personality changes and thought/actions become automatic.

I do not mean by this that an ENTJ is something to strive for, ENTJ is just a label, it's not you. What I mean is that I received a lot of career advice in the past from people who thought they could tell me what I would do best in my life based on my job interviews/test. I think that nothing/no-one can tell you best what you should do with your life than you. You are your own boss, you decide on your future, not some stupid test.

So just do the test, it might help getting answers about some things. Take your personality test here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp and share below.

[elisa]

Very interesting, I came up an INTJ

[Young Athlete]

INTJ also, must be something about our attitudes that caused us to stay here

[bigwhat62]

ENTJ

I am:

* slightly expressed extrovert
* slightly expressed intuitive personality
* distinctively expressed thinking personality
* moderately expressed judging personality

[ukdudeinuk]

Your Type is
ESFP
Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
1 12 12 6

# slightly expressed extravert
# slightly expressed sensing personality
# slightly expressed feeling personality
# slightly expressed perceiving personality


[ENFP] [INFP] [ENFJ] [INFJ] [ESTJ] [ISTJ] [ESFJ] [ISFJ]
[ENTP] [INTP] [ENTJ] [INTJ] [ESTP] [ISTP] [ESFP] [ISFP]


Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
by Joe Butt

Profile: ESFP
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 25 Feb 2005

"Where's the party?" ESFPs love people, excitement, telling stories and having fun. The spontaneous, impulsive nature of this type is almost always entertaining. And ESFPs love to entertain -- on stage, at work, and/or at home. Social gatherings are an energy boost to these "people" people.

SPs sometimes think and talk in more of a spider-web approach. Several of my ESFP friends jump from thought to thought in mid-sentence, touching here or there in a manner that's almost incoherent to the listener, but will eventually cover the waterfront by skipping on impulse from one piece of information to another. It's really quite fascinating.

New! ESFPs are attracted to new ideas, new fashions, new gadgets, new ______. Perhaps it's the newness of life that attracts ESFPs to elementary education, especially to preschool and kindergarten.

ESFPs love to talk to people about people. Some of the most colorful storytellers are ESFPs. Their down-to-earth, often homespun wit reflects a mischievous benevolence.

Almost every ESFP loves to talk. Some can be identified by the twenty minute conversation required to ask or answer a simple factual question.

Pretty well describes me, especially the jumping thoughts mid sentence. I attribute that to ADHD, but I guess having that would be a part of my personality, now that I actually think about it.

[guni]

INTJ for me. Kinda made sense actually.

[bigwhat62]

INTJ for me. Kinda made sense actually.

mine made sense too. the jobs it listed had one that i am already in the industry, engineering, and i had always thought about teaching high school math or physics and it also listed high school teacher.

[MysCat]

INFJ. Everything it says about me is so true, it's scary. It says my type is best suited for careers in education, counseling/psychology, law, science and design. And so far my career choices in counseling, fashion design, and illustration seem right on and I've always been interested in criminal law and studies on the brain.

[mackanno]

Another INTJ here, and the cats had nothing to do here, lol

[oi_joe]

INFP
although, i did not understand all the quesions, mat give it another crack with a dictionary at hand.

[Taz]

Also an INTJ, but after reading the lengthy description of what an INTJ is, I don't see how it fits me at all. Ah well, was fun anyway.

[Tikuane]

INTJ. Same as when I took this 8 years ago when I was 15. Seems like you can learn much and change, but still be fundamentally the same. Gives credence to the idea that one doesn't truly change, just "wears different clothes" (always felt this myself).

[nomadofwaves]

INTP
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
11 25 50 22


# slightly expressed introvert
# moderately expressed intuitive personality
# moderately expressed thinking personality
# slightly expressed perceiving personality

[eLvarouza]

I've changed my outlook on many things over the past couple years since the last time I took that test. Last time I took it I was an INTJ a few years ago. Now I am: INTJ. Damn.

[Love_Deadlifts]

haha, your core personality doesn't change much throughout life.