The Myers-Briggs personality test helps you identify four basic areas of your personality.
These four areas each have two different options, which make up the 16 personalities.
Please note: Myers-Briggs typology is very complex and this is just a brief overview!
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Hardworking with sound practical judgement.
Devoted caretakers who enjoy being helpful to others.
Seek cooperation, enjoy intellectual stimulation.
Driven by their own original ideas to achieve improvements.
Skilled at understanding how mechanical things work.
Seek to create a personal environment that is practical.
Value personal growth, focus on dreams & possibilities.
Original thinkers who enjoy creative problem solving.
Likes to run the show & get things done in an orderly fashion
Seeks to be helpful, enjoys being active & productive.
Skilled communicators, organized & responsible.
Effective planners of people & long range planners.
Pragmatic problem solvers & skillful negotiators.
Has common sense, enjoys helping people in tangible ways.
Value inspiration & enjoy starting new projects.
Enjoy new ideas & challenges, value inspiration.
ISTJs are hard workers. They prefer to work in a structured environment with defined rules. They respect authority and focus on their personal and professional development.
Similar to the ESTJ, they have a knack for detail and memorization, but work more behind the scenes instead of up front as a leader.
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ISFJs are dedicated and hard workers who believe in good service. They enjoy finding resolutions to day-to-day challenges.
Tradition-oriented and down-to-earth, they do best in jobs where they can help people achieve their goals, or where structure is needed.
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INFJs need to express their creativity and insight. They must find meaning in their work, in order to know they are helping and connecting with people.
Blessed with an idealistic vision, they do best when they seek to make that vision a reality.
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INTJs prefer to work alone, or in small groups. They need to be in an environment with minimal interference. They are creative perfectionists who like to do things their way.
They have a particular skill of grasping difficult, complex concepts and building strategies.
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ISTPs often need a sense of unpredictability and excitement. They enjoy working with little space and a hands-on problem to solve.
With the ability to stay calm under pressure, they excel in any job which requires immediate action.
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ISFPs seek positions where they can do things their own way. They want the ability to express their natural qualities and pursue creative freedom.
They tend to do well in the arts, as well as helping others and working with people.
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INFPs prefer to work in a face-to-face type of job. They do not do well in stressful environments.
Driven by a strong sense of personal values, they are also highly creative and can offer support from behind the scenes.
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INTPs prefer to work alone. They need to intellectual stimulation, and they are self-driven and good problem solvers.
Highly analytical, they can discover connections between two seemingly unrelated things, and work best when allowed to use their imagination and critical thinking.
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ESTJs show clear and consistent tendencies. They create order and follow rules and they makes sure that work is completed to a high standard.
Natural leaders, they work best when they are in charge and enforcing the rules.
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ESFJs are well-organized and enjoy bringing order and structure to their workplaces. They often work best in environments with clear, predictable hierarchies and tasks.
They do best in jobs where they can apply their natural warmth at building relationships with other people.
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ENFJs are intelligent, warm, creative and social. They enjoy helping others, take an interest in other people and tend to pick up what others want.
They have a gift of encouraging others actualize themselves, and provide excellent leadership.
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ENTJs prefer to be in a workplace, surrounded by others. They are able to be clear and concise, and they enjoy leadership and responsibility.
They are born to lead and can steer the organization towards their vision, using their excellent organizing and understanding of what needs to get done.
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ESTPs crave immediate results for their efforts. They are curious, energetic people who like action.
They have a gift for reacting to and solving immediate problems, and persuading other people.
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ESFPs like to make the workplace a friendly and enjoyable place. They have a social and relaxed attitude but need to be in an environment with others.
Optimistic and fun-loving, their enthusiasm is great for motivating others.
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ENFPs seek a change to explore new ideas and enjoy working with others who share their interests. They have good people skills and need to be in a career where they can push boundaries.
Very creative and fun-loving, they excel at careers which allow them to express their ideas and spontaneity.
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ENTPs are excellent communicators. People who are ENTPs expect to be heard and need to apply themselves fully to understand and solve the problems that interest them.
Very freedom-oriented, they need a career which allows them to act independent and express their creativity and insight.
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