What Kind of Person Are You?

I took home a Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test and found out what kind of person I am. Looks like I am a Introvert, Sensor, Thinker, Judger (ISTJ).

What I like about this test is that it groups people into more general categories unlike most personality tests that tend to put you into groups which are extremes of what you really are.

I did a google search on the MBTI and found a really cool site that helped me decipher what it means to be a ISTJ. Imagine that people have to pay hundreds to take this test and I got it for free from my lecturer. So for those who are interested, here are some excerpts from the article….

1)General traits of a ISTJ:
• Likes looking at information in terms of facts and details
• Focuses more on the here and now rather than possibilities for the future
• Feels comfortable in areas of proven experience
• Takes a realistic approach
• Seek to develop a realistic understanding of the world as it is, in the light of what he/she observes
• Be pragmatic in nature, constantly learning to adapt to the world as it is now
• focusing the (inner world) Sensing on impersonal facts and logical options
• tending to spot flaws and injustices
• making decisions on the basis of logical analysis that support the ISTJ's understanding of the world.


2.In a team environment, the ISTJ can contribute by:
• working hard and efficiently to complete tasks by the deadlines set
• sorting ideas and identifying those that are most practical
• applying a common sense approach to problem solving
• maintaining team focus on the objective
• contributing practical organisational skills
• applying procedures and methodologies
• applying relevant and realistic logical arguments


3.The potential ways in which an ISTJ can irritate others include:
• focusing too much on the current task at the expense of longer term or interpersonal issues
• not articulating his/her understanding of the situation
• not seeing the wood for the trees
• being too serious
• seeming to be inflexible
• not encouraging others to experiment or innovate
• not promoting his/her own ideas or achievements


4.When stress is introduced ISTJs tend to:
• find a place of solitude in which to think and work
• use tried and trusted means of solving problems
• direct or criticise others' efforts
• use pragmatic solutions at the expense of the long term


5.Under extreme stress, fatigue or illness, the ISTJ's shadow may appear - a negative form of ENFP. Example characteristics are:
• having a gloomy view of a future
• suggesting impractical ideas
• acting impulsively, and changing things without any thought
• having intense negative feelings towards others (though these might not be expressed)

(sourced from : http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk)

Sorry that i couldnt find a site where you can take the MBTI online for free. Everyone's out there trying to make money out of these tests. Dont waste your time on the free teeny-bopper online ones. I took one a couple of years ago and it told me that I was "THE ONE". Creepy....