Enjablog

Got linked to a different version of the test from Lenny: Myers Briggs

E - 4
I - 14

S - 9
N - 10

T - 14
F - 9

J - 7
P - 7

Consensus: INTP.

The issue in the last category is that I like being organized with lists and schedules to facilitate multiple projects. I procrastinate, but will usually get things done on time in the end. It’s just not as important to me to stick to the actual schedule, just that I have a plan. The other test was more focused on the scheduling and deadlines aspect of things, so I was strongly J.

QOTD: “HOWEVER, don’t let me catch any of you talking about streamlines in a time-varying flow.”
Yeah, because I was totally gonna…

Somehow, Myers-Briggs came up at Thanksgiving #3. The past few times this was mentioned, there was discussion as to whether I was truly an INTP. I realized recently that a lot of my opinions have changed in the past few years. It’s especially noticeable when I think back to opinions I held in high school about relationships, socio-political issues, religion, and many other things. I have developed a lot of grays where they didn’t used to exist. So, in light of my intellectual transformation, I was open to the possibility that INTP no longer best describes me.

I re-took the test today and I came out as an INTJ. Very introverted still. Moderately intuitive, which I think is consistent. I’m moderately thinking, which I think is a decrease from before. I am learning the feeling thing and there were a few questions that were obvious to me that I would have answered differently 13 years ago. And moderately judging. That’s completely different for me and I have no idea what that means. I’m going to need to do more research.

EDIT: Added some links to descriptions. Item of note: Gandalf and Hannibal Lecter are INTJs.

The open-endedness (from Perceiving) conjoined with the need for competence (NT) is expressed in a sense that one’s conclusion may well be met by an equally plausible alternative solution, and that, after all, one may very well have overlooked some critical bit of data. An INTP arguing a point may very well be trying to convince himself as much as his opposition. In this way INTPs are markedly different from INTJs, who are much more confident in their competence and willing to act on their convictions.

To me, this sounds more like I’m INTP. I’m really not understanding this change.

Strength of the preferences %
Introverted 78
Intuitive 50
Thinking 25
Judging 56