16 Personalities

[Ryan-3]

Did this about two years ago at work. Didn't get the same result but can't remember what.

Today I got:
Commander
ENTJ-T

 

[413x]

No

Mediator

• Idealistic – Mediators’ friends and loved ones will come to admire and depend on them for their optimism. Their unshaken belief that all people are inherently good, perhaps simply misunderstood, lends itself to an incredibly resilient attitude in the face of hardship.
• Seek and Value Harmony – People with the Mediator personality type have no interest in having power over others, and don’t much care for domineering attitudes at all. They prefer a more democratic approach, and work hard to ensure that every voice and perspective is heard.
• Open-Minded and Flexible – A live-and-let-live attitude comes naturally to Mediators, and they dislike being constrained by rules. Mediators give the benefit of the doubt too, and so long as their principles and ideas are not being challenged, they’ll support others’ right to do what they think is right.
• Very Creative – Mediators combine their visionary nature with their open-mindedness to allow them to see things from unconventional perspectives. Being able to connect many far-flung dots into a single theme, it’s no wonder that many Mediators are celebrated poets and authors.
• Passionate and Energetic – When something captures Mediators’ imagination and speaks to their beliefs, they go all in, dedicating their time, energy, thoughts and emotions to the project. Their shyness keeps them from the podium, but they are the first to lend a helping hand where it’s needed.
• Dedicated and Hard-Working – While others focusing on the challenges of the moment may give up when the going gets tough, Mediators (especially Assertive ones) have the benefit of their far-reaching vision to help them through. Knowing that what they are doing is meaningful gives people with this personality type a sense of purpose and even courage when it comes to accomplishing something they believe in.

Mediator Weaknesses

• Too Idealistic – Mediators often take their idealism too far, setting themselves up for disappointment as, again and again, evil things happen in the world. This is true on a personal level too, as Mediators may not just idealize their partners, but idolize them, forgetting that no one is perfect.
• Too Altruistic – Mediators sometimes see themselves as selfish, but only because they want to give so much more than they are able to. This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as they try to push themselves to commit to a chosen cause or person, forgetting to take care of the needs of others in their lives, and especially themselves.
• Impractical – When something captures Mediators’ imagination, they can neglect practical matters like day-to-day maintenance and simple pleasures. Sometimes people with the Mediator personality type will take this asceticism so far as to neglect eating and drinking as they pursue their passion or cause.
• Dislike Dealing With Data – Mediators are often so focused on the big picture that they forget the forest is made of individual trees. Mediators are in tune with emotions and morality, and when the facts and data contradict their ideals, it can be a real challenge for them.
• Take Things Personally – Mediators often take challenges and criticisms personally, rather than as inspiration to reassess their positions. Avoiding conflict as much as possible, Mediators will put a great deal of time and energy into trying to align their principles and the criticisms into a middle ground that satisfies everybody.
• Difficult to Get to Know – Mediators are private, reserved and self-conscious. This makes them notoriously difficult to really get to know, and their need for these qualities contributes to the guilt they often feel for not giving more of themselves to those they care about

I'm yet to find one of these that is accurate to someone like myself with borderline personality disorder. That first line is completely wrong for me, people are generally selfish and I can easily write people off. I don't need hassle in my life.

It's almost as if there is more than one personality in here, one hand I'll go out of my way to help people, on the other, I dislike a lot of people and rarely want to be around them. I can give great advise and get people to see the best, I'm also a pessimist. I'm happiest out in the wilderness.

I adapt to the situation and the person I am dealing with to do whatever needs doing. I don't really know who I am and the only time I'm really happy is with my kids away from tech.

You sound like me to some extent.
Im drawn to tech but never value the experience afterwards, much rather be outdoors, but hard to motivate myself to do it in winter.

I care about the people I care about, and the things I care about. Like. My pets and close friends and family, but otherwise I have little warmth for people. And can easily dismiss these as hassle. It's where my gf differs She thinks and cares about a lot of life 'ills'. Where as I don't, the stress and anxiety would (and has) eaten me up.

We both think the each others view points are terrible for the other(if I took on her view point it would kill me) but also both see the merits.

So yeah, it comes out with me being really caring but if I answered not thinking about people I'm close to I'd come out differently. I guess that's a problem. How much are you answering and how much is it the box you feel you have to be in.

I always get IXXP

 

[BowdonUK]

Your personality type is:
Advocate
INFJ-a

Advocate strengths

• Creative – Combining a vivid imagination with a strong sense of compassion, Advocates use their creativity to resolve not technical challenges, but human ones. People with the Advocate personality type enjoy finding the perfect solution for someone they care about. This strength makes them excellent counselors and advisors.
• Insightful – Seeing through dishonesty and disingenuous motives, Advocates step past manipulation and sales tactics and into a more honest discussion. Advocate personalities see how people and events are connected. They are then able to use that insight to get to the heart of the matter.
• Inspiring and Convincing – Speaking in human terms, not technical, Advocates have a fluid, inspirational writing style that appeals to the inner idealist in their audience. Advocates can even be astonishingly good orators, speaking with warmth and passion. This is especially true if they are proud of what they are speaking for.
• Decisive – Advocates’ creativity, insight, and inspiration are able to have a real impact on the world. This is because they are able to follow through on their ideas with conviction, willpower, and the planning necessary to see complex projects through to the end. People with the Advocate personality type don’t just see the way things ought to be; they act on those insights.
• Determined and Passionate – When Advocates come to believe that something is important, they pursue that goal with a conviction and energy that can catch others off-guard. Advocates will rock the boat if they must. Not everyone likes to see this, but their passion for their chosen cause is an inseparable part of the Advocate personality.
• Altruistic – These strengths are used for good. Advocates will not engage in any actions or promote beliefs just to benefit themselves. They have strong beliefs and take the actions that they do because they are trying to advance an idea that they truly believe will make the world a better place.

Advocate Weaknesses

• Sensitive – When someone challenges or criticizes Advocates’ principles or values, they are likely to receive an alarmingly strong response. People with the Advocate personality type are highly vulnerable to criticism and conflict. Questioning their motives is the quickest way to their bad side.
• Extremely Private – Advocates tend to present themselves as the culmination of an idea. This is partly because they believe in this idea, but also because Advocates are extremely private when it comes to their personal lives. They use this image to keep themselves from having to truly open up, even to close friends. Trusting a new friend can be even more challenging for Advocates.
• Perfectionistic – Advocate personalities are all but defined by their pursuit of ideals. While this is a wonderful quality in many ways, an ideal situation is not always possible – in politics, in business, in romance. Advocates, especially Turbulent ones, too often drop or ignore healthy and productive situations and relationships, always believing there might be a better option down the road.
• Always Need to Have a Cause – Advocate personalities get so caught up in their pursuits that any of the cumbersome tasks that come between them and their ideal vision is deeply unwelcome. Advocates like to know that they are taking concrete steps toward their goals. If routine tasks feel like they are getting in the way – or worse yet, there is no goal at all – they will feel restless and disappointed.
• Can Burn Out Easily – Their passion, impatience for routine maintenance, idealism, and extreme privacy tend to leave Advocates with few options for letting off steam. People with this personality type are likely to exhaust themselves in short order if they don’t find a way to balance their ideals with the realities of day-to-day living.

 

[dl8860]

ENTP-A master race checking in.

I'm always straddling the middle ground for extra/intraversion though, 51% extra on this one. Which is spot on, in some situations I'd love nothing more than to have an evening to myself, but when I am in a social situation I do enjoy it and do throw myself in the deep end even with people I don't know (alcohol helps).

 

[Efour]

EntrepreneurPersonality
ESTP-A / ESTP-T

Basically I'm awesome and random AF.

 

[wozzizname]

Your personality type is:
Mediator
INFP-T

Being a part of the Diplomat Role group, Mediators are guided by their principles, rather than by logic (Analysts), excitement (Explorers), or practicality (Sentinels). When deciding how to move forward, they will look to honor, beauty, morality and virtue – Mediators are led by the purity of their intent, not rewards and punishments. People who share the Mediator personality type are proud of this quality, and rightly so, but not everyone understands the drive behind these feelings, and it can lead to isolation

 

[FoxEye]

Did this about two years ago at work. Didn't get the same result but can't remember what.

Today I got:
Commander
ENTJ-T

I think it's fairly telling that there are so many of these tests, and you will get vastly different results depending on which one you use.

Also that people here have re-run the test and got a different result the second time.

If there were good, solid science behind them there wouldn't be so much variance.

 

[krooton]

Where my Executive-fam at?

No one?

Oh well, at work we have done Insight Discoveries, which I have found fascinating as it's more about energy and how you suppress certain aspects or dial them up depending on the situations.

I'm also a bit of an anomoly whose main energies are both introverted and extraverted, and I can switch between them easily. Colloquially known as an ambivert.

For those that have done it, I'm Blue and Yellow above the line, and Red and Green below the line.

 

[Captain Chaos]

Executive over here. Reading through the results I find it to be fairly acurate.

 

[krooton]

Executive over here. Reading through the results I find it to be fairly acurate.

Pretty much, apart from the 'trouble expressing emotions' thing, it's not that I have trouble, it's that I am pretty constant in my emotional state so it isn't really that communicable.

 

[413x]

Your personality type is:
Mediator
INFP-T

Being a part of the Diplomat Role group, Mediators are guided by their principles, rather than by logic (Analysts), excitement (Explorers), or practicality (Sentinels). When deciding how to move forward, they will look to honor, beauty, morality and virtue – Mediators are led by the purity of their intent, not rewards and punishments. People who share the Mediator personality type are proud of this quality, and rightly so, but not everyone understands the drive behind these feelings, and it can lead to isolation

I hate that I'm pulled by logic want to explore.
I still usually come out as infp And by the definitions I still think I fit explorer more (or, in an ideal world I would)

So I type as NF
Feel forced into the NT
But want an S life

Ill always type as split S/N as I love real physical things, outdoors etc but think about things and spend a lot of time in my head too.

Fitting the introvert and especially percieveing box makes success at work challenging

These things don't box you, but it is of some interest

 

[FoxEye]

I hate that I'm pulled by logic want to explore.
I still usually come out as infp And by the definitions I still think I fit explorer more (or, in an ideal world I would)

So I type as NF
Feel forced into the NT
But want an S life

Ill always type as split S/N as I love real physical things, outdoors etc but think about things and spend a lot of time in my head too.

Fitting the introvert and especially percieveing box makes success at work challenging

These things don't box you, but it is of some interest

It shouldn't need to be said, but you are not defined by some test result.

You are you, and are free to define yourself on your own terms*, or to not put yourself in any box if you don't want to.

Q: What personality type are the people who don't take personality tests?

*Bounded by physical reality. Ie you can't be an attack helicopter.

 

[Wizardskills]

Apparently I'm a Advocate INFJ-A

 

[TNGL]

Where my Executive-fam at?

No one?

Oh well, at work we have done Insight Discoveries, which I have found fascinating as it's more about energy and how you suppress certain aspects or dial them up depending on the situations.

I'm also a bit of an anomoly whose main energies are both introverted and extraverted, and I can switch between them easily. Colloquially known as an ambivert.

For those that have done it, I'm Blue and Yellow above the line, and Red and Green below the line.

Yup, an executive here too.

 

[Ryan-3]

*Bounded by physical reality. Ie you can't be an attack helicopter.

How dare you assume my gender isn't attack helicopter.

 

[esoteric]

I'm a Logistician, ISTJ-T.

Most of the analysis is pretty spot on.

Strengths

• Honest and Direct – Integrity is the heart of the Logistician personality type. Emotional manipulation, mind games and reassuring lies all run counter to Logisticians’ preference for managing the reality of the situations they encounter with plain and simple honesty.
• Strong-willed and Dutiful – Logisticians embody that integrity in their actions too, working hard and staying focused on their goals. Patient and determined, people with the Logistician personality type meet their obligations, period.
• Very Responsible – Logisticians’ word is a promise, and a promise means everything. Logisticians would rather run themselves into the ground with extra days and lost sleep than fail to deliver the results they said they would. Loyalty is a strong sentiment for Logistician personalities, and they fulfill their duties to the people and organizations they’ve committed themselves to.
• Calm and Practical – None of their promises would mean much if Logisticians lost their tempers and broke down at every sign of hardship – they keep their feet on the ground and make clear, rational decisions. Peoples’ preferences are a factor to consider in this process, and Logisticians work to make the best use of individual qualities, but these decisions are made with effectiveness in mind more so than empathy. The same applies to criticisms, for others and themselves.
• Create and Enforce Order – The primary goal of any Logistician is to be effective in what they’ve chosen to do, and they believe that this is accomplished best when everyone involved knows exactly what is going on and why. Unclear guidelines and people who break established rules undermine this effort, and are rarely tolerated by Logisticians. Structure and rules foster dependability; chaos creates unforeseen setbacks and missed deadlines.
• Jacks-of-all-trades – Much like Analyst personality types, Logisticians are proud repositories of knowledge, though the emphasis is more on facts and statistics than concepts and underlying principles. This allows Logisticians to apply themselves to a variety of situations, picking up and applying new data and grasping the details of challenging situations as a matter of course.

Weakness

• Stubborn – The facts are the facts, and Logisticians tend to resist any new idea that isn’t supported by them. This factual decision-making process also makes it difficult for people with the Logistician personality type to accept that they were wrong about something – but anyone can miss a detail, even them.
• Insensitive – While not intentionally harsh, Logisticians often hurt more sensitive types’ feelings by the simple mantra that honesty is the best policy. Logistician personalities may take emotions into consideration, but really only so far as to determine the most effective way to say what needs to be said.
• Always by the Book – Logisticians believe that things work best with clearly defined rules, but this makes them reluctant to bend those rules or try new things, even when the downside is minimal. Truly unstructured environments leave Logisticians all but paralyzed.
• Judgmental – Opinions are opinions and facts are facts, and Logisticians are unlikely to respect people who disagree with those facts, or especially those who remain willfully ignorant of them.
• Often Unreasonably Blame Themselves – All this can combine to make Logisticians believe they are the only ones who can see projects through reliably. As they load themselves with extra work and responsibilities, turning away good intentions and helpful ideas, Logisticians sooner or later hit a tipping point where they simply can’t deliver. Since they’ve heaped the responsibility on themselves, Logisticians then believe the responsibility for failure is theirs alone to bear.

 

[The_Abyss]

Q: What personality type are the people who don't take personality tests?

Ignorant in addition to their personality type.

 

[The_Abyss]

I'm not arguing for argument's sake, I'm highlighting that the test is bunk and basing decisions on it is silly, sorry if the reality of it offends you after having admitted to using it in business. If you feel that disagreeing with me one in one area changes your perception on my view or argument in another subject then that's your own blind spot tbh.. I'm more interested in views/arguments than a poster puts forwards rather than whether some poster has disagreed with me in some other thread previously.

And yet the reality of my experience of the results of the test being put to use in the real world is that it is effective. And yes, I do think that you argue, often seemingly pointlessly, a broad range of topics on this forum. My thoughts on both these statements can inform each other and yet can be mutually exclusive.

 

[dowie]

And yet the reality of my experience of the results of the test being put to use in the real world is that it is effective.

Thats just an anecdote, a belief etc.. it is like someone who is into alternative medicine claiming that magic healing crystals and homeopathy worked for them - there are plenty of people out there who truly believe that and can cite their real world experience where they believed there was an effect.

You've not even stated how this test was apparently effective, given that it has been widely criticised/debunked within psychology then it seems pretty dubious that it is of much value and more likely that something is being incorrectly attributed to it - after all we're talking about anecdotal experience.

 

[FoxEye]

Thats just an anecdote, a belief etc.. it is like someone who is into alternative medicine claiming that magic healing crystals and homeopathy worked for them - there are plenty of people out there who truly believe that and can cite their real world experience where they believed there was an effect.

You've not even stated how this test was apparently effective, given that it has been widely criticised/debunked within psychology then it seems pretty dubious that it is of much value and more likely that something is being incorrectly attributed to it - after all we're talking about anecdotal experience.

I'm not sure I'd even trust the entire domain of pyschology, personally. To me it's always been the least legitimate of the "sciences", bordering on pseudoscience.