Split Personalities: My Two Cents on the Meyers-Briggs (MBTI) Test

[smahala1991]

The Meyers Briggs test is a controversial personality test that places people in one of 16 categories. You may be asking "Well Stephen why is this so controversial"? The simple answer is there are no real simple answers. Instead I am going to show you the results of five MBTI tests I took and explain it better that way.

When I first tested in high school I got ENFP which in general means I am very extroverted. However I have discovered that when I retake the test my results do vary. This one is from 16personalities.com. Which most MBTI professionals will claim is the most legitimate of the MBTI tests. I took the test from a few other sites, and here are those results.

This time around this test is showing i'm an ENTP although more borderline on the E and I and N and S.

This one shows I'm an INFP, but I retake it again and....

I'm a ENFP again. Which goes to show exactly what I am trying to prove. The reason the MBTI is so controversial is that results are ever changing and that some tests have different questions than others which often can show a different outcome. In general I'm saying ...

No one is one set personality type.

There is truth to the MBTI test, but not as one type. The personality type can depend on how people feel in the moment or how the question is interpreted.

Here are results of a test I took on personalitymax.com which pretty much says I'm right brained, a kinestetic learner, and musically inclined. I am also Intrapersonal and a naturalist. I do feel like this test is actually more accurate. But, like I said some of the tests need to be taken with a grain of salt due to varying results.

What do you think? Have you ever taken an MBTI Test and had varying results based on the outcome? If so let me know below.

#MBTI

#MeyersBriggsMysteries

[ENTP_EMO]

Your introversion and sensing are way too close. Anything <60 would be borderline.

In that case, It's better if you start looking at functions. Then at behaviors and forget the test. For example I get this so my thinking is stronger than my intuition (intuition is my MAIN function). I would sometimes get intp on other test due to how the test is laid out.

My extraversion is too high to be a shy intp.
Therefore I'm just an entp with higher level of thinking as oppose to feeling

[smahala1991]

So What are you saying. I'm Ambivert?

[ENTP_EMO]

http://sociotype.com/

Try this test it's more accurate.
A shy extrovert looks the same as an outgoing introvert yeah. The above test might be able to differentiate it.

[smahala1991]

Your Sociotype: IEE-2Fi NeFi (ENFp)

[smahala1991]

our Sociotype: ESE-3Fe FeSi (ESFj)
Ethical Sensing Extrovert - The Enthusiast
Brief Description of the ESE
Using extroverted feeling as her base function and introverted sensing as her creative, the ESE is adept at understanding people's emotional needs, and she often responds to these needs through comforting words and actions. Driven by a desire for harmony and perfection in her life, the ESE uses her emotional acuity to strengthen and solidify the relationships with the people she cares about in her life. The ESE enjoys bringing people together for social interaction and improving their moods through the use of games, laughter, music, and good food. Perhaps better than any other type (exept for maybe the SEI), the ESE understands the effect that this sensory stimuli can have on a person's emotional state. At her best, the ESE is a center of vibrant social interaction where the goal is harmony and happiness for all the group participants; at her worst, the ESE's desire to help other

[ENTP_EMO]

Yeah. I notice you were the turbulent type so your emotions are high lol.
enfp/entp can act the same in a social setting. Different only in problem-solving and the way entp interact with other xNTx. INFP make really good friends and even partners with enfp/entp due to their similarities with enfp/entp (not really we get bored but if we're a mature entp it's very similar

. MBTI doesn't stabilize until you're stabilized somewhere in your 30s. Especially type T. and especially ENTP/ENFP

[smahala1991]

So do you think its possible im ambivert

[ENTP_EMO]

https://www.typeinmind.com/nefi/

Read the Fi part that's your second function. It says you can feel introverted during a "values-refining process" . I think you're just going through those time. ENFP are usually partys sex maniacs. INFP are usually sad all the time

[Whatthefluff]

Interesting, so it seems that the results are ever changing depending on what specific test is taken. Whenever I take the test it's INFP, but it's been ISFP once or twice. I still think it's a good test for a basic understanding of personality, but maybe not research wise.

[Jjpayne]

I might have to take the personalitymax one! I really had go experiences with the official test I had it taken at my college and it was pretty amazing what it found. It was like a photo copy of me on paper. I think it really depends on which test your take. I think some tests are better than others. But the Meyers-Briggs official test really worked great for me

[Aynsof]

I have taken some of those tests too
I get INTP or INTJ depending on my mood
When you look at the results it will give you some percentages and if you are in a high percentile it won't likely change but if you are close to the midrange it can change depend on your mood
I actually tried fiddling with one of the tests figuring out it was the answer to one question that flipped it between P and J

[ENTP_EMO]

INTJ don't change moods

[Aynsof]

@ENTP_EMO
Everyone changes moods
But as mentioned what result you get can differ if they are in the middling range so the J was not a solid J nor was the P a solid P

[binarybabe001]

I've taken the test twice, both times the results read ENTP but, I don't really think of myself as an inventor or an intellectual but, I certainly am a thinker.

[ENTP_EMO]

Anyone with Mho45% is an intellectual. Inventor means "creative person"

[binarybabe001]

@ENTP_EMO thanks for saying so, 😉

[Bethany22]

MBTI is more accurate than astrology if one is willing to be honest with themselves when taking the test. At other times, when one isn't honest with themselves, and they claim to not know the difference between two types, then it starts to feel like it would be easier just to try and live up to the expectations of the astrological sign you were born with.

[melissasnyder004]

ENFP-T was my personality type lol

[SirRexington]

I love taking these things, I can never remember the type I'm given though. It's a lot to remember and take in.

[dream18128]

That website is not accurate, take a quiz for or study the 8 cognitive functions, each mbti has a unique stack/order of the functions and you’ll get more accurate results

[Prankster13]

Very good take. Nice. 👍

[LegateLanius]

Yeah. I once had one say INTJ and another say ENTJ

[ENTP_EMO]

you're intj.

[LegateLanius]

@ENTP_EMO
Okie

[LegateLanius]

I am INTJ