Am I a INTJ?

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northman

Discussion Starter · Aug 2, 2010

I have taken 6 different MB tests the last day, and 4 say Im a INTJ while two say ISTJ.

So, how do I know what I am? It seems more to be of wording type of thing. Since English is my second language how the question is asked may affect how I answer the question.

Its the N or S question I get the different readings on. The other three are very stable.

I guess the INTJ are supposed to be very smart ( in serious test Ive always landed somewhere around 120, not that high, most IQ test can be thought with repitition ) but never been really good at School. Atleast not in our school system where boundries where never set. No homework needed etc..

I love to think about efficient use of materials and time. How to calculate making capital investments and depreciacion. Ive never studied it, but I would love to read about it. How to make a businesses more efficient and competetive. Im studying Social Economics, but I find it to teoretical, so its very boring to me. That and with a full time job, I get very low grades. So I should not be a INTJ?

Could anybody direct me somewhere I could find out if Im more inclined to N or S?

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Isis

· #11 · Aug 6, 2010 (Edited)

northman said:
I have taken 6 different MB tests the last day, and 4 say Im a INTJ while two say ISTJ.

So, how do I know what I am? It seems more to be of wording type of thing. Since English is my second language how the question is asked may affect how I answer the question.

Its the N or S question I get the different readings on. The other three are very stable.

I guess the INTJ are supposed to be very smart ( in serious test Ive always landed somewhere around 120, not that high, most IQ test can be thought with repitition ) but never been really good at School. Atleast not in our school system where boundries where never set. No homework needed etc..

I love to think about efficient use of materials and time. How to calculate making capital investments and depreciacion. Ive never studied it, but I would love to read about it. How to make a businesses more efficient and competetive. Im studying Social Economics, but I find it to teoretical, so its very boring to me. That and with a full time job, I get very low grades. So I should not be a INTJ?

Could anybody direct me somewhere I could find out if Im more inclined to N or S?

Your average across tests is coming out more "N" than "S"? But are you coming out 53% or 52% one way or the other on each of the tests? If so, that could just indicate that you are a flexible thinker who can get along easily with both N's and S's...which would benefit you in any career.

I also find that my surroundings and job tends to influence how I test. I'm usually borderline J/P but tend to be very "NT" when I work in a high-powered scientific environment but less pronouncedly so when I work in humanities or a less achievement oriented scientific group.

So, it may not be superimportant to pin it down per se, but more important to see how your results can work for you as you choose your next stage career.

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Isis

· #14 · Aug 6, 2010

northman said:
ISIS: so you are saying you behave diffrently in what setting you are in? I work in manual labour job with 300 other people, 25 of those are in my "department". I rarely have to think, and just go around doing my work. At school, Im surrounded by more accademic people.. so I have to behave in two different ways in public. You maybe think this maybe messing up my results.

And to you others.. does this sound plausible?

Not that I behave differently (although I do), but my default way looking at the world actually changes somewhat depending on what types of people I am around for 8 to 11 hours a day. 5 years ago, I tested INTJ/P, but the N and the T were very close to the middle...now I'm really, really N and really, really T on the tests, but I've been working with some pretty hard-core scientists (and my family are very NT), so I am defaulting more to automatically reacting like the people I spend time with.

I would not say that the results are messed up. What I think is that the results are just a piece of information that you can use as a means of figuring out what you want to do next.

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Isis

· #17 · Aug 6, 2010

northman said:
Isis: I just took the test over at Personality.info, the same site your linking under your "User Signature"

I actually paid for the personalitymax test..dont know why. Seemed like a profesional site.

I: 95%
N: 63%
T: 89%
J: 68%

Intrapersonel: 80%
Logic/math: 80%
Kinesthetic: 74%
Naturalist: 74%

By the way, how do I set up the same User Signature as you? Showing my stats?

I paid for mine, too; you get the "deluxe" package, which is moderately groovy. And I had one professionally done at a job a while ago, and my results looked different in scale, but had the same overall INTJ/P flavor.

You results look like INTJ to me, but you'll probably have an easier time understanding where the S's are coming from.

Listen to DarkestHour regarding the technical details --he's smart that way and also explained this "ninja-ing" thing, which was quite fascinating.

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