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Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
Vox ^ | July 15, 2014 | Joseph Stromberg

Posted on 07/17/2014 8:52:34 AM PDT by EveningStar

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is probably the most widely used personality test in the world.

An estimated 2 million people take it annually, at the behest of corporate HR departments, colleges, and even government agencies. The company that makes and markets the test makes somewhere around $20 million each year.

The only problem? The test is completely meaningless.

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KEYWORDS: myersbriggs; personalitytest; psychology; typeindicator
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

The only value i got out of this test was learning why the department manager in the equities division was such a POS.

INTJ with Scorpio rising.


41 posted on 07/17/2014 9:30:50 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (GM is dead and Al Queada is alive.)
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To: KarlInOhio

What in the world is cagoule? How about “could” instead.


42 posted on 07/17/2014 9:31:20 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: EveningStar
LOL! This nails it! Obama's missing, but he would seem to be INFJ.
43 posted on 07/17/2014 9:39:06 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

I now see where Obama is an ENTP according to this, but I think the author misreads Obama as a discontented centrist would, rather than as someone familiar with his Alinskyite tactics would.


44 posted on 07/17/2014 9:42:20 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

LOL


45 posted on 07/17/2014 9:43:33 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: OneWingedShark

Me also.


46 posted on 07/17/2014 9:45:02 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: dangus

Fascinating post on INTJ’s clustered in computer science.

I am INTJ, but not a techie. Writer and developmental editor. Also close to center in I vs E, depending upon what’s going on in my life at the time. Working as a department head, I was much closer to E; retired, definitely I. I’ve seen this categorized as XNTJ.

INTJ’s comprise only .03% of the female population. I share this distinction with Hitlery, if certain analysts are to be believed. Big sigh.


47 posted on 07/17/2014 9:45:59 AM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Veto!

I favor the ancient Greek’s quadrant approach (Galen’s four types: cholerics, melancholics, phlegmatics, and sanguines). Add that there only two types of humans (conscious and unconscious, relating to recognizing why they do what they do), and you have a very useful sorting system.


48 posted on 07/17/2014 9:49:16 AM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: neocon1984
it is a test of personality preferences

One would think that preferences would dictate actions. As an INTJ, I'm inclined to seek certain lines of work. Anyone who hired me to deal with the public would be very sorry very soon, and so would I. But give me a research project, and I'm happy as a clam. Clam being the operative word.

49 posted on 07/17/2014 9:50:39 AM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Edward Teach

Brilliant! Your original work?


50 posted on 07/17/2014 9:55:01 AM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: EveningStar

ENFP
Extroverted Nutty Flake


51 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:23 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: dangus
I wouldn’t even call Carl Jung “anti-Christian.”

Among other things, he didn't like the patriarchal nature of Christianity. In general, he would have a problem with a Thomistic natural law approach on a whole bunch of things.
52 posted on 07/17/2014 10:00:05 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: EveningStar

I completely agree. I was placed in a particular organization spot that was detrimental to my skills based on a marginal difference in scoring that penalized my professional growth for years.


53 posted on 07/17/2014 10:14:27 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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To: Real Cynic No More; All

I didn’t need to take the test to know I’m an introvert. I hate crowds & after being around people all day, I’m exhausted. My sister is really big into MB & what it means..she made me take it..INTJ (suh-prize!), although she said I’m INSJ or some such. I’m alphabet soup.

For my new job, which I start next month, I had to take the Wonderlic test..and some personality profile test (not MB).


54 posted on 07/17/2014 10:18:41 AM PDT by PenguinM
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To: EveningStar

I’m an STFU. Or was it a BYOB?


55 posted on 07/17/2014 10:23:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: EveningStar
IOW, someone has a new test to sell.

tell me I'm not a mastermind; why, I ought to ...

56 posted on 07/17/2014 10:26:14 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
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To: dangus

Thanks! I’m stealing that! :)


57 posted on 07/17/2014 10:42:48 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: dangus

Can nobody in this world spell “bureaucrat”?


58 posted on 07/17/2014 10:50:12 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: dangus

Some personality types do better in different jobs. Extroverts tend to do better in jobs. You want a detailed oriented person as an accountant.
However, there shouldn’t be a personality test and then being told “you can’t have the job, you’re one letter off” despite education, experience and credentials.


59 posted on 07/17/2014 10:50:42 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: EveningStar

I’ve taken this test before.

Completely asinine and of no use.

Doesn’t account for things it cannot.


60 posted on 07/17/2014 11:01:25 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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