Guesstimating Your MBTI Type

 

If you do not already know your MBTI type, this is a quick way to guess how you would score on a validated MBTI questionnaire.  There are many forms to identify MBTI type, and anyone serious about doing research will want to go to the Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc. (CAPT) [http://www.capt.org] or the Myers Briggs Foundation  [http://www.myersbriggs.org]  websites for further information. 

 

If you find instruments on the web that promise instant on-line delivery of results, you are not dealing with the official, tested and validated Myers-Briggs Type Indicator^® instrument.

 

The following is an excerpt of a longer treatment by CAPT.

 

Using the tables below, circle the letter which better describes your preferred way, if you were not forced to act a specific way due to work or how others want you to be.

 

Extraversion (E) ------------------------------	--------------------------------Introversion (I)
Does your interest	flow mainly to…
…the outer world of objects, people, and  actions?	…the inner world of concepts and ideas?

 

I think I mostly prefer     E      I .

 

Sensing (S) -------------------------------------	------------------------------------iNtuition (N)
Do you prefer	to Perceive…
…the immediate, real facts of the world, relying on your senses?	…the possibilities, relationships, and meanings of experiences?

 

I think I mostly prefer     S      N .

 

Thinking (T) -----------------------------------	--------------------------------------Feeling (F)
Do you prefer to make	judgments or decisions by…
…objectively, impersonally, considering causes and consequences of decisions?	…subjectively and personally, weighing values and the effect on people?

 

I think I mostly prefer     T      F .

 

Judging (J)--------------------------------------	----------------------------------Perceiving (P)
Do you prefer	mostly to live in a …
…planned and orderly way, with things settled and controlled?	…spontaneous and flexible way, understanding and adapting to events?

 

I think I mostly prefer     J      P .

 

Now, write those letters in these boxes.    

                                                                       

                                                                  E or I         S or N       T or F         J or P