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ENFP?

What type do you think BEST fits my character/personality?

  • ISTJ

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • INTJ

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • ISTP

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • INTP

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ISFJ

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • INFJ

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ISFP

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • INFP

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • ESTJ

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ENTJ

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ESTP

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ENTP

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ESFJ

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ENFJ

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • ESFP

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • ENFP

    Votes: 18 72.0%

  • Total voters
    25

Little Linguist

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Okay, I'm pretty sure that I'm ENFP, but I've gotten some different feedback from lots of people. Some say I look more like a thinker; others say I seem more introverted (?); still others indicate that I'm more of a judging type. Some even suggest I might be S (not sure where that comes from?).

So, to end this once and for all, I'd like to get some feedback and ideas from you. I know you guys probably think these threads are annoying as hell and don't want to see another one, but I would really, really appreciate it if you take the time to share your opinion and thoughts about it. Thanks.

(If you say why, that'd be even cooler!)

Caveat: I know none of you know me in real life, but many of you interact with me on a regular basis either on the forum or on vent. Thanks in advance.
 

Virtual ghost

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If I remember your test results you are extremly balanced ENFP.
What should explain the comments of others and why someone does not see you as ENFP.
 

Asterion

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Well, I thought you were an INFJ really, and the T preference/balance could be because of the tertiary Ti. But the same thing goes for ENFP, only with tertiary Te. I'd swear I just got an INFJ vibe from you though...
 

Little Linguist

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Thank you. Here are the results:

Introversion (I): 11 versus Extroversion (E): 4
Sensing (S): 6 versus Intuition (N): 15
Thinking (T): 15 versus Feeling (F): 17
Judging (J): 12 versus Perceiving (P): 12

Making your MBTI code:

I N F X


ISTJ (6%): "Trustee". Dependable and decisive in practical affairs.
ISTP (5%): "Artisan". Impulsive thrill seekers - good with tools.
ISFJ (6%): "Conservator". Loyal people with a desire to help.
ISFP (5%): "Artist". Creative people - keenly developed senses.
INTJ (1%): "Scientist". Pragmatic and decisive - system builders.
INTP (1%): "Architect". Precise in thought and language.
INFJ (1%): "Author". Complicated people, driven to help others.
INFP (1%): "Questor". A sense of honour - somewhat lost in life.
ESTJ (13%): "Administrator". Responsible - pillars of strength.
ESTP (13%): "Promotor". Dynamic, competive entrepreneurs.
ESFJ (13%): "Seller". Sociable - outstanding hosts or hostesses.
ESFP (13%): "Entertainer". Warm, optimistic, witty and generous.
ENTJ (5%): "Field Marshal". Driven to lead - natural executives.
ENTP (5%): "Inventor". Innovative people - open to possibilities.
ENFJ (5%): "Pedagogue". Helping others fulfill their potential.
ENFP (5%): "Journalist". Uncanny sense of motivations of others.

Hmmm....Extraversion seems really low on this test, and intuition seems too high, but hmm...don't know.
 

Little Linguist

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GAH?! I took the similarminds.com test (enneagram and MBTI) and got:

Extroverted (E) 51.61% Introverted (I) 48.39%
Intuitive (N) 57.58% Sensing (S) 42.42%
Thinking (T) 50% Feeling (F) 50%
Perceiving (P) 51.72% Judging (J) 48.28%
Accuracy:

Your type is: ENTP

ENTP - "Inventor". Enthusiastic interest in everything and always sensitive to possibilities. Non-conformist and innovative. 3.2% of the total population.
*If you tied on any of the scales, the current algorithm just breaks the tie randomly so refresh the page to see alternate results
 

Virtual ghost

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GAH?! I took the similarminds.com test (enneagram and MBTI) and got:

Extroverted (E) 51.61% Introverted (I) 48.39%
Intuitive (N) 57.58% Sensing (S) 42.42%
Thinking (T) 50% Feeling (F) 50%
Perceiving (P) 51.72% Judging (J) 48.28%
Accuracy:

Your type is: ENTP

ENTP - "Inventor". Enthusiastic interest in everything and always sensitive to possibilities. Non-conformist and innovative. 3.2% of the total population.
*If you tied on any of the scales, the current algorithm just breaks the tie randomly so refresh the page to see alternate results

This is exactly about what I was talking about.
 

Little Linguist

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Here's another test from similarminds (?)

Jung Test Results


Extroverted (E) 53.57% Introverted (I) 46.43%
Intuitive (N) 54.55% Sensing (S) 45.45%
Thinking (T) 50% Feeling (F) 50%
Perceiving (P) 50% Judging (J) 50%

Your type is: ENFP
Accuracy:

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.
*If you tied on any of the scales, the current algorithm just breaks the tie randomly so refresh the page to see alternate results
 

Asterion

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As far as I can remember, INFJs often seem rather P as well :thinking:

You can tell us a bit about yourself, that usually helps when typing people :yes:, as annoying as it is for you to go to the effort :)

edit: just noticed the cognitive functions results... I doubt INFJ, ENFP sounds right (by default).
 

Little Linguist

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Today, cognitive functions test showed me:

Ne (19 squares) > Te (15 squares) > Fi (14 squares) > Ni (14 squares) > Fe (13 sqaures) > Ti (12 squares) > Si (11 squares) Se (10 squares)

But this changes from time to time. Generally it's Ne > Fi > Te > and then the rest changes, but apparently my Te is on overcharge today...

(Maybe that's why I feel the utter need to clean my room and sort out my type? Te Panzer Day!!!!!!)

:D Thanks.
 

Little Linguist

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Hmm, talk about myself....

Let me sort this out in terms of what I think could relate to the two columns. But I need to think this through, perhaps I can organize my ideas and write down a list by this evening? Would that be okay? :D

Thank you for taking a good look at this, King. Could you tell me why you thought INFJ might be a good fit?

My husband would like to go out now though, and I'd like to sort the items of my personality a bit in my mind so that everything makes more sense. :)

Antisocial, you're right. It's hard for people to categorize me because my functions are so close (nothing that I really stink at, and nothing that I am really great at lol). So it's hard to tell sometimes. So you think ENFP is still accurate though? :) Would you mind telling me why you think so?
 

Asterion

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It was mostly a hunch, I'd say. The NF is a certainty, and INFJ/ENFP both have fairly high Thinking functions, It was a tossup between the two, and since ENFPs are frequently uber perceivers 4 life (not to mention your rather high Introverted score), I was led to think INFJ. Plus your avatar and name thing fits the mold rather nicely too. ENFPs with high Te are rather odd I think, there's one at INTPc called Etherrealsage. I can't remember exactly what it was that made her hard to type, but it could have been supremely high Te. She says that she isn't a normal ENFP :D
 

Sentura

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maybe you're just really a type that the MBTI hasn't described. your function order seems skewed from the norm.
 

BlueScreen

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Normal ENFP?

I´m not positive. But never though LL wasn´t ENFP.
 

Little Linguist

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Hi, sorry for the delay. While I was out with my husband I asked him about his perception about me. Of course, he is biased as my husband, but a strong NT and able to be objective more than I can. Besides, he has no problem telling me my faults :wubbie: as well as my strengths :D so I think I will tell you what he said, what I think, and you can tell me if it helps.

Short version (first things that came to my husband's head):

empathetic, intuitive, sensitive, inspirational, encouraging, perseverance, 'straight', goal-oriented, willing to climb a 5,000 m mountain to get what I want (metaphorical example), hard-working, ambitious, honest, has integrity, not always realistic, imaginative, not imaginative with technical things, imaginative lessons, creative, hates driving, unrealistic fantasies, future-oriented, away with the past, lack of focus on the present, five steps ahead of the game to the point of lack of realism

What he loves most about me:

childlike behavior, laugh, ability to appreciate the little things, content with even very little, etc.

Breakdown according to functions:

1) Extraversion

-- Very good with people, can empathize with others, a 'I feel good, so I wish you could feel good' mentality, want to help others
-- Enthusiastic like a little child when you love something (e.g. walk through the woods and skip through the forest; laugh like a little child; play on playgrounds, etc).
--When you come home, you are the first to initiate any discussion esp. about my day
--When something interests me, you can get very into detail and talk and talk about it, very active body language, and can be a kind of LET'S DO THIS!!!
--Many hours interacting with people at work energizes me.
--You exude an 'aura' which makes people feel like you are 'nice and sweet' and people can talk to me v. my husband, who exudes stay the f--- away. (e.g. on the train/bus)
--Can be influenced quite easily by others in certain situations that effects my feelings.
--Can inspire people, bring out the best in them, and can even be a role model for others (My husband is quite picky, so this is a great compliment!)
--Provide people with the feeling that they can trust you and open up and find things in themselves they did not know they had.

2) Introversion

--Need quiet time when you can just chill out or you get crazy. (Too much is not good either though, or you do things you would not normally do which are unhealthy).
--When I hang out with friends, it is seldom with small groups or individuals.
--Don't necessary feel the need to be the center of attention all the time.
--Give others room to grow and develop and have their independence. Need my independence within a structure.
--Need time to open up to people, say what I'm thinking, etc. (warm-up time)

3) Sensing

--Act spontaneously and take the initiative.
--When you enjoy yourself, you can get lost in the moment.
--Often change things just by 'being there'.
--Quite impressive with how much you can work, how much you get done.
--Very detailed when angry/negative about something and describing situation.
--Remember certain facts and things, especially when necessary for job or a test --> when it is important for a larger goal to get somewhere.
--Not very good at picking up when people are kidding sometimes.
--With technical tasks, not very imaginative
--Remember details and very self-disciplined if there is a GOAL (e.g. get a certain grade on a test, save money for a certain goal, etc.)

4) Intuition

--Jump from thing to thing
--Interests change erratically, which can be seen as 'volatile' by some.
--Come up with ideas from nowhere that are not necessarily realistic.
--Sometimes these leaps can be very extreme - were worse in the past - not necessarily predictable
--Very imaginative, sometimes like a little child, when your fantasy is activated, but it cannot be practical in any way, with the exception of your lessons
--Don't think or care about details, which often makes you appear quite unrealistic
--Interested in bizarre, weird stuff - often act childlike, 'crazy' in a positive way
--Example: We are walking down the street, and you see the moon, and you love it, start skipping around, singing, see a taxi, hail the cab, and say, "Hey, drive me to the moon! And you should go too! I love it, so you would probably love it." Of course, this is an extreme example and you haven't really done it, and you wouldn't do it, but just fantasize the situation and tell a weird story. But just to give you an idea.
--Don't think about the technical realities why an unrealistic goal wouldn't work (e.g. you cannot fly to the moon, the moon looks great but is not, etc.)
--Don't remember small details like getting your new bus ticket, etc.
--Don't see things right in front of your face. Need to be pointed out.
--Walk/talk, blah blah blah, and almost run into a bus.

5) Thinking

-- Can be very objective when you have a goal. Realistic.
--You know what you need to do to get it and make a concrete plan for getting there.
--You like structure. You like to have an organized work space. Get all pissy when things do not work out according to the plan.
--Objective when the thing has nothing to do with people (material matters, career, goals).
--It is not always clear that you are thinking. My husband needs quiet time to think, and it is clear. But I could be playing with Bun-Bun or talking crap or just doing other things (reading, watching a movie, talking on the phone) and you think I'm focused on that, but I'm really thinking about something else. This leads me to forget details about the matter at hand because I'm somewhere else in my mind.
--Catalysts that have nothing to do with the matter at hand help me think better.
--Technical things make me have a linear thought process A-B-C-D-E-F. Free-time thinking is more erratic like D-Z-G-B-A.
--Can be very realistic at your job. You do not care what people think if they don't have a place 'in the plan' or 'in your heart'. People have value if they fit in the cosmos.


6) Feeling

--Fall into self-constructed traps. This person is this way. PERIOD. Then disappointed if a good person turns bad. Or don't think bad about certain people.
--Think HE IS AN ASSHOLE. So he is and stays an asshole in your mind. No matter what. No one can change your opinion.
--Heart over mind. How does this make me feel?
--I feel good, so you should feel good. How can I make you feel good? Ask how a person is feeling or what a person is thinking.
--Care very deeply about people you love deeply, and almost too giving to these people.
--Willing to give people second chances to people whom most people wouldn't if they haven't broken one of your values. If they have, they go in the trash can, never to come out.

7) Judging
--Very organized, create system for getting things done, stick-to-it-iveness, decisive about certain things
--Decisions take a long time because you want everything to be perfect before making your decision.
--Sometimes you go on purges. You clean everything, and sort and organize everything. You make a lot of noise for five minutes, a big theater, where everything is organized and everything else gets thrown out.
--Things that get thrown out are done. Finished. Over with. And if I try to get something out of the garbage and say HEY WHY did you throw THIS out, you say, GRRRRRRRRRRR I'M DONE WITH IT. IT'S OVER: DON'T QUESTION IT.
--Quite judgmental about people. This judgment is hard to shift. Sometimes you're right and you figure it out very quickly - more quickly than others. When you're wrong, it's very hard to change your mind - it doesn't fit.
--Very goal-oriented with your work and goals/dreams.
--Need STRUCTURE and SECURITY or I get flighty and crazy and insecure.

8) Perceiving

--Flexible, open decision-making procedure - takes long to make a decision because it has to be perfect.
--Give others the flexibility and freedom they need.
 

Little Linguist

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Oh, that's interesting, someone thinks I'm an ISTJ....I wonder why. :cool:
 

LadyJaye

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I think you're an ESFP with a very highly developed N. Or perhaps an ENFP with a very highly developed S. I think you break even there.
 

Wonkavision

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ENFP or ENFJ.

Very ENFP-ish in every respect except for one thing I can't quite put my finger on, but which "feels" J-ish to me.

Sorry I can't be more concrete about it, but based on my interactions with you, my gut tells me you are slightly more J than P.
 
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