Myers-Briggs personality types

[pauraque_bk]

I recently changed my userinfo to mention that I'm an INFP, which is really a very accurate description of my personality. Quite often, I find myself wanting to explain my actions by saying "it's an INFP thing".

So, in the interest of fostering understanding (and that's an INFP thing), I've put together a poll. I added the Hogwarts question on a whim; if a lot of people respond, I'll collate the two and see if the same types end up in the same houses.

If you don't know your type, there are tests here and here.

EDIT: For collating the results, I'll use all responses received within 72 hours. (That means before 10:30am Pacific Time on Tuesday, 3/23.) If you show up after that, feel free to take the survey anyway; it's just that there's a limit to how much data I can process.

EDIT2: The 72 hours are up. You're still welcome to take the survey, of course. The last respondent to make it in under the wire was izmeina. I'll let quickquote know when the results are prepared.

EDIT3: The results are here.

[Poll #265921]

Comments

[switchknife.livejournal.com]

What a fascinating poll. Finally, we get to see if House sortings correlate with M-B types. *g* Although most of around here appear to be Ravenclaws...

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

the final results will be interesting. I tried the test twice, trying to be honest both times but obviously one or two answers were a wee bit different - the results couldn't decide between Extroverted or Introverted! But I can definitely answer for Slytherin - I'm always sorted there!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

I chose INTJ as that's what I've come out as several times, but I seem to float between that and INTP, INFJ, INFP. I also selected Ravenclaw, but I might make Hufflepuff as well. I'm blurry that way. : ) I imagine a lot of us are.

Neat poll!

[subtle-science.livejournal.com]

I chose INTP because that's what I get most often, but my P/J ratio is something like 60/40, so I often come up INTJ, depending on the individual test.  I like the poll, though.  :-)

[aristide.livejournal.com]

I put down INTP for mine, as its what I get most often, Fallowed by INTJ. My trouble stemmed from the Hogwarts houses though, as I've been sorted into Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin in varying intervals. However, I put Hufflepuff down as I've been getting it the most recently.

[spican.livejournal.com]

INFP, close to INTP here. My initially sky-high I/E score has gradually crept towards the 60-70 range, so I must be getting more sociable as age mellows me. And I was sorted as Gryffindor, I suspect primarily because I'm even more unfit for any of the others. *g*

[wolfie-thu.livejournal.com]

I've never been able to do these tests; there's always at least two choices that fit exactly with my personality...maybe I'm just dumb weird.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I am not sure how accurately I sort on these tests -- IN is consistent, but the other two are subject to variation. The one that matched them to HP characters said I was INFP; I USED to come up INTP pretty often, but tonight's came up INFJ.

And I would love to find a House sorter that I couldn't game for whatever result I wanted to get, really. But I feel comfortable with Ravenclaws.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

What's with all the INTPs and Ravenclaws?

I'm borderline INTP (INTJ at work) and sort Hufflepuff when I don't sort Ravenclaw. Interesting that there aren't more Gryffindors, though.

[ptyx.livejournal.com]

I'm an ISTJ/INTJ, almost 50/50. Ravenclaw, but with some Slytherin tones.

[caesia390.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that the INFP description is filled with quotes. Moby Dick! The Velveteen Rabbit!!!!! <3 ISHMAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! *brings self under control* Right. Sorry. Ishmael is one of my favourite characters ever... Moby Dick, what the fuck.

I'm INTP, and I find the description almost distrurbingly accurate. Borderline ISTP, but that description doesn't fit me at all, so there you go... 'A major concern for INTPs is the haunting sense of impending failure.' Thanks a lot, Joe Butt. Nice to know that's going to be stuck with me forever... But I know exactly what you mean. Take out the love of complicated games (games don't interest me) and I feel I should keep that page as a manual for anyone who wants to interact with me. No, it's nothing personal when I space out in your company. Yes, I'm always this indecisive... It's an INTP thing. >:}

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

I just took both versions of the test for Snape. He came out as an INTJ each time.

And a Slytherin, surprisingly. *g*

BTW...one of the things I found very interesting about the poll results so far is how *few* people come out as anything beginning with an "E." The only E-type that has had more than 2 results (so far) was ENFP (my result)...and three of those people, I think, sorted as Gryffindor.

[sedesdraconis.livejournal.com]

INTJ. I'm scored only 1% into the Thinking side, rather than the INFJ, which is about right, I answer stringly towards both sets of questions. But the INTJ description fits quite well; the INFJ, not so well.

[femmequixotic]

Fascinating poll here!

I'm most definitely an INFP (usually scoring in the extreme INFP corner *grin*) and I'm very much a Slytherin as well. I'd be greatly interested in finding out if there's a correlation of any sort between the Houses and personality types.

[ladysorka]

I picked INTP, but I'm near 50/50 on the P/J spectrum, and can test either way on any given day.

In fact, I just went and took it, and scored INTJ today.

I'm also a Slytherclaw, leaning slightly more towards Slytherin than Ravenclaw, but it is a bit of a toss-up.

[rosefyre.livejournal.com]

Definitely ISFJ here, picked Hufflepuff because it's where I think I fit best, though I'm sometimes placed in Ravenclaw and once in a while in Gryffindor - never Slytherin. Honestly, I find most HP quizzes to be really bad there, so I just went with what I think is best for me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

What surprised me is how many I's outweigh the E's. I'd like to think I could get into Slytherin, but I don't think I'm ambitious enough (well, maybe), so I put in my second choice of Ravenclaw.

[wildebeth.livejournal.com]

My computer doesn't seem to like your poll. *glares at technology* For the record: INFP-Hufflepuff.

Also, you might be interested in checking out _infp_. Scary how much we all have in common...

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

I'm an INTJ (repeated testing, not even close to any borders), but I think I'd end up Gryffindor by default--I don't have the attention to school-work detail it would take to be a Ravenclaw, definitely don't have Hufflepuff teamwork going on, and Slyth-wise... well, I'm pretty brutal about whether or not some strategy works, which would suggest Slytherin, but that "N" tends to make me very opinionated about what's right or wrong, which doesn't tend to fit Slyth.

[dragonelle-fics.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised to see so many INFP's; it seems like most of the people I associate with are introverts of various other types. I chose Ravenclaw because I usually sort there, test close to 50/50 on F/T and P/J, and identify vaguely with Luna Lovegood. I've never found a house-sorting test that I was really satisfied with, though.

[merrycontrary.livejournal.com]

I am borderline INFJ/INFP and Ravenclaw/Gryffindor.
I claim INFJ & Ravenclaw a)because that's where I'm placed 51% of the time and b)I identify more with Luna, the Gryffindorish Ravenclaw, than I do with Hermione, the Ravenclawish Gryffindor.

[djinanna.livejournal.com]

So far, just glancing at the raw data, the most interesting thing that just jumps out is the high percentage of INTx, followed by INxx. And what that says about the populations of fandom and live journal users. And the percentage correlation between those types and Ravenclaw. It will be interesting to see what the actual type/house correlation ends up being.

[lizardlaugh.livejournal.com]

I am shocked, SHOCKED! There are so many INTP's. No wonder I have found a home here in the Harry Potter fandom.

I would imagine the house break downs would go along the Keirsey temperments if there were enough data points: NT's (rationals) in Ravenclaw (hence so many Ravenclaws), SP's (artisans) in Slytherin, SJ's *cringe* (guardians) in Hufflepuff and NF's (idealists) in Griffindor.

The problem is that with MB, you do have a spectrum. I am definately an INTP, but have some ISTP and INFP leanings. If I am anything, it is definately P.

[goseaward.livejournal.com]

I find this especially interesting, given that INTPs are actually only 1% of the general population. Way to go, guys!

And I'm almost as much Gryffindor as Ravenclaw...no guts, but the same ethics, I suppose.