Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Personality types

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            A very common personality test conducted by psychologists, psychiatrists and HR professionals in the field of recruitments is the MBTI personality test. According to this test, people in general are categorized according to different criteria which are mentioned below.

1)    Extraversion/Introversion(E/I)
2)    Intuitive/Sensing(N/S)
3)    Thinking/Feeling(T/F)
4)    Judgmental/Perspective(J/P)

According to this test, people are considered as extraverted/introverted, intuitive/sensing, thinking/feeling and judgmental/perspective persons. Every person in the  population shall be inclined to any one of the 8 above mentioned criterions. Based on these factors, they are put in sixteen(16) different personality groups. The personality types according to MBTI test is as follows:

  1. INFJ
  2. INFP
  3. INTJ
  4. INTP
  5. ISTJ
  6. ISTP
  7. ISFJ
  8. ISFP
  9. ESTP
  10. ESTJ
  11. ESFP
  12. ESFJ
  13. ENFP
  14. ENFJ
  15. ENTP
  16. ENTJ

MBTI test is found to be very useful by recruiters for conducting interviews. The students also find it useful for selecting courses to study and in selection of a career. It is a widely used tool in career counseling.

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