MBTI Personality Test

Several hints about how to best complete this survey:

• There are no right answers to any of these questions.

• Answer the questions quickly, do not over-analyze them. Some seem worded poorly. Go
with what feels best.

• Answer the questions as “the way you are”, not “the way you’d like to be seen by others”

• Do not look at the scoring sheet until you have completed all the questions. Thanks for your
time, and I look forward to reviewing this at the session!

1. At a party do you:

a. Interact with many, including strangers b. Interact with a few, known to you

2. Are you more:

a. Realistic than speculative b. Speculative than realistic

3. Is it worse to:

a. Have your “head in the clouds” b. Be “in a rut”

4. Are you more impressed by:

a. Principles b. Emotions

5. Are more drawn toward the:

a. Convincing b. Touching

6. Do you prefer to work:

a. To deadlines b. Just “whenever”

7. Do you tend to choose:

a. Rather carefully b. Somewhat impulsively

8. At parties do you:

a. Stay late, with increasing energy b. Leave early with decreased energy

9. Are you more attracted to:

a. Sensible people b. Imaginative people

10. Are you more interested in:

11. In judging others are you more swayed by:

a. Laws than circumstances b. Circumstances than laws

12. In approaching others is your inclination to be somewhat:

a. Objective b. Personal

13. Are you more: a. Punctual b. Leisurely

14. Does it bother you more having things:

a. Incomplete b. Completed

15. In your social groups do you:

a. Keep abreast of other’s happenings b. Get behind on the news

16. In doing ordinary things are you more likely to:

a. Do it the usual way b. Do it your own way

17. Writers should:

a. “Say what they mean and mean what they say” b. Express things more by use of analogy

18. Which appeals to you more:

a. Consistency of thought b. Harmonious human relationships

19. Are you more comfortable in making:

a. Logical judgments b. Value judgments

20. Do you want things:

a. Settled and decided b. Unsettled and undecided

21. Would you say you are more:

a. Serious and determined b. Easy-going

22. In phoning do you:

a. Rarely question that it will all be said b. Rehearse what you’ll say

23. Facts:

a. “Speak for themselves” b. Illustrate principles

a. somewhat annoying b. rather fascinating

25. Are you more often:

a. a cool-headed person b. a warm-hearted person

26. Is it worse to be:

a. unjust b. merciless

27. Should one usually let events occur:

a. by careful selection and choice b. randomly and by chance

28. Do you feel better about:

a. having purchased b. having the option to buy

29. In company do you:

a. initiate conversation b. wait to be approached

30. Common sense is:

a. rarely questionable b. frequently questionable

31. Children often do not:

a. make themselves useful enough b. exercise their fantasy enough

32. In making decisions do you feel more comfortable with:

a. standards b. feelings

33. Are you more:

a. firm than gentle b. gentle than firm

34. Which is more admirable:

a. the ability to organize and be methodical b. the ability to adapt and make do

35. Do you put more value on:

a. infinite b. open-minded

36. Does new and non-routine interaction with others:

a. stimulate and energize you b. tax your reserves

a. a practical sort of person b. a fanciful sort of person

38. Are you more likely to:

a. see how others are useful b. see how others see

39. Which is more satisfying:

a. to discuss an issue thoroughly b. to arrive at agreement on an issue

40. Which rules you more:

a. your head b. your heart

41. Are you more comfortable with work that is:

a. contracted b. done on a casual basis

42. Do you tend to look for:

a. the orderly b. whatever turns up

43. Do you prefer:

a. many friends with brief contact b. a few friends with more lengthy contact

44. Do you go more by:

a. facts b. principles

45. Are you more interested in:

a. production and distribution b. design and research

46. Which is more of a compliment:

a. “There is a very logical person.” b. “There is a very sentimental person.”

47. Do you value in yourself more that you are:

a. unwavering b. devoted

48. Do you more often prefer the

a. final and unalterable statement b. tentative and preliminary statement

49. Are you more comfortable:

a. after a decision b. before a decision

a. speak easily and at length with strangers b. find little to say to strangers

51. Are you more likely to trust your:

a. experience b. hunch

52. Do you feel:

a. more practical than ingenious b. more ingenious than practical

53. Which person is more to be complimented – one of:

a. clear reason b. strong feeling

54. Are you inclined more to be:

a. fair-minded b. sympathetic

55. Is it preferable mostly to:

a. make sure things are arranged b. just let things happen

56. In relationships should most things be:

a. re-negotiable b. random and circumstantial

57. When the phone rings do you:

a. hasten to get to it first b. hope someone else will answer

58. Do you prize more in yourself:

a. a strong sense of reality b. a vivid imagination

59. Are you drawn more to:

a. fundamentals b. overtones

60. Which seems the greater error:

a. to be too passionate b. to be too objective

61. Do you see yourself as basically:

a. hard-headed b. soft-hearted

62. Which situation appeals to you more:

a. the structured and scheduled b. the unstructured and unscheduled

a. routinized than whimsical b. whimsical than routinized

64. Are you more inclined to be:

a. easy to approach b. somewhat reserved

65. In writings do you prefer:

a. the more literal b. the more figurative

66. Is it harder for you to:

a. identify with others b. utilize others

67. Which do you wish more for yourself:

a. clarity of reason b. strength of compassion

68. Which is the greater fault:

a. being indiscriminate b. being critical

69. Do you prefer the:

a. planned event b. unplanned event

70. Do you tend to be more:

a. deliberate than spontaneous b. spontaneous than deliberate

1. Copy your answers to this answer key carefully.

2. Count the number of checks in each of the A and B columns, and total at the bottom.

3. Copy the totals for Column 2 to the spaces below the totals for Column 3. Do the same for Columns 4
and 6.

4. Add totals downwards to calculate your totals.

5. Circle the letter with this highest score. This is your type.