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Myers-Briggs is popular at major corporations, startups, psychologists and more. They have developed a 4-dimensional matrix of personality profiles, based on whether you’re an introvert or extrovert, thinking or feeling, intuitive or sensing, judgmental or perceptive.

Today a colleague offered up four questions to quickly guess your personality type. I didn’t think it would work. The results were surprisingly accurate (though clearly anecdotal).

Let’s call it Myers-Briggs for Idiots. Here they are. What personality are you?

1. After a long day of meetings, do you like to (A) move on to a party to relax, or (B) go home and be by yourself?
2. Do you prefer to hear about things (A) in general, or (B) more about details? Describe today’s weather. If you say “nice day,” you’re general. If you say “it started off at 56 degrees, rained a bit, then cleared around noon, when the sun came out at 3…” you’re clearly detail oriented.
3. When making a big decision, do you (A) think mainly about the impact on people or (B) prefer the objective right thing to do?
4. Do you (A) like quick resolution to issues, or (B) prefer to brainstorm all the possibilities?

Answers:
1A = E, 1B = I, 2A = N, 2B = S, 3A = F, 3B = T, 4A = J, 4B = P

String your answers together, E – N – T – J.

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