Comments on: ENFPs abounding

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:04:20 +0000

I’m an ENFP too. I think I lean fairly heavily towards INFP at times tho.

I took the test on facebook a few days ago, so I was amused to see you post about it. :)

By: Original Lee

Original Lee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:42:34 +0000

I’m an ENTJ (with a very strong E). I work in an office with a bunch of ISTPs and INTPs, which I think is why the office manager had us all take the MBI. I think it’s good for general trends, and once we all knew what we were, the interpersonal friction decreased substantially. For instance, I have one coworker whom I now always e-mail instead of picking up the phone or stopping by her office. Life is a lot smoother since we communicate in a way that is comfortable for her, even if I prefer the other way.

By: Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:40:22 +0000

I’m an XNFP - or in other words, I usually come out *precisely* split between E and I answers, and have done most of the time since high school - but being either socially-deprived or overwhelmed (socially or otherwise) will swing me towards E or I respectively.

I think in general as I’ve become older, the other dimensions have become less extreme - when I first took the test, NFP were all almost ALL the way over on that side of the spectrum, and now they’re more middlin’ but still quite clear… though I took it at work once and came out INFJ… I think because I was stuck in a management job with a lot of money responsibility… and it was much easier to keep track of all the money stuff if I started making clear cut decisions instead of just trying to grab the gestalt of it.

By: Frida

Frida — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:55:11 +0000

I’m an INTP, although the N, the T and the P are very close to the line, to the point where I actually scored ISFJ on one occasion.

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:27:29 +0000

Brenda, how interesting. After my Dad died two years ago this month, I too became an “I” for a while, and wrote about it in those exact terms: http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/06/27/an-e-feels-like-an-i-struggling-with-how-to-grieve/

By: brenda

brenda — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:10:51 +0000

Ever since I came across a reference to Myers Briggs on Jen Lemen’s blog years ago, I have repeatedly taken variations of these tests and always come out ENFP, with the exception of last year after my dad died and i got INFP.

I didnt know ENFPs are considered sloppy when it comes to detail, easily distracted and bored, but that describes me pretty well, too.

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:26:06 +0000

INFP… N only by a slim margin though

By: AMS

AMS — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:11:04 +0000

ESTP, just like your wife. It’s a rare man who can handle an ESTP woman. What’s your wife’s sign? She looks like a Leo or an Aries to me!

By: meerkat

meerkat — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:57:27 +0000

By the way, the way your comment font here makes dashes look like hyphens makes it look as if your commenters are incapable of readable punctuation.

By: meerkat

meerkat — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:54:25 +0000

I’ve taken this test many, many times, partly from rooming with a bunch of psych majors in college. When I was younger I tested as INTJ but then I turned into an INFJ, due I think to having my illusions about human decency broken, which made me place more explicit value on compassion. I also once got two points of E instead of one and was horrified. (The one I kept getting was choosing “many friends” over “few friends”–because without any more detail, like “few close friends” vs. “many casual friends,” choosing “few friends” feels like declaring myself a misanthropic loner weirdo. Which I probably am, but there is such a huge stigma on not having friends.) Imagine, me, extroverted. The horror.

Although the other letters have remained consistent, I suspect the N and J are more toward center, because when I saw one test where the traits they are supposed to measure were grouped, I would have chosen half from each side as definitely applicable to me and half as not applicable at all. I have had a similar reaction to descriptions of my alleged type. I hear the E/I measure is by far the most meaningful anyway.