tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post3762845348195463834..comments2023-06-14T06:46:23.844-05:00Comments on Savvy Working Gal: Determining my Myers-Briggs ScoreSavvyworkinggalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08159197609419858161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-22690394509279609362011-12-11T17:53:39.873-06:002011-12-11T17:53:39.873-06:00Webb,
Thanks for providing additional info on M-B ...Webb,<br />Thanks for providing additional info on M-B and for including the pitfalls. Reminds me of the Accounts Payable seminar I sent my co-worker to last fall. She returned saying she had analyzed everyone's personality including mine (I liked to talk) and how now she will “finally” be able to work with us all. I asked what she learned about A/P. She said nothing. This cost the company $140<br /><br />You have inspired me to search for a certified M-B counselor. If I find one, I will write what I discover.<br /><br />Kim,<br />“I” stands for introversion and the “J” means you prefer a more structured and decided lifestyle. The one consistent letter I had in all my personality tests was the “I”. Makes me question my A/P employee’s analysis, if I was truly a talker I would have been an E. Thanks for the comment.Savvyworkinggalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159197609419858161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-32128194332724045252011-12-08T21:03:59.573-06:002011-12-08T21:03:59.573-06:00I've never taken an official Myers-Briggs test...I've never taken an official Myers-Briggs test, just the ones you can find online. I usually have an I and a J, but the middle two tend to switch around. I'll be curious to hear what you find out if you go to a professional.Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09240085627916462704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-11884779176670124892011-12-04T21:17:00.371-06:002011-12-04T21:17:00.371-06:00Savvy, it's been way too many years, but in gr...Savvy, it's been way too many years, but in grad school I actually studied Myers-Briggs. <br /><br />First, congratulations. You appear to be using it the way it is intended to be used. It was developed thru extensive interviews with people who were HAPPY in their work and workplaces. Myers and Briggs then categorized the four factor pairs so that a person who was looking for a good "fit" [that would be you] could identify those work situations where other people with similar characteristics are happy.<br /><br />For the past 20 years, the M-B has been abused [in my opinion] by using it to look at groups of people in the workplace and figure out why they work well together - and more often, why they do not. That seems like the same thing, but it is not!<br /><br />Secondly, your self analysis appears to be pretty good. <br /><br />I am not licensed to counsel based on M-B and have forgotten way too much, but if you can find a career counselor who understands it and is licensed (perhaps it's more like certified), by all means follow up. It's an excellent career counseling tool, and can probably help you to identify accounting positions or "locations" that might make you more confortable and be a better fit to your - I hate to use this word - personality. Good luck!webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-13045464831006515072011-12-04T19:59:15.166-06:002011-12-04T19:59:15.166-06:00N&M
I've never heard of someone failing th...N&M<br />I've never heard of someone failing the Myers-Briggs. Thanks for the comment though. You are correct sometimes work is just work and you can't your personality or your life into a perfect box with a pretty bow on top. I am curious to see what others think.Savvyworkinggalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159197609419858161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-65625442688542041842011-12-04T19:29:38.804-06:002011-12-04T19:29:38.804-06:00I had to take the Myers Briggs in high school. I ...I had to take the Myers Briggs in high school. I failed it! So did my husband! So I guess we're perfect for each other.<br /><br />How do you fail the Myers Briggs? The instructions clearly say that you don't have to answer questions if you don't have a preference. But they don't say that you have to answer a minimum number of questions.<br /><br />So I retook it, and got very close to the middle on everything, except one of them, I forget which (either the N or the T). I'm INTP or INTJ.<br /><br />I don't think knowing has made any sort of difference in my life. I have a pretty strong personality even if it isn't boxed up neatly in the Myers Briggs format.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com