Personality Fever

I’ve been on a personality test rampage the last few days. I don’t know how reliable and accurate they all really are since I realise that as human beings we just love to look out for patterns and categorise everything, including our personality types. But still, I find that it’s a really nice feeling when someone describes your personality quite well and you keep saying to yourself “yes this sounds so me!” just because you know you are so but you just don’t really know how to describe it in words. On the other hand, categorising personality types makes me feel a little less unique, since it means I share the same personality with a few million people out there (Same goes with astrological profiling) which, I guess, is pretty impossible. I think we all are a mix of different personality types, but one or two may define us best. Anyway, clicking through various MBTI personality type tests, I find that I identify most to ENFP. Some of the traits that I think describe me very well (so true!):

• Needs to focus on following through with their projects
• Habit of dropping a project when they become excited about a new possibility, and thus they never achieve the great accomplishments which they are capable of achieving
• Ability to intuitively perceive the truth about a person or situation, but when they apply judgment to their perception, they jump to the wrong conclusions
• Place no importance on detailed, maintenance-type tasks

AND, if you’re an employer looking for someone with the below ENFP traits, you know who to look for I guess this is how my resume should sound like. Hmm. Maybe I’ll just copy and paste this under my resume’s “Profile” section..

* Project-oriented
* Bright and capable
* Warmly, genuinely interested in people; great people skills
* Extremely intuitive and perceptive about people
* Able to relate to people on their own level
* Service-oriented; likely to put the needs of others above their own
* Future-oriented
* Dislike performing routine tasks
* Need approval and appreciation from others
* Cooperative and friendly
* Creative and energetic
* Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
* Natural leaders, but do not like to control people
* Resist being controlled by others
* Can work logically and rationally – use their intuition to understand the goal and work backwards towards it
* Usually able to grasp difficult concepts and theories

Do a 5-minute test here to discover your type.

41 Questions

I was in a taking-a-random-online-personality-quiz kinda mood, so I did so at 41 Questions. It’s a short quiz, basically you answer 41 questions (duh) based on the Myers-Briggs test or something. Here’s my result. I wonder why they only put positive-sounding traits under “personality type”. Haha. I guess it’s gotta with the human tendency to believe more and be less skeptical about positive readings about themselves. That said, I think it’s pretty accurate

Jade’s personality type:

Quiet, serious, sensitive and kind. Do not like conflict and not likely to do things which may generate conflict. Loyal and faithful. Extremely well-developed senses and aesthetic appreciation for beauty. Not interested in leading or controlling others. Flexible and open-minded. Likely to be original and creative. Enjoy the present moment.

Careers that could fit Jade includes:

Artists, musicians, composers, designers, child care workers, social workers, counselors, teachers, veterinarians, forest rangers, naturalists, bookkeepers, carpenters, personal service workers, clerical supervisors, secretaries, dental and medical staffers, waiters and waitresses, chefs, nurses, mechanics, physical therapists, x-ray technicians.