I took the Myers Briggs Personality Test and the Big Five personality test. I have taken both of these tests before and my results are as expected. Although, seeing as I have taken these before, it can be easy to skew the results of the tests by inputting specific answers and trying to get the desired outcome. I will say that I tried to be honest with these tests, but it is human nature to answer questions about oneself in a more positive light therefore skewing the test results. Because of this, I think that these tests can easily be judged as invalid. However, the results can be indicative of how a person sees themselves or how they wish to be seen by others. This may give them an opportunity to work on themselves to be more like their desired result. The best way to do these tests and receive the most unbiased results is to have someone else take the test for you, having them answer the questions about you by how they perceive you. I think this would be a more honest assessment of someone because that person answering the questions is not searching for a preferred outcome.
Taking the Meyers Briggs test this time, however, was a little different. When given the link to the "16 Personalities Test", I did not know that I had taken this test before because I had never heard it called anything other than the Meyers Briggs test in the past. So when I received my results and saw that it was the Meyers Briggs personality results, I was caught off guard. I know what my personality type is from this test seeing as I have taken it many times before, but this time, since I did not know which test I was taking and I still got the same results, I think the outcome has more validity. Because I did not know what test it was, I could not have skew my results by answering the questions to attain my preferred outcome. However, as I stated before, it can be easy to see oneself in a more admirable light and skew the test results regardless.
My result for the Big Five test is as follows:
Openness to Experience/Intellect percentile: 70 - I am relatively open to new experiences
Conscientiousness percentile: 69 - I am well-organized and am reliable
Extroversion percentile: 7 - I enjoy spending quiet time alone
Agreeableness percentile: 87 - I am good-natured, courteous, and supportive
Neuroticism percentile: 49 - I am not particularly nervous or calm
My result for the Meyers Briggs test is as follows:
Advocate Personality - INFJ -A
Introverted: 79%
Intuitive: 71%
Feeling: 59%
Judging: 71%
Assertive: 58%
This personality type is rare, making up less than one percent of the population, and people with this type are usually diplomatic.
I think that the results of these tests are indicative of who I am as a person and describe me very well in a very concise manner. As a future professional and leader, I will be able to use these results to my advantage by capitalizing on my strengths and working to abolish my weaknesses. It is important as a leader to recognize your weaknesses and be able to delegate tasks to others when you know they will be a better fit for the task at hand. I can also use this in the future by making others take these tests to learn more about them and their strengths and weaknesses so that I will better be able to assign them to tasks and projects where they will excel and feel confident about the work they are doing.
Links to the test:
Big Five - http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/
Meyers Briggs - https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
