Career Exploration Paper

MBTI Personality Type Test

1. At a party do you: 14. Does it bother you more having things: a. Interact with many, including strangers a. Incomplete b. Interact with a few, known to you b. Completed

2. Are you more: 15. In your social groups do you: a. Realistic than speculative a. Keep abreast of other's happenings b. Speculative than realistic b. Get behind on the news

3. Is it worse to: 16. In doing ordinary things are you more a. Have your "head in the clouds" likely to: b. Be "in a rut" a. Do it the usual way

b. Do it your own way 4. Are you more impressed by:

a. Principles 17. Writers should: b. Emotions a. "Say what they mean and mean what they

say" 5. Are more drawn toward the: b. Express things more by use of analogy

a. Convincing b. Touching 18. Which appeals to you more:

a. Consistency of thought 6. Do you prefer to work: b. Harmonious human relationships

a. To deadlines b. Just ' 'whenever" 19. Are you more comfortable in making:

a. Logical judgments 7. Do you tend to choose: b. Value judgments

a. Rather carefully b. Somewhat impulsively 20. Do you want things:

a. Settled and decided 8. At parties do you: b. Unsettled and undecided

a. Stay late, with increasing energy b. Leave early with decreased energy 21. Would you say you are more:

a. Serious and determined 9. Are you more attracted to: b. Easy-going

a. Sensible people b. Imaginative people 22. In phoning do you:

a. Rarely question that it will all be said 10. Are you more interested in: b. Rehearse what you'll say

a. What is actual b. What is possible 23. Facts:

a. "Speak for themselves" 11. In judging others are you more swayed b. Illustrate principles

by: a. Laws than circumstances 24. Are visionaries: b. Circumstances than laws a. somewhat annoying

b. rather fascinating 12. In approaching others is your inclination

to be somewhat: 25. Are you more often: a. Objective a. a cool-headed person b. Personal b. a warm-hearted person

13. Are you more: 26. Is it worse to be: a. Punctual a. unjust b . Leisurely b. merciless

27. Should one usually let events occur: 41. Are you more comfortable with work that a. by careful selection and choice is: b. randomly and by chance a. contracted

b. done on a casual basis 28. Do you feel better about:

a. having purchased 42. Do you tend to look for: b. having the option to buy a. the orderly

29. In company do you: b. whatever turns up a. initiate conversation b. wait to be approached 43. Do you prefer:

a. many friends with brief contact 30. Common sense is: b. a few friends with more lengthy contact

a. rarely questionable b. frequently questionable 44. Do you go more by:

a. facts 31. Children often do not: b. principles

a. make themselves useful enough b. exercise their fantasy enough 45. Are you more interested in:

a. production and distribution 32. In making decisions do you feel more b. design and research

comfortable with: a. standards 46. Which is more of a compliment: b. feelings a. ' 'There is a very logical person."

b. "There is a very sentimental person." 33. Are you more:

a. firm than gentle 47. Do you value in yourself more that you b. gentle than firm are:

a. unwavering 34. Which is more admirable: b. devoted

a. the ability to organize and be methodical b. the ability to adapt and make do 48. Do you more often prefer the

a. final and unalterable statement 35. Do you put more value on: b. tentative and preliminary statement

a. infinite b. open-minded 49. Are you more comfortable:

a. after a decision 36. Does new and non-routine interaction b. before a decision

with others: a. stimulate and energize you 50. Do you: b. tax your reserves a. speak easily and at length with strangers

b. find little to say to strangers 37. Are you more frequently:

a. a practical sort of person 51. Are you more likely to trust your: b. a fanciful sort of person a.experience

b. hunch 38. Are you more likely to:

a. see how others are useful 52. Do you feel: b. see how others see a. more practical than ingenious

b. more ingenious than practical 39. Which is more satisfying:

a. to discuss an issue thoroughly 53. Which person is more to be complimented b. to arrive at agreement on an issue - one of:

a. clear reason 40. Which rules you more: b. strong feeling

a. your head b. your heart

54. Are you inclined more to be: 63. Are you a person that is more: a. fair-minded a. routinized than whimsical b. sympathetic b. whimsical than routinized

55. Is it preferable mostly to: 64. Are you more inclined to be: a. make sure things are arranged a. easy to approach b. just let things happen b. somewhat reserved

56. In relationships should most things be: 65. In writings do you prefer: a. re-negotiable a. the more literal b. random and circumstantial b. the more figurative

57. When the phone rings do you: 66. Is it harder for you to: a. hasten to get to it first a. identify with others b. hope someone else will answer b. utilize others

58. Do you prize more in yourself: 67. Which do you wish more for yourself: a. a strong sense of reality a. clarity ofreason b . a vivid imagination b. strength of compassion

59. Are you drawn more to: 68. Which is the greater fault: a. fundamentals a. being indiscriminate b. overtones b. being critical

60. Which seems the greater error: 69. Do you prefer the: a. to be too passionate a. planned event b. to be too objective b. unplanned event

61. Do you see yourself as basically: 70. Do you tend to be more: a. hard-headed a. deliberate than spontaneous b. soft-hearted b. spontaneous than deliberate

62. Which situation appeals to you more: a. the structured and scheduled b. the unstructured and unscheduled

Scoring

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l. Copy your answers to this answer key carefully. 2. Count the number of checks in each of the A and B columns, and total at the bottom. 3. Copy the totals for Column 2 to the spaces below the totals for Column 3. Do the same for

Columns 4 and 6. 4. Add totals downwards to calculate your totals. 5. Circle the letter with this highest score. This is your type.