Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro View Post
I don't understand how you are supposed to learn anything from a test where you just say things about yourself that you already know...or think you know.

I don't see how anyone can enter "I like having a large circle of acquaintances" and "You spend your leisure time actively socializing
with a group of people, attending parties, shopping, etc." and "You rapidly get involved in social life
at a new workplace" and feel at all enlightened when told that they are on the extroverted end of the scale.

And for the ones you don't know already, they are just to vague:

"You trust reason rather than feelings"

YES/NO !?!?!? How on earth are you supposed to give a legitimate yes or no answer to that? Feelings ARE reasons, and reason would tell you so.
Reason as in active, logical Thinking, vs. Feelings as more intuitive, "gut" thinking.

The value of the results of things like this is two-fold: it can help to understand ourselves better if we are open to it, and it can help to understand others better if we are aware of their personality type. But knowing what ourselves are and what other are in this context is only the beginning. It's what you do with it, and how, that can add value.

On a fairly large project some time ago, my whole team took a much more detailed test that used the same classification system (it was a Kiersey test iirc). My role was technical project leader, and I had responsibility for both IT staff and business staff for whom the system was being developed. I noted the results of all the team members as they were discussed in class (it was an extended training class in which the test and subsequent discussion were only a part). Later, when I had to approach a team member about something and needed something important from them (and anticipated difficulty), I reviewed their personality type as described by the results of the test. It was helpful in adjusting my approach in how I presented the need, how I responded to their concerns, and how to compromise with them on how to get what needed to be done, done. If there was failure, I don't think it was because the test and method is bogus, it was because I failed to make effective use of the results.

Sasaki Kojiro-san, I would say: think less when considering the questions, answer with your gut. but my guess is, you would be classified "T," and that very suggestion is not natural to you, as "T"'s tend to reason out, think about, logically consider, rather than go with how they "feel" about it. This is not a problem per se, it just makes understanding the point and value of exercises like these more difficult for some than others.

But I am probably the wrong messenger in this. With respect.