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The Personality Questionnaire is designed to be taken in one sitting.

The Personality Questionnaire is a tool for self-discovery, and when used correctly, it is a very valuable tool. If possible, approach the questionnaire in a relaxed state of mind, remembering that self-scoring questionnaires such as this one depend on the accuracy of your answers. Some questions will seem to have an obvious answer, while for others you may find it difficult to choose between one option or another. In such cases, select the option which you feel best reflects your natural tendencies. Be honest with yourself! If you don't understand a question, or are unsure which option to choose, skip the question and come back to it later. You should ideally answer all of the questions to get the most accurate typing, but if you're really stuck your best bet is probably to leave that answer blank. However, we may not be able to score you correctly if you choose to leave answers blank, in which case you can reuse your password to retake the questionnaire until you get a valid type.

Remember... this isn't a test! There are no right or wrong answers. There are no "good types" and no "bad types". As Isabel Myers put it, "Each type has its own path to excellence, and its own pitfalls."

  1. What is your gender?
    Male
     Female
    Other
  2. If you are reading for pleasure, do you typically choose:
    Fiction, like novels or short stories
    Magazines
    Non-fiction
    Poetry
    You don't really read
  3. Do you find it easier to remember:
    Numbers and figures
    Faces and names
  4. Do you more often tend to:
    Think through what you will say before speaking
    Talk off the top of your head
  5. Do you or others think that you tend to take things personally?
    Yes
    No
    Don't know
  6. If you're feeling stressed out, do you prefer to:
    Spend time alone
    Blow off steam with friends
  7. When you decide to buy something and money is not a major factor, is the determining factor more often:
    How much you really need it
    How much you really like it
  8. In terms of promptness, are you usually:
    Early
    On time or a little late
    Late
    Very late
    It depends
  9. In social situations, are you more likely to:
    Speak without thinking and put your foot in your mouth
    Miss an opportunity, and later think "I should have said..."
    Put your foot in your mouth and miss opportunities about equally
  10. As you go about your life, is it more important to you to:
    Have clarity about what is going on
    Have harmony in your surroundings
    You couldn't possibly pick. (Think harder. You can probably pick one.)
  11. Are you most often:
    A spontaneous person who rarely makes plans in advance
    Someone who is more comfortable with having everything planned out
    A person who plans for major undertakings, but acts spontaneously otherwise
  12. If a decision is made which impacts you, such as getting laid-off from your job, is it more important to you to know that:
    You are appreciated—it isn't personal
    You have been treated fairly
  13. Do areas where you work tend to appear:
    Organized
    Disorganized
    They might look messy, but they're actually organized
  14. Would you typically:
    Rather do something than think about doing it
    Enjoy thinking about something almost as much or more than actually doing it
  15. When communicating with others, are you more often:
    Frank and direct with little or no prompting
    Frank and direct when prompted, or when necessary
    You have a hard time being direct
  16. Does it describe you better to say that you:
    Don't like surprises
    Enjoy the excitement and spontaneity of surprises
  17. If you had to pick one, which do you value more highly?
    Logic and reason
    Compassion
  18. Do you get more satisfaction from thinking about:
    Your plans
    Your achievements
  19. Do you:
    Enjoy scrolling through newsfeeds or reading the paper most days
    Have little interest in the news
  20. When it comes to doing detailed, routine tasks, does it describe you better to say that you:
    Avoid doing them
    Dislike doing them
    Don't mind doing them
    Enjoy doing them
  21. In thinking about money, when it comes right down to it do you believe that:
    Money provides security
    Money is a means to enhancing your enjoyment of life
  22. Which do you find more stimulating?
    A one-on-one conversation with a friend
    Interacting with many at a large party
  23. Are you better at:
    Initiating and planning a project
    Following a project plan through to completion
  24. When attending a party, do you usually:
    Get tired early and look forward to leaving
    Stay energetic, and find yourself among the last to leave
  25. Would people close to you be more likely to describe you as:
    Too lax
    Too strict
  26. Do you feel more of a connection with:
    Sciences
    Humanities
    You like both equally. (This is unusual--are you sure?)
  27. When meeting someone new, do you tend to:
    Initiate the conversation
    Wait to see what the other person will say
  28. As you're walking down a street, are you:
    Tuned into just about everything around you
    Sometimes unaware of the details of your environment
  29. At work or school, do you feel that you are more effective and productive:
    Working alone
    Working with others in a team environment
    You are equally productive working alone or on a team
  30. When performing a task, are you:
    Eager to see immediate results for your efforts
    Able to suspend seeing immediate results easily, as long as you see future possibilities from your efforts
  31. Does it bother you more when someone:
    Is a big emoter, very willing to melt down or erupt in your presence
    Never cries or shows any emotion in front of you
  32. At meetings, or in other discussion forums, do you tend to:
    Speak up often
    Want to speak up, but force yourself to hold back
    Want to stay quiet, but force yourself to speak up
    Stay quiet and let others do the talking
  33. When working through a problem, do you:
    Go through the steps you've learned will solve it
    Sometimes skip steps and make leaps in judgment
  34. Do you more often:
    Freely express your opinions
    Keep your opinions to yourself, unless you have a reason to express them
  35. Are you:
    Good at finding solutions to practical problems
    Impatient with practical concerns, which you tend to ignore
  36. In general, do you believe that:
    Everything should be kept in its assigned place
    That type of organization is unnecessary
  37. Do you more often tend to:
    Put the needs of others before your own
    Look after your own needs first
  38. You walk into a friend's house for the first time and it's a complete disaster. You:
    Take it in stride
    Feel uncomfortable
    Wonder how soon you can leave
    Don't care because your place is just as messy
  39. Do you value yourself more for your:
    Practical advice
    New way of looking at things
  40. How do you react when plans are canceled?
    You're disappointed, and maybe a little angry
    You think, oh well, now I can hang with the cat!
    You're relieved. You really didn't want to go.
  41. When judging a person or situation, do you feel that it's more fair to:
    Be impartial and objective
    Base your judgement on the individual case
  42. Would you rather:
    Be able to bring an issue to closure quickly
    See all sides of the issue
  43. Do you typically:
    Know everything that's going on in your friends' and family's lives
    Get behind on what's going on
  44. When discussing an issue with a friend, is it more rewarding to you:
    To reach an amicable agreement
    To have a thorough, logical discussion of the issue
  45. When you have a deadline for something important, do you most often:
    Start early to give yourself plenty of time
    Procrastinate
  46. Do you:
    Have an excellent memory for details
    Remember general concepts, without retaining specific details
  47. Are you more interested in:
    What is real
    What is possible
  48. When you've said something that hurt someone's feelings, are you:
    Immediately aware of it
    Unaware that there is a problem until later
  49. At parties, do you tend to:
    Spend most of your time interacting with one or two people
    Meet and converse with many people, who you may or may not know
  50. Are you more often prone to:
    Make decisions quickly
    Be indecisive
    Take time to consider everything before making a decision
  51. When making plans, do you prefer to:
    Schedule things in advance for a specific date and time
    Pencil things into your schedule
    Leave plans flexible until the last minute
  52. Is it a worse fault to:
    Show too much warmth
    Not show enough warmth
  53. Which of these two sayings do you find more interesting?
    "Seeing is believing"
    "I think, therefore I am"
  54. Do you generally:
    Live in the current moment
    Live in the past
    Live in the clouds
    Live in the future
  55. When it comes to daily tasks, do you:
    Have a system for getting things done that you generally follow
    Take things as they come
  56. If you could choose any work schedule, would you choose:
    Something totally open and flexible that would allow you to work when you have the time and energy
    Something totally habitual, where you start and stop at the same time on the same days`
  57. If someone does something that bothers you, are you more likely to:
    Tell them that it bothers you
    Not say anything
  58. After making an important decision, are you more likely to:
    Consider the case closed and not think about your decision
    Revisit the decision again and again
  59. When you receive criticism, are you more likely to:
    React emotionally, no matter the source
    Take the criticism with a grain of salt and try to determine its validity
  60. Do you generally
    Take things at face value
    Read between the lines and look for underlying meaning
  61. Do you find it more useful to:
    To know a little about a lot of things
    To know a lot about a few things

When you press the "SUBMIT" button your answers will be scored and you will be taken to a page that will show you your results.