It might be worth considering what answers you give now that might be different than ones you gave 7 years ago. I know I took one of these back in college, and probably every 5 years or so I’ve revisited it, each time never recalling my previous result (what does THAT say about my personality?).
But it struck me this time that some answers I gave this time would have been different 5 years ago. Enough that I probably would have been rated a different alphabet.
For the record: ENFP (slight, distinct, moderate, slight).
Like the sun over course of the day, our luminousity and spectrum change over time, from the blue tints of dawn to the harsh light of day, and again the blues towards dusk if I recall correctly, followed by gruesome darkness.
Anyway forgive my lyricism, but you catch my drift (although some claim that people never ‘fundamentally’ change, I disagree).
I wonder if there’s a way to measure how an individual is trending over the years, probably by comparing a series of tests over the years (although I think the act of taking thr tests repeatedly would tend to increase introspection, in the manner of observation effecting the outcome).
I took the test this morning and was amazed that I was assigned ESTJ, which is very far from what I was assigned 5 years ago (ENFP). I decided that while the discrepancy could be due to the online test being poor (I self-identify much more with being ENFP), it’s also quite possible that I’ve changed. I noticed that the questions were worded more along the lines of what do you do verses what your preferences are, and the truth is that since becoming a mother I’ve had to restructure my life a great deal away from my original preferences. I spend all day every day being a “guardian”, so perhaps it’s not so surprising my personality test results would change to reflect that.
Up to this point, in the thread, there have been 2 possible explanations given for why a 5-year old professional exam has different results than a current online one:
-personality changes over a long time-scale (5 years, etc)
-scoring differences between professionals and automated counters.
These two explanations seem based on the assumption that the responses given to the individual questions are only determined by the responder’s “personality.” That is: person A, having personality x, will always give answer a1, s.t. if A (under reliable test conditions) gives answer a2, A must not have personality x.
I’ve only just now tried this test, but I at least found questions where my answer could have been either True or False, depending on the moment. (ie, “Your workspace is clean and organized,” the answer of which will vary depending on my proximity to deadlines.)
If we’re discussing tests, I propose that we need a control, where we take the online exam multiple times over a sufficiently small time-scale that we do not expect our “personalities” to have dramatically shifted. That is: once a day, at various hours, for a week.
If the control tests have similar results, then we can go back to our question of “what changed between 5 years and now.” But, if these control tests have differing results (I’m not sure what significance condition we should set), then we should probably assume that the test may not be a “personality” test, but a “state of mind” test given “personality” and “external conditions.” In that case, we may want to be suspicious about self-evaluating with these tests.
If I have time (and remember) to take this control myself, I’ll post the results.
17/9/11 → 10:30 → ISTJ (22/62/12/22)
although I think the act of taking thr tests repeatedly would tend to increase
introspection, in the manner of observation effecting the outcome
It may also just increase the “ability” of taking the test such that it produces outcomes that match better with your (desired) self-perspective. I’ve noticed a slight drift from INTP to INFP (which I identify with a bit more) in repeated self-administrations of the test. Possibly that’s just due to how I feel on a particular day, but partly I may be choosing answers which favor F over T without outright lying in cases where I am not very sure.
It might be worth considering what answers you give now that might be different than ones you gave 7 years ago. I know I took one of these back in college, and probably every 5 years or so I’ve revisited it, each time never recalling my previous result (what does THAT say about my personality?).
But it struck me this time that some answers I gave this time would have been different 5 years ago. Enough that I probably would have been rated a different alphabet.
For the record: ENFP (slight, distinct, moderate, slight).
Like the sun over course of the day, our luminousity and spectrum change over time, from the blue tints of dawn to the harsh light of day, and again the blues towards dusk if I recall correctly, followed by gruesome darkness.
Anyway forgive my lyricism, but you catch my drift (although some claim that people never ‘fundamentally’ change, I disagree).
I wonder if there’s a way to measure how an individual is trending over the years, probably by comparing a series of tests over the years (although I think the act of taking thr tests repeatedly would tend to increase introspection, in the manner of observation effecting the outcome).
I took the test this morning and was amazed that I was assigned ESTJ, which is very far from what I was assigned 5 years ago (ENFP). I decided that while the discrepancy could be due to the online test being poor (I self-identify much more with being ENFP), it’s also quite possible that I’ve changed. I noticed that the questions were worded more along the lines of what do you do verses what your preferences are, and the truth is that since becoming a mother I’ve had to restructure my life a great deal away from my original preferences. I spend all day every day being a “guardian”, so perhaps it’s not so surprising my personality test results would change to reflect that.
Up to this point, in the thread, there have been 2 possible explanations given for why a 5-year old professional exam has different results than a current online one:
-personality changes over a long time-scale (5 years, etc)
-scoring differences between professionals and automated counters.
These two explanations seem based on the assumption that the responses given to the individual questions are only determined by the responder’s “personality.” That is: person A, having personality x, will always give answer a1, s.t. if A (under reliable test conditions) gives answer a2, A must not have personality x.
I’ve only just now tried this test, but I at least found questions where my answer could have been either True or False, depending on the moment. (ie, “Your workspace is clean and organized,” the answer of which will vary depending on my proximity to deadlines.)
If we’re discussing tests, I propose that we need a control, where we take the online exam multiple times over a sufficiently small time-scale that we do not expect our “personalities” to have dramatically shifted. That is: once a day, at various hours, for a week.
If the control tests have similar results, then we can go back to our question of “what changed between 5 years and now.” But, if these control tests have differing results (I’m not sure what significance condition we should set), then we should probably assume that the test may not be a “personality” test, but a “state of mind” test given “personality” and “external conditions.” In that case, we may want to be suspicious about self-evaluating with these tests.
If I have time (and remember) to take this control myself, I’ll post the results. 17/9/11 → 10:30 → ISTJ (22/62/12/22)
It may also just increase the “ability” of taking the test such that it produces outcomes that match better with your (desired) self-perspective. I’ve noticed a slight drift from INTP to INFP (which I identify with a bit more) in repeated self-administrations of the test. Possibly that’s just due to how I feel on a particular day, but partly I may be choosing answers which favor F over T without outright lying in cases where I am not very sure.
although I think the act of taking thr tests repeatedly would tend to increase introspection, in the manner of observation effecting the outcome