[IxDA Discuss] What's your Personality Type? (Related to: Now Hiring Leonardo DaVinci?)

[Petteri Hiisilä]

Dana Smith kirjoitti 30.9.2006 kello 7:52:

> The quick two:
> - What is your type?

INFJ 11 62 50 1

The J can be P sometimes, depending on the day I take the test.

> - What is your occupation? (Please be as specific as possible.)

Senior interaction designer / freelancer.

> If you're willing to write more:
> - How does knowledge of your type impact your thoughts about your
> career, design, other people, and yourself - as a designer and as a
> person?

For other's sake and to be sure that my intuition is right, I try to  
do a lot of objective validation to different framework directions  
and interaction solutions. Personas and validation scenarios have  
been particulary useful in this.

> - What was your experience when you learned your type? Was it
> meaningful to you?

Not surprising.

> - Has personality type ever played a role in your research or designs?

Yes, some people need more facts before they are willing to believe  
that this is the correct design direction. After all, there is a lot  
of "soft" thinking involved in the early phases of design, especially  
when designing a completely new product. Research, personas and  
scenarios help me to look and be sure. I try to avoid projects that  
don't have resources for the research part.

> - If you are outside the US, is there different or additional test  
> that
> is prominently used?

I don't know. I haven't been in psychological tests.

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Petteri Hiisilä
Senior Interaction Designer
IX Design / +358505050123 / petteri.hiisila at ixdesign.fi

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