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

[Patricia Mourthé]

Hi Dana,
   
  My personality type is: ENFJ (Pedagogue) - I've done this test twice before and recall that this has always been the result, even though I found hard to "agree" 100% with any of the answers for the test questions.  
   
  Doing this test I found trapped by having to opt or this or that (or 100% or 100%) when in “real” life my answer would be something like 60% of the times I act like that and 40% of the times I act the other way around (the world is not black and white either). 
   
  My job title is user interface designer and as others in this list, I am sort of Jack-of-all-trades; under this title I do information architecture, system requirements gathering, interface design, system and usability testing, system documentation, proposals and presentation preparation, training and at the side, I teach graphic design courses. 
   
  Patricia Mourthe 
   
    
Dana Smith <Dana at DanaSmithDesigns.com> wrote:

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Hello Everyone,

I am very curious about the personality types of designers, and the 
recent conversation about multidisciplinary skill-sets prompted this 
message to you.

I'd like to conduct an informal (and quite unscientific) survey about 
the personality types on this list. I think it could shed light on 
topics of interest to many of us, including another way to look at what 
it is to be a Designer.

Let's use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as common ground. The MBTI 
generates a 4-letter type, and I anticipate many of you have taken this 
at some point in your educational or professional careers. If you're 
not familiar with the MBTI, or don't know your type, more info is at 
the end of this message.

My initial questions are also below; if you have limited time, there 
are two quick main questions.

I'm interested in any stories or information you are willing to share. 
Please feel free to reply on or off-list as you feel comfortable. I 
will report an anonymous tally of the types and corresponding 
occupations back to the group. (Of course, I'll include my own type and 
thoughts as well. :) )

I'm going to continue this exploration in the coming months with a goal 
of simply understanding what this thing we call Designer is, and how 
personality types might play a role in our design process.

If any of you have expert knowledge of the MBTI, experience 
administering the test, or use personality type information in your 
design work, I welcome your perspective as well.

Thank you all, and I hope you'll participate and discuss,
Dana


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Here are the questions:

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The quick two:
- What is your type?
- What is your occupation? (Please be as specific as possible.)

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?
- What was your experience when you learned your type? Was it 
meaningful to you?
- Has personality type ever played a role in your research or designs?
- If you are outside the US, is there different or additional test that 
is prominently used?
- What else?

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MBTI resources:

- Wikipedia is a great starting point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBTI

- This free test is the closest to the official test that I've seen:
http://www.personalitytest.net/types/index.htm
(There are also a variety of (not free) resources available online and 
off to take the original MBTI in a more structured, authentic way.)

- My favorite site for the Type profiles:
http://www.typelogic.com/

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(A discussion about the reliability of this test could be another long 
thread, I'm sure. My particular interest here is in what your result 
meant to you personally and as a designer; did it ring true?)



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