Analysis of MBTI Results: Personality and Professional Implications

This report presents an analysis of an MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) assessment, detailing the results obtained and their implications. The report is divided into two parts. The first part summarizes the MBTI test results, identifying the ENFP personality type and its attributes based on the Extravert, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving aspects. The second part provides an overview of the MBTI, its usage in the professional world, and its reliability. It also discusses the various professionals who use the MBTI, experts' views on the tool, and similar personality assessment tests like the Big Five and Traitify. The report concludes with a summary of the MBTI's usefulness in understanding personality and its potential for professional applications, while also acknowledging its limitations and advocating for further innovation.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................1
Part 1:...............................................................................................................................................1
Results:............................................................................................................................................1
Meaning:..........................................................................................................................................1
Agreeability:....................................................................................................................................2
Part 2:...............................................................................................................................................2
About MBTI Test:...........................................................................................................................2
Reliability of the Myer Briggs Type Indicator:...............................................................................2
Is the Myer Briggs Type Indicator widely used and by whom:......................................................3
Experts’ views about Myer Briggs Type Indicator:........................................................................3
Other tests similar to MBTI:............................................................................................................4
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................5
References:......................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction:
The assignment delves into the importance and applications of the Myer Briggs Type
Indicator in the real professional world. The paper in order the study the topic in detail has been
divided into two parts. The first part summarizes an MBTI test, its results and agreeability. The
second part opens with a brief introduction of Mayer Briggs Type Indicator. This next part
studies the usage of MBTI and the types of professionals who use. The next part throws light on
the reviews of the professional regarding the usage of the test tool. The final part lists the similar
types of tools like MBTI which are in use.
Part 1:
Results:
The Junk Typology Test test conducted showed ENPF elements are present in ratio of
sixteen percent, twelve percent, sixteen percent and six percent. The result shows the attributes
based on four aspects Extravert, iNtuitiive, Feeling and Perceiving abbreviated into ENPF. The
Junk Typology test consists of sixty four question each with five options, a strong YES, YES,
uncertain, NO and a strong NO.
Meaning:
The Junk Typology Test showed that the ratio of extravert, intuitiveness, feeling and
perception are eight, six, eight and three respectively. This means that the examined person is
equally extravert and sensitive to feelings.

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Agreeability:
The results are agreeable and accepted.
Part 2:
About MBTI Test:
The Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a question style test which tests the personal
choice of people. The MNTI test also test how people make decisions and is based on
typological theory proposed by Carl Jung which stress on four psychological principals of
sensation, intuition, feeling and thinking. The theory assumes that among these four
psychological aspects, one remains dominant at the time of decision making. MBTI assumes that
every person has preferences which ultimately decide their interests, requirements, values and
motivation. The Myer Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI is used widely in the business world to
understand the mentality of people (Myersbriggs.org. 2017).
Reliability of the Myer Briggs Type Indicator:
The MBTI tool is used widely by the psychologists owing to its reliability and its resulted
are accepted. The tool is highly reliable because it is capable of yielding same scores with strong
internal consistency. This happened even after multiple tests and retests which proved that the
MBTI indicator is highly reliable. The reliability is accepted because the variation in the results
after every test and retest was very less. The test judges the thought process of people by asking
sixty four questions which allows it to arrive at appropriate conclusion about the nature of
people. The tool can be used even for online personality tests which makes it make useful. These
factors make the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator reliable (Rashid and Duys 2015).

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Is the Myer Briggs Type Indicator widely used and by whom:
Myer Briggs is used widely in understanding the personality traits of the people. Being a
psychological test tool it is used to study the thought processes of individuals in the corporate
world, education and various other fields. The professionals have found it so useful that
innovations are continued to bring about more advanced versions of the MBTI indicator to make
it more advanced and user friendly(Bales 2016).
Myer Briggs Type Indicator is used widely in the United States and Europe. The
American psychologists use ninety three forced questions while the European English version
uses eighty eight questions. The usage of MBTI by professionals all over the world has led to
translation of it into over twenty languages. MBTI is used by a wide range of professionals and
practitioners (Yang, Richard and Durkin 2016). The MBTI Master Practitioners are certified
practitioners who are certified to use MBTI and have additional higher educational degree and
professional experience. There are several professional groups who use MBTI to assess people.
The doctors and psychiatrists use MBTI to know the thought processes of their patients. The
professors can use MBTI to study the learning habits of their students. Managers use the tool to
study the thought processes of their subordinates (Muller and Pennington 2014).
Experts’ views about Myer Briggs Type Indicator:
The views of the experts on the reliability and validity of Myer Briggs Type Indicator are
mixed, some say it is reliable while other refute its reliability. The experts at the Myers and
Briggs Foundations claim that Myers and Briggs Type Indicator is different than other
questionnaires and is protected by copyrights which guarantees its reliability. They say that the
MBTI questions are decided after interacting with specialists. The results are delivered by quality

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professionals who explain the meaning of types, probes, explore the best fit traits and so on
(Myersbriggs.org. 2017). The same opinion is echoed by the human resource consultant at
People Development Magazine. He says that the MBTI helps the HR consultants to analyze the
nature of the job seekers better. He also adds that MBTI helps in understanding the minds of the
people and their skills (Christina 2017). The success of MBTI is evident from the fact that it is
taken by 2.5 million people every year and finds acceptance in eighty nine Fortune 500
companies around the globe. However, Drake Baer, correspondent at Tech Insider Magazine
says that the MBTI is misleading and does not judge people accurately (Baer 2017). Australian
philosopher Roman Krznaric opines that the MBTI tests are inaccurate because the results it
shows varies every time which makes them unreliable (Krznaric 2017). This analysis shows that
professionals have mixed reviews about MBTI. Some feel that it is useful while others feel that it
is inaccurate.
Other tests similar to MBTI:
The following are the other tests similar to MBTI those are used widely in the
professional world:
1. The Big Five.
2. The Predicative Index
3. Traitify

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Conclusion:
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is a very useful tool which can be used to understand
the personality of people. It can help the professionals to understand and find out appropriate
people to work for them. The tool though very useful has certain flaws. The professionals from
various fields should collaborate to bring about more innovative versions of MBTI.

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Christina (2017). 21 Benefits of Using Myers Briggs Type Indicator. [online] BusinessZone.
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Krznaric, R. 2017. Have we all been duped by the Myers-Briggs test?. [online] Fortune.com.
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Rashid, G.J. and Duys, D.K., 2015. Counselor Cognitive Complexity: Correlating and
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