New Self Assessment PO Box 175, Lake Lure, NC 28746 | 882-625-9924 | www.SolzonConsulting.com | jan@solzonconsulting.com Personality Type Self Assessment As you answer the following questions, think about how you usually tend to think, feel or react during your daily life at work or at home. REMEMBER!! You are only developing a theory about your type. You won’t really know your true type until you take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument and complete a personal comprehensive interpretation of your results. This feedback will help you find your best-type fit (which may not necessarily be reflected in your indicator result), help you explore the use of type in your unique life circumstances, and help you understand the deeper meaning of the dynamics of type which goes beyond the combination of the four letters. Extraversion/Introversion 1. When someone asks you a question, you usually: A. Pauses for a few minutes and then respond B. Respond immediately 2. You like: A. Short meetings/training sessions B. Long meetings/training sessions 3. If someone has information to give you, you prefer the person to: A. Send it to you in written form B. Meet with you in person to talk about it 4. You: A. Like to interact with a lot of people and are a talker B. Prefer to be with one or two other people or alone and don’t talk much 5. If there’s a lull in the conversation, your inclination is to: A. Fill it in by talking B. Use it to think 6. You prefer to work: A. Independently B. With others or on a team 7. You are: A. More often than not, talking B. More often that not, quiet 8. When presenting an idea to another person, you: A. Show signs of high energy and animation B. Show signs of being reservedNew Self Assessment 9. Interruptions: A. Don’t usually bother you -you may even often interrupt others B. Bother you -you rarely interrupt others Scoring: Add the “A” answers for questions 1, 2. 3, and 6 Add the “B” answers for questions 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 If your total is 5 or more, you may be an Introvert. Otherwise, you may be an Extravert. Sensing/Intuition 1. You are most convinced by: A. General instructions with an emphasis on the goal B. Detailed instructions with steps to reach the goal 2. When learning a new concept, a lot of details are initially: A. Overwhelming to you B. Essential to your understanding of the concept 3. When describing something, you usually: A. Describe it generally B. Describe it specifically 4. You are more swayed by: A. Facts and details B. The concept 5. You tend to: A. Notice little things B. Not notice little things 6. You are more enthusiastic about: A. The latest and greatest way of doing something B. The tried and true way of doing something 7. When making a decision, you most want to know: A. How it will impact the future B. How it will impact the present 8. You find untried ideas: A. Sometimes interesting, but more often unworkable B. Interesting and useful 9. You prefer to think of yourself as a: A. Visionary B. Practical person Scoring: Add the “A” answers for questions 4, 5, 6, and 8 Add the “B answers for questions 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9 If your total is 5 or more, you may be a Sensor. Otherwise, you may be an Intuitive.New Self Assessment Thinking/Feeling 1. When making a decision, you will be influenced more often by: A. How you are sure it will impact a “system” or an entire group B. How you are sure it will impact individuals 2. You like dealing with people who are: A. Logical B. Personal 3. When you buy a piece of equipment, you are more concerned with: A. Its cost B. How much it will improve someone’s life 4. If you take unpaid time off from work, you will be more concerned with: A. Losing money B. Letting down the team 5. When asked about what you think about several people who share a lot in common, you will tend to talk about them as: A. A group B. Individuals 6. You tend to make decisions that are: A. Based on the current situation and extenuating circumstances B. Consistent 7. If you have no luck trying to make an unhappy person happy, you will: A. Keep trying until you are successful B. Give up 8. When you hear about a company layoff that will financially tax many individuals, you: A. Feel bad for those being laid off B. Rationalize that layoffs are inevitable, yet unfortunate 9. When observing two arguing people, you will generally: A. Feel uncomfortable that there is a disagreement B. Assume that interpersonal conflict is natural and often unavoidable Scoring: Add the “A” answers for questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Add the “B answers for questions 6, 7, 8, and 9 If your total is 5 or more, you may be a Thinker. Otherwise, you may be a Feeler. Judging/Perceiving 1. You prefer days that are: A. Spontaneous B. PlannedNew Self Assessment 2. When making an important decision, you usually: A. First determine how much time to take before reaching a conclusion B. Rationalize that you could take as much time as was needed 3. If you made a wrong decision, you would: A. Rationalize that it was the best decision at the time B. Rationalize that you were too rushed at the time 4. When scheduling vacation time off from work, you would: A. Ask for time off way ahead of time B. Give little notice 5. If given a deadline for making a decision, and you thought there wasn’t enough time, you would: A. Make it anyway with the existing facts B. Allow the deadline to slip until all the facts you thought necessary were collected 6. Relative to time, you are usually: A. Late B. On time 7. If your schedule was too heavy one day, you would: A. Try to re-work the schedule B. Go ahead and try to do everything, despite the difficulty 8. You think it is important to have a: A. General sense of time B. Concrete sense of time 9. When faced with a decision that has several options, you would: A. Decide when you thought you had enough information to make a decision B. Set up a deadline for making the decision and then work to get the information in time to meet the deadline Scoring: Add the “A” answers for questions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 Add the “B answers for questions 1, 6, 8 and 9 If your total is 5 or more, you may be a Judger. Otherwise, you may be a Perceiver. Final Score Compile the letters from each preference to formulate your possible Myers-Briggs personality type. REMEMBER! This is only a theory. You won’t really know your true type until you take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument and complete a personal comprehensive interpretation of your results. The Center for Applications of Psychological Type is licensed by Consulting Psychologists Press to administer the MBTI® Certification Program. 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