What is the MBTI test?

Having become THE reference among personality tests, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an assessment tool used to define an individual's psychological type. It takes the form of a questionnaire containing between 93 and 222 questions depending on the version.

How does it work?

Since we are all born with a different way of perceiving things and making decisions, these so-called "spontaneous" preferences exert a real influence on our ways of communicating, reacting, our leadership style, etc.

These preferences are expressed through 4 dimensions:

• Energy orientation: There are introverted (I) people who tend to draw energy from their own inner world, while others are more extroverted (E) and focus primarily on their external environment.

• Information gathering: An individual can gather information by relying on their senses and experience (sensing: S), or on what they have thought or imagined (intuition: N).

• Information processing: Some people prefer to make decisions in a rational way (thinking: T), while others prefer to take their emotions into account (feeling: F).

• Mode of action: While some people act in a thoughtful and organized way (judging: J), others prefer a more spontaneous and less planned lifestyle (perceiving: P).

Thus, based on the two possible preferences for each of these 4 dimensions, the MBTI indicator has identified 16 major personality types.

The 16 personalities

• The INTJ: the architect

Preferring introversion (I), intuition (N), thinking (T), and judging (J), architects are responsible, organized, logical, and rather demanding individuals. They generally approach life by analyzing the theory behind what they observe. They are best recognized by their ease in solving analytical problems and their innovative ideas to improve existing systems or processes.