I was chatting with Leah, Josh and Troy at Leia’s birthday party on Saturday and we got to talking about Myers-Briggs personality tests (they’re the ones which result in a set of four letters indicating a personality type). At the time I thought I might be INTJ, but I wasn’t sure. Well, as it turns out, I’m ISTJ. I took the Word Choice Test at similarminds.com and the test at Humanmetrics.com and both confirmed that I’m ISTJ.
Reading over commentary on ISTJ, it seems mostly right, though I’m definitely not the “We’ve always done it this way” type (as one site put it). Typelogic’s ISTJ Profile is fairly colloquial and it includes examples of famous ISTJs. And PersonalityPage’s Portrait of an ISTJ is also good.
In any case, perhaps my friends would be a better judge of whether these assessments are an accurate portrayal of me. It can be hard to analyze myself and it may be easier for someone with an outside perspective. If you think some of the characteristics in the write-ups are right (or wrong) about me, leave a comment (and you may as well include your letters if you know them).