PERSONALITY TEST · HOW IT WORKS

The test is a mirror

It shows what you put into it. No type is better than another; the test only names how your head is naturally built. Here is an explanation of what exactly gets counted under the bonnet and why.

What we measure

The test rests on five axes:

• Energy: introversion / extraversion (I/E)
• Perception: sensing / intuition (S/N)
• Deciding: thinking / feeling (T/F)
• Lifestyle: judging / perceiving (J/P)
• Self-confidence: assertiveness / turbulence (A/T)

An honest admission: under the bonnet the test measures five continuous traits that psychology knows from Big Five research, the best-validated model of personality. We then translate the result into the language of 16 types, because a type is easier to grasp than five numbers. The biggest tests in the world go the same way; unlike them, we say it out loud.

Three measurements in one

The test doesn’t ask you just once. It asks you in three different ways:

• Letters: 43 direct questions on a seven-point scale.
• Temperament: 7 choices that place you among NT, NF, SJ and SP.
• Dominant function: 15 pairs of statements based on cognitive functions.

When all three agree, the result is strong: three different routes arrived at the same place. When they don’t, the test admits it and says where.

Follow-up questions

When one of the letters is close (a result between 42 and 58 %), the test asks 5 extra deciding questions. An odd number means it is always decided; a tie cannot come up.

What the test doesn’t measure

The test doesn’t measure intelligence, a person’s worth, the future or the quality of a relationship. And never take your type as an excuse; “I’m a P, so I turn up late” doesn’t hold. Your wiring explains, it doesn’t excuse.

Why trust this test in particular

The questions are written concretely and with situations, no vague sentences that fit everyone. That is called the Barnum effect and it is the trick that horoscopes and bad tests run on.

The questions ask what you actually do, not how you see yourself.

The result rests on three independent measurements, not on one.

And where the result is close, the test admits it instead of pretending to a certainty it doesn’t have.

Who is behind it

The test was put together by coach Vojta Zapletal, who uses personality typology with clients every day. The questions, the algorithm and the descriptions are his own.

This is not the official MBTI® (a trademark of The Myers-Briggs Company).