Endless papers, endless presentations, endless exams to review…
Oh! It’s that finals season.
Plan study time in advance? Let yourself slack off?
Confident and no need to study? Don’t even know when the exam is?
Which type are you when facing exams?
Take the MBTI test during a break to find out!
MBTI Personality Test
MBTI Test Link
For those who haven’t taken the MBTI test yet, click the link below to take the test first.
https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
Test Results
First, let’s explain what these four letters stand for:
First Dimension
Extraversion (E)
Introversion (I)
Second Dimension
Sensing (S)
Intuition (N)
Third Dimension
Thinking (T)
Feeling (F)
Fourth Dimension
Judging (J)
Perceiving (P)
The suffix A stands for Assertive, and T stands for Turbulent.
Take the first letters of each category, and you'll get your result, such as "INFP" or "ESFJ"… Different combinations of preferences across the four dimensions form 16 personality types.
The MBTI 16 personality types are grouped into 4 major categories: Analysts, Diplomats, Sentinels, and Explorers.
MBTI Personality Portraits During Finals Season
Analysts
INTJ (Architect)
Despises rigid, spoon-fed schooling and thinks rote memorization is useless. Often uses their own twisted logic to verify whether facts are really as they think.
"Handling multiple-choice questions doesn't require mastering specific knowledge, just mastering the rules of multiple-choice. If three answers are short and one is long, pick the longest; if three are long and one is short, pick the shortest."
INTP (Logician)
Mentally leaps without bounds.
"I know Wikipedia like the back of my hand; I'm not worried about those exams at all. I can solve a quadratic equation in ten different ways."
ENTJ (Commander)
Peak learning efficiency is usually in the morning or at night.
"What’s the point of pulling an all-nighter? Better to take a cold shower in the morning to trigger my battle mode. A three-hour exam is nothing! I can finish it in 20 minutes!"
ENTP (Debater)
Chronic procrastinator, calm and unhurried, strategizing how to score high without studying.
"Finals are coming, better crack open the textbook and preview first. Hmm, the first chapter is pretty interesting. Oh, I have a paper due?"
What majors suit NT personalities?
NT rationalists excel in subjects requiring abstract thinking, such as mathematics and physics, but are less skilled at activities demanding deductive skills like racing or debating. They love sci-fi stories and are fascinated by topics like aliens and cosmic questions—the kind of kids we call exceptionally intelligent.
They fit roles in scientific research, invention, political or business innovation in society.
STEM fields (Philosophy / Science / Engineering, Agriculture, Military Medical R&D)
Social Sciences (Economics / Law / Management)
Famous NT Personalities
INTJ
Isaac Newton, Mark Zuckerberg, Mimei Wakaki
INTP
Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Charles Robert Darwin, Marie Curie, Bill Gates
ENTJ
Napoleon Bonaparte, Mao Zedong, Gaius Julius Caesar
ENTP
Benjamin Franklin, Richard Feynman, Cai Lun, Cao Cao
Diplomats
INFJ (Advocate)
A perpetual motion machine of creative humanities, endless imagination, even divergently digresses when complaining about exams.
"Can you believe all my exams are on the very last day before the holiday? That's so inhumane! Does this violate human rights? I'm thinking about taking legal action!"
INFP (Mediator)
Loves researching and inventing various study methods—untested in practice, but theoretically viable.
"We could make up a song to memorize this problem, like blahblah..." Such things are deeply meaningful to INFPs because they hate formalism and are champions of meaning.
ENFJ (Protagonist)
A tirelessly instructive educator, with Confucius as a representative figure. Enthusiastically guides friends on homework, sharing everything they know.
"I found a super quick and simple way to solve this problem—let me teach you."
ENFP (Campaigner)
The happy puppy won't be shackled by exams.
"15 questions in a row have B as the answer. Clever me won't choose B for the next one—maybe this is what the test maker intended!"
What majors suit NF personalities?
NF idealists excel in subjects requiring sensibility, such as language arts and English, but struggle with disciplines demanding strong sensory skills like computation and physics experiments. As children, they loved fairy tales or myths and showed interest in literature or art; often described as being full of 'spirit' and imagination, they frequently hold romantic visions of the future.
They play roles in humanities creation, cultural education in society.
Humanities (Literature / History / Philosophy / Art)
Social Sciences (Sociology / Education / Political Science / Management / Ethnology)
Famous NF Personalities
INFJ
Plato, Adolf Hitler, Chiang Kai-shek, Leo Tolstoy
INFP
William Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling, Vincent van Gogh
ENFJ
Confucius, Mencius, Jennifer Lawrence, Barack Obama
ENFP
Li Bai, Jack Ma, Steve Jobs, Sun Yat-sen
Sentinels
ISTJ (Logistician)
Keen on logical reasoning, a human memo. Studying is a piece of cake for ISTJs.
"While doing the test, I noticed some grammar errors in the questions and incidentally corrected some incorrectly phrased multiple-choice answers."
ISFJ (Defender)
Rote memorization is my strong suit.
"What? This course has no textbook? No PPT?"
ESTJ (Executive)
Plan-loving ESTJs even schedule slacking-off time into their to-do list and hate others disrupting their plans.
"Impromptu hangout? Impossible, this week's schedule is full. I need to review, go to office hours, finish this due tomorrow night, meet that deadline the day after..."
ESFJ (Consul)
Best at brainwashing themselves.
"I've done my best. What I don't know, others don't know either. I've written down everything I know. If that still can't win over the professor's heart, there's nothing I can do. Once the exam is over, stop thinking about it."
What majors suit SJ personalities?
SJ pragmatists have excellent memories and may be good at subjects like politics, history, geography, and biology. They are often mainstays of class committees, adept at organizing and managing classmates orderly. They usually demonstrate great diligence and seriousness in their studies, though sometimes their study methods may lack flexibility.
In society, they take on roles of organizational management and maintaining order.
Applied fields (Design / Engineering, Agriculture, Military Medical Technical)
Social Sciences (Economics / Management / Education)
Famous SJ Personalities
ISTJ
George Washington, Warren Buffett, Dwight D. Eisenhower
ISFJ
William Howard Taft, Jimmy Carter, Barbara Bush
ESTJ
James Monroe, Franklin Pierce, Michelle Obama
ESFJ
Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Taylor Swift
Explorers
ISTP (Virtuoso)
Unmoved by external gains or personal sorrows. Cramming 👉 slacking 👉 cramming 👉 slacking 👉 cramming 👉 slacking 👉 cramming 👉 slacking 👉 cramming 👉 slacking.
"What paper? What assignment?"
ISFP (Adventurer)
If ISTP oscillates between cramming and slacking, ISFP is practically the king of slacking. Anxious yet slacking, with a dash of light emo.
"When I feel stressed, my brain turns into a complete mess!"
ESTP (Entrepreneur)
Likes immersive learning through case studies and practice, not a traditionally good student. Will find all sorts of excuses to dodge exams.
"This week I need to attend a funeral for my uncle's aunt's cousin..."
ESFP (Entertainer)
Feels suffocated studying in libraries or overly quiet places. Often wonders what’s the point of studying these subjects and exams.
"Will learning calculus help me buy groceries cheaper? If the finance professor is so smart, why isn’t he a billionaire? Why should I memorize this utterly useless information?"
What majors suit SP personalities?
SP applicationists may not necessarily have strong thinking brains or artistic talent, but they have some standout skills. They might be silver-tongued and great at organizing class events; or literary and sports activists; or even gossip experts with budding business sense. These kids are quick-witted but dislike learning textbook knowledge step by step; some may even say they don't like studying.
In society, they play roles in skilled services and enriching life.
Applied fields (Communication / Engineering, Agriculture, Military Medical / Design)
Humanities (Literature / Art)
Social Sciences (Economics)
Famous SP Personalities
ISTP
Vladimir Putin, Bruce Lee, Mozi, Xiang Yu, Pablo Picasso
ISFP
Michael Joseph Jackson, Zhuangzi, Yang Liping
ESTP
Winston Churchill, Donald Trump, Jamie Lannister
ESFP
Alexander the Great, Laozi, Ronald Reagan, Sima Zhao
Is MBTI Science or Pseudoscience?
After reading the above analysis, some of you might think, "Wow, that’s so me", while others will say, "What? That’s not me at all".
Believe It or Not?
Many people are skeptical about MBTI's scientific validity. In fact, although MBTI has been widely adopted in corporate settings, the academic psychology community has yet to endorse it.
MBTI itself is not a test from the psychology community, and its scientific basis is insufficient.
In 2018, Oxford professor Merve Emre explained in her book "The Personality Brokers" that unlike other personality tests, MBTI’s appeal lies in its being "non-judgmental", meaning all results are positive and shortcomings are glossed over.
People readily believe an abstract, general personality description and think it specially fits them and accurately reveals their personality traits, even if the content is vague. This is the "Barnum effect" in psychology.
We tend to believe the parts that match us and ignore the parts that don't. It’s just like horoscopes—can everyone's weekly, monthly, or yearly fortune really be summarized by 12 zodiac signs?
MBTI is subjective; the choices are based on self-perception, inevitably incorporating idealized aspects of personality, prompting people to seek value in what they do and have done.
The Amplified "Survivorship Bias"
Open Xiaohongshu and type in MBTI; you'll be bombarded with posts like "What majors suit INFJ", "What careers do ENFP typically have".
Netizens eagerly search for those same four-letter types and careers. Finding a match, they comment, "Wow, so amazing, me too!" thinking they've found another version of themselves in the world. Not finding one, they quietly exit and continue searching for the next "kindred spirit."
"Which MBTI types do Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and other firms prefer?" "MBTI tells you these personality types can thrive in the fashion industry"…
Posts like these endlessly amplify survivorship bias.
At this point, many of you might ask: if I’m not that personality type, can I still study that major or do that job?
The answer is: Of course you can!
MBTI categorizes us into different groups to define our personality, but MBTI cannot dictate our choices.
Going back to the initial topic, whether you're a slacker ISTP or a plan-loving ESTJ, when exams and deadlines loom, those who care will still prepare properly.
Similarly, when facing a desired major or job, don't be easily discouraged. Keep an open mind, prepare earnestly, and sustain your passion. Ultimately, you'll find what truly suits you.
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