| I'm just about to whack one of the sacred
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| | MBTI isn't a predictor of behavior.
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| cows of the HR world, the Meyers-Briggs
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| | Okay, if that were all of my objections
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| Type Inventory (MBTI) test, so if you're
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| | I would just sneer at it as a badly
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| a big fan of the MBTI you might want to
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| | designed psychometric instrument and
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| quit now, or read on and flame me in the
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| | forget about it. But the world in
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| comments.I'll summarize the MBTI by
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| | general, and industry in particular, has
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| saying that it's a personality inventory
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| | siezed on the MBTI as the key to
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| test based on Jung's theory of opposites.
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| | personality and compatibility. So I have
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| It assumes that there are four important
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| | personally seen:
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| components of a personality and that each
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| | Qualified candidates not hired because
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| is binary: either you are and introvert
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| | "they have the wrong personality profile
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| (I) or an extrovert (E). This means that
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| | for the job."
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| the MBTI can assign you to one of sixteen
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| | People denied promotions because "their
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| personality types, based on your answers.
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| | personality wouldn't fit the executive
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| The MBTI cult asserts that this
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| | team."
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| personality type is very significant for
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| | People moved from software development
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| who you can work well with, what jobs
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| | projects to software quality assurance
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| you're suited for, who you should marry,
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| | (testing and bug fixing) because "their
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| and most other life decisions. You can
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| | personalities are more suited to that
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| read more about it here and here.Is it
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| | kind of work."
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| clear to you that this is nonsense? Here
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| | I'm not laying these outrages at the
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| are my observations:
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| | feet of the MBTI, it's idiot managers and
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| | HR staff who are to blame for misusing
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| Jung's theory of opposites was a
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| | it. But the structure of the MBTI is so
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| psychoanalytic theory meant to diagnose
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| | simple that it seems irresistable to
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| and treat psychopathologies, not to
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| | assign people to pigeonholes from which
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| categorize healthy people. And even
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| | they can never escape because,
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| within its realm, it's now regarded only
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| | presumeably, their personality type is
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| as a metaphor, not as a reliable
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| | fixed.So personally, I recommend that you
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| personality model.
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| | stop using the MBTI and that we burn all
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| As far as I know, the MBTI has never
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| | copies of it, but I know I've got a big
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| been validated to show that it actually
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| | chip on my shoulder. If you feel you have
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| measures what it claims to measure. Its
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| | to rely on it, you should at least
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| correlations against other, more robust
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| | combine it with another, better
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| personality measurements are very weak.
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| | validated, instrument like the Strong
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| The questions of the MBTI yield a
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| | Inventory, or use it simply as a starting
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| continuous quantitative value, but you
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| | point for discussion and don't take it
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| are assigned to one category or another
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| | seriously as a personality measure, or
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| of a scale based on a seemingly arbitrary
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| | combine it with your intuitive appraisal
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| cutoff value. So, for instance, my score
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| | of someone's personality.But for heaven's
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| on the thinking/feeling scale is so close
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| | sake, don't stamp a person's MBTI score
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| to the cutoff that I'm assigned to
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| | on his or her forehead and let it
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| different categories depending on how I'm
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| | determine the trajectory of their
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| feeling when I take the test.
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| | career.Okay, I'm done with the rant and
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| I've seen plenty of introverts who can
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| | you can start throwing sticks and stones
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| be quite extroverted when the situation
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| | if you want.
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| calls for it, so whatever else it is, the
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