INTJ's Ability to Change Type?

[ThrowerMatt]

Here's a question for everyone. Although I have never been formally tested, I do consider myself an INTJ. Every online exam I have taken has told me that an INTJ is my personality type. Also, reading this forum (which I find amazing) has only confirmed those beliefs by finding out that other people share some of my odd tendencies.

That being said, has anyone been able to have other people think they are a different MBTI type? I say this because I work as an IT consultant and have to interact with people on a daily basis. I was talking to someone the other day and mentioned my MBTI type, and they were completely blown away. They couldn't believe that I was an INTJ by the way I acted at work.

Also I introduced a girl I recently started dating to MBTI types and had her take the test. She ended up being an ENFP, which I think describes her perfectly. Anyway when I read her my personality type's description she didn't think that described me very well either.

That being said has anyone else noticed they have the ability to have other people think they are a different type? I think this is something that I may be able to do because I worked on being more outgoing and open to people in college, but I'm not sure. I'm curious what everyone else's thoughts are.

[BlackHawk]

Not really.
It might just be that you are borderline on one or more letters.
Or, those people don't know you very well.
Or, your cognitive processes don't really follow the ordering for any one type.

[TheLastMohican]

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[True Rune]

Perhaps it's the I.. so people don't get all of you. My twin brother is INFP and he said his results were "scarily" accurate, but he is borderline on a few..

[Lagawrd]

I can relate to that very much. I learned to act to please others so they wont really give me and my personality much attention. It might be because I have borderline personality traits on more than one letter, but I doubt it. I am usually tired by the end of all the socializing.

I think you just learned how to adapt to certain things to avoid least conflict. Atleast that is what i do, however I pay for it with laziness afterwards.

[malefide]

Most people in my off-line life don't know about my type, as far as I know. The one person I told said he was "surprised" at the I. That was because I was talkative with him because I know him well. I explained the nature of my I, however, and then he agreed.
(supposedly he is *NTP)

[Claptonian]

That being said has anyone else noticed they have the ability to have other people think they are a different type? I think this is something that I may be able to do because I worked on being more outgoing and open to people in college, but I'm not sure. I'm curious what everyone else's thoughts are.


I think I come off as an INFJ to people I don't know very well, which isn't surprising since when I was younger I always came out as an INFJ on tests. Then over the course of a couple years I became an arrogant, uncaring bastard. :p

I guess I revert to my old ways when I'm with people that I don't know.

[selimut]

i guess being an intj you tend to keep people at a distance. so maybe only those in your inner circle would see you as you really are..an intj. i always get contradicting views on my personality myself.

[acyckowski]

That being said, has anyone been able to have other people think they are a different MBTI type? I say this because I work as an IT consultant and have to interact with people on a daily basis. I was talking to someone the other day and mentioned my MBTI type, and they were completely blown away. They couldn't believe that I was an INTJ by the way I acted at work.

That's too perfect! Because of my career, I've had to interact with people--lots of them--on a daily basis. Many of the jobs I've had required politicking to get results. So, I've had to develop my E and pretend to make decisions like an F, and learn the art of BS. People who know me pretty well still are blown away when I tell them I'm an introvert and would prefer to spend my entire day alone with a good book.

In my last job, my boss was a people person and a chatterbox. I listened politely for three weeks before he ran out of stories. After about two hours of silence, he started asking me what was wrong, did I feel alright, was something going on he should know about....when I told him I was absolutely fine, just didn't have anything to say, he was flumoxed. It took me months to convince him that I was happiest when I could go for hours on end without saying anything.