MBTI

Shortly after I started work at University of the Pacific I met with all the members of the library to get better acquainted with them. Even though most had met me during the interview those impressions were probably incompletely formed.

Even then I was looking for ways for us to get to know one another better so I played a little game involving my Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). There are basically four sets of indicators and each person has their own based on answering many questions. The types are:

Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).
Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).
Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).
Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

It was great fun; almost everybody participated; and those who guessed correctly were fed pizza.

So, can you guess my MBTI? (I can't guarantee pizza if you guess correctly).

(PS - My team did something similar at Santa Clara, but there we had to guess one another's MBTI; again lots of fun.)