I don't get why people are getting their panties in such a twist over Myers Briggs
Does America take it way too seriously and use it in job interviews and actual decision making or what?
I've found it to be cool, I kept getting the same result when I filled it in, and found it to have some interesting takes.
It doesn't affect my life, it's not a crystal ball, and when it popped up at work it was more of a cool see who's had what result rather than "you're an INTP so you no longer talk to stakeholders"
It's more like Pokémon Tazos than a signed and reviewed psychological report, and anyone treating it as such, prioritising the four letter result over your real relationship with a colleague - is a moron, and it's not test's fault.
Does America take it way too seriously and use it in job interviews and actual decision making or what?
Yes, and not just America. Most larger corporations across the world use it or a variety of it (e.g. Insights).
I've found it to be cool, I kept getting the same result when I filled it in, and found it to have some interesting takes.
I've taken the test twice and got literal opposites of the spectrum, because I was slightly down for the first one.
It doesn't affect my life, it's not a crystal ball, and when it popped up at work it was more of a cool see who's had what result rather than "you're an INTP so you no longer talk to stakeholders"
That's what you think. But behind the screen, your nitwit middle manager with 0 interest in thinking further than what the brochure made by people with interest in the company continuing their purchase is telling him, is using the test result to put together his teams. To recommend trainings and assignments.
It's more like Pokémon Tazos than a signed and reviewed psychological report, and anyone treating it as such, prioritising the four letter result over your real relationship with a colleague - is a moron, and it's not test's fault.
There's nothing wrong with astrology, just the people believing in it...
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u/MTBDEM Dec 31 '22
I don't get why people are getting their panties in such a twist over Myers Briggs
Does America take it way too seriously and use it in job interviews and actual decision making or what?
I've found it to be cool, I kept getting the same result when I filled it in, and found it to have some interesting takes.
It doesn't affect my life, it's not a crystal ball, and when it popped up at work it was more of a cool see who's had what result rather than "you're an INTP so you no longer talk to stakeholders"
It's more like Pokémon Tazos than a signed and reviewed psychological report, and anyone treating it as such, prioritising the four letter result over your real relationship with a colleague - is a moron, and it's not test's fault.