<p>Well, I’m an INTJ so that explains why in 99% of the threads I end up agreeing with Pizza… it would be interesting to know what we all are…it would probably explain things. I’ve known extroverts, however, that did not have a D-dominant personality so don’t dominate conversations.</p>
<p>I am an INFJ</p>
<p>Can types change over the years? I tested as ESTJ several years ago, but now I find that I need more time alone, so I think I am becoming more of an Introvert.</p>
<p>My understanding is they do change. I was an INTJ, moved to an INTP.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten ISFP, ISFJ and INFP…<em>sings</em> I can see clearly now…</p>
<p>I’ve been M-Briggs’ed a half a dozen times in my years in the corporate world and every single time I am as textbook INTJ as can be. Married to an ESTJ and have two ISTJ kids. Regardless whether the construct passes strict scientific muster, I find it <em>so</em> helpful in understanding friends, coworkers and clients. </p>
<p>Aaah Poet and therein lies the difference – that F vs. T. 'splains things. Regarding #43 and #44, I do think you can shift. My INTJ has stayed the same my entire adult life, but the decades have rolled by and as I was required to take more leadership roles, my my DISC has gone from a C-compliant to a D-Dominant so certain aspects of personality I do believe are learned. To me the Meyer-Briggs is more innate while DISC can change - just like a shy person can change maybe moving from a C-compliant to a D-dominant or some such thing as they learn to adapt and move through their shyness, but an introvert generally stays on introvert.</p>
<p>Yes. It is interesting to find out what the other posters are. It’s fun.</p>
<p>Also, as to changing, it is more likely to move from E to I than the other way around since it is well known in psychology that we tend to get more introverted as we age. </p>
<p>At the same time, as an introvert, I can spend a lot more time around people now without getting worn out because I am more skilled at how and when to pay full attention. </p>
<p>Just read up on the varying personally types…I am definitely ISFJ…for now. ;)</p>
<p><em>goes to Google about DISC</em></p>
<p>Another INTJ here; how weird there are so many of us on this site. I’m super strong on the INT and waffle a between J and P.</p>
<p>And I tend to agree with Pizzagirl’s posts, too. </p>
<p>Given the basis of this site, I’m not so surprised. There’s a boatload of INTJs on this site. </p>
<p>What does D/CS mean? </p>
<p>I’ve been Meyers-Briggsed several times, and I am always an ENTJ. But the NT is very strong and the EJ are weak.</p>
<p>DISC is another system, kind of like a simplified Myers-Briggs. I personally don’t find it as explanatory or helpful, but that’s just me. </p>
<p>Nope, an introvert does not have to be shy perse. I have a lot of introverted friends who have been accepted to top-tier colleges.</p>
<p>ENFJ here…</p>
<p>According to Myers-Briggs theory your type will never change. However, each of these 4 letters is a type preference, not a binary where you are all one thing and none of the other. Typically as people mature, they gain skills in the originally non-preferred preferences. So an extravert over time will gain more introversion skills and vice versa. </p>
<p>About that type never changing thing–as an adult I am clearly a J, but I have been in a household with strong P types my entire adult life and am generally the organizer for everything (and get tired of it too). But my mother would tell you that, growing up, I was a P…never was tested as a kid so hard to know.</p>
<p>The extravert thing–that’s always been strong for me. But my kids are both extraverts with social anxiety and come off as introverts around people they are not yet comfortable with. </p>
<p>Introverts can actually do extremely well in one-to-one interviews because the interaction is more controlled and engaging to them. </p>
<p>I’m an INTJ also. They say that type is rare, but there sure are a lot of us here! Hi! :-h S17 is also an INTJ, and I totally “get” him. S17 had D21 take the test, and she came out something like ESFP, which totally explains a lot.</p>
<p>S17 is in an engineering academy that selects mainly by interview and written personal essays. We know several kids who seemed perfect for the STEM part of the program, but were probably too shy (likely introverts, but I realize they have different definitions) to interview well and hadn’t had interview coaching in 8th grade when they applied.</p>
<p>I recall deciding in junior high that I wanted to make myself at least act like I was more extroverted than I actually was. I’ve even fooled some people over the years, but never myself… </p>
<p>I am ENFP as is my oldest son. He is one of those deep thinking extroverts, and yes, he interviews extremely well. I don’t know what my 17 yo introvert is, but I would guess he’s INFJ-whatever the profile for super creative introverts.</p>
<p>I was actually shy growing up. I don’t know if I was introverted, but I became more extroverted the older I got. Now, at a certain age, I am still extroverted, but I need more down time than I did even five years ago. Meh, it’s probably just being in my 50s.</p>
<p>Ynotgo, my introvert went to a workshop to learn about interviewing. Even just attending the workshop by himself told us how far he’s come.</p>
<p>It still will be more of a struggle to get him to talk about himself at interviews, I predict. That’s still a very hard one. I’ve reiterated that he needs to let colleges know who he is through his essays. It is <em>not</em> his natural inclination whatsoever to let people into his head, but that’s exactly what he’ll have to do. It’s hard but we’re forging forward.</p>
<p>I am a strong introvert from a family of them. One grandma lived with us when I was growing up and she was a strong extrovert. We loved her dearly, but she was like an alien creature dropped in our midst. She never met a person who wasn’t her friend. She rose to prominence in several large state volunteer organizations. When I was a teenager and she was left to babysit for us when my folks went out of town, it wasn’t unusual for her to come in later than I did. She was very independent until the end, traveling alone by plane and car, completely fearless. When she got in a scrape she would charm her way out of it. There were clashes between her and the rest of us, but she was generally considerate of our introversion, probably due to living with my INTJ dad so many years. I remember when I was ill and homebound as a first grader, she went to the library and brought me a stack of ten books. She enlisted the library staff to find the books for me since she wasn’t much of a reader and certainly didn’t know what a child would like to read. The books were not at all what I would have chosen for myself, but all of them were good. </p>
<p>A big off topic digression. When I think of “extrovert” I think of her and think of how dazzling they can be. </p>
<p>Perhaps a point to make here is that it is not your personality traits that directly impact your success in college admissions, but your behaviors. For some people, if your goal is admission to selective colleges, you may need to exhibit some behaviors that don’t come entirely naturally to you. You may decide that it’s not worth it to do this, of course.</p>