INTP
TiNeSFeintpOBJECTIVE ANALYST
1
Favorite ProcessINTROVERTED
THINKING
THINKING
2
Second FavoriteEXTRAVERTED
INTUITION
INTUITION
3
Third favoriteSENSING
4
Least favorite EXTRAVERTED
FEELING
FEELING
INTROVERSION
INTUITION
THINKING
PERCEIVING
Work Style
- Design logical and complex systems
- Demonstrate expertise in tackling intricate problems
- Add short- and long-range intellectual insight
- Apply logic, analysis, and critical thinking to ideas
- Concentrate on core issues
Work Environments
- Contain independent thinkers focused on solving complex problems
- Allow privacy, with plenty of time and space to think
- Foster independence and originality of thought
- Provide flexible policies and procedures
- Are quiet, with as few meetings as possible
- Have unstructured and nonbureaucratic ways
- Reward self-determination
Leadership Style
- Lead by conceptually analyzing problems and goals
- Apply logical systems thinking
- Allow for autonomy and independence for themselves and others
- Relate to people based on expertise rather than position
- Seek to interact at an intellectual rather than an emotional level
Problem-Solving Approach
- Want to use their internal logic to structure problems and solutions (T) while searching for possible options (N)
- May need to pay attention to present reality and data (S) as well as to the needs and wants of others (F) for optimal results
Learning Style
- Individualized with no set beginning or end, following their own interests in depth
- Broad, conceptual, and challenging to their intellect