I recently took the Myers Briggs Personality Test. Now, I am a fan. I can say that the results it provided were entirely accurate for me. Ultimately, colleges, businesses and psychologists have caught on to the accuracy of these types of tests and are using them to their advantages. Here are some reasons why it might be beneficial for you to know your MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) personality type in the future.

It is not uncommon for potential career path tests to rely on Myers Briggs personality types. Nowadays, with the Internet, it is easy to find tests that decipher your career and natural skills using only your MBTI type. An example of this, is a high school career aptitude test on Ball State University’s website, found here.

Using the qualities of your personality type, like extroversion or introversion, sensing or intuition, feeling or thinking and judging or perceiving, the tests dissect which career paths would best suit you. The feedbacks from the test include how you interact with others, how you work and what you might want in a workplace.

Major careers have also been looking for applicants to take personality tests when applying for a job. This can help employers realize what type of employee they are hiring while potentially learning how to communicate with them. I saw an example of this in pharmacy job applications when my mother was searching for a job.

Psychiatrists and therapists are also starting to integrate personality types into the way they treat people. There are even Myers Briggs Type Indicator Master practitioners who study the test intensely and help with various problems in their patient’s lives.

I interviewed Xavier students and asked, “Are you aware of you Myers Briggs personality type and would you consider it to be accurate?”

Senior Yacinta Irakoze said that, “I am not aware of Myers Briggs personality type” and Senior Hannah Shulski added that, “I am aware of my Myers Briggs personality test and I took the test recently. I got the campaigner, or ENFP.” When responding to asking if it was accurate or not, she said, “Yes, the funny thing was I took the test a couple of years ago and got an INFJ (the advocate) and it was accurate and now it’s different, so I think it’s interesting how your personality type can change.”