What Majestic Animal Are You, Based on Your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
7 min
What Majestic Animal Are You, Based on Your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?
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About This Quiz

Those familiar with the Myers-Briggs personality test and its resultant "indicators" probably know that, along with a handful of other personality tests, the Myers-Briggs test is used by corporate HR departments the world over to determine who to hire, fire or promote. The test, created in the first half of the 20th century by a couple of in-laws who were big fans of Carl Jung, attempts to distill personality elements into clearly definable criteria that, expressed as a code, could sum up who a person is in a tidy word. What corporate HR department could resist?

The problem with the Myers-Briggs and its attendant cousin tests isn't so much their methodology or outcomes but the way they attempt to describe people. By using an alphabet soup of codes for qualities like imagination, temperament, and socialization, most personality tests spit out codes that read like models of German sedans. PTSE. C300. A6. Which of those are actual codes for personality types and which are models of German luxury cars? Even if you can see the difference, you can see the problem.

We have the solution. Nearly a century after the creation of the Myers-Briggs, we have sharpened it up with animals that embody the personality types, intuitively explaining to everyone what the types are, rather than making people look things up in a codebook. Are you ready to find out what kind of animal you are?

Email
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How long do you take to respond to work emails?
Forever. I can't be bothered to deal with them!
I get on them quickly so I can get back to work.
When I notice them, I jump on them, but sometimes I'm just unaware of them.
I lay in wait for these emails and snap them up eagerly so I can get to work on them.

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Organized
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How organized are you when it comes to finding your physical stuff?
I'm a disorganized slob.
I'm into the minimalist lifestyle, mostly because I can't ever find a pen.
I'm pretty careful to keep most things organized, so I can be a slob about the stuff no one has the time to keep tidy.
I'm obsessively precise about where I put things.

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Teens
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At what age did you procrastinate the most?
Now, obviously. I'm supposed to be working.
When I was a child, I was bad about that stuff.
I'm coming out of that phase of life right now, in fact.
I procrastinated a bit when I was a teenager, but I've been pretty eager since I was a little baby!

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Adult party
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Would anyone you know call you the life of the party?
Almost certainly!
No, I'm just a face in the crowd.
It depends on the party.
No way!

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Chat stranger
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Are you usually the person who starts a conversation with a stranger?
I'm just not that person.
No, but mostly because I already know everyone.
About three quarters of the time, yeah.
Always. I love talking to new people.

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Woman working
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How often do you find you've been suckered into too much big-picture thinking?
When I get too into my own head, yeah, it can happen.
Never. I'm not built that way.
Sometimes, when confronted with a novel problem
Constantly, when I imagine how much work I have ahead of me

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Man in armchair / Godfather-esque
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Channel "The Godfather" for a moment. Would you rather be loved or feared?
Fear would at least give me the space to think.
Obviously, love is better for teamwork.
If I had to pick only one, I'd rather be feared. I think it'd be more useful in a survival situation.
I'd rather be loved BECAUSE I should be feared.

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Challenge brainstorm
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How do you justify yourself when you are challenged?
I don't bother.
I show how I'm like everyone else.
I come up with something on the spot.
I rely on the rules.

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Pool on a Saturday night
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When you go out with your pals on a Saturday night, do you follow the crowd, or lead it?
Sometimes I lead, but I don't always have the energy.
I always follow.
I'm always the leader.
I make the leader do what I want.

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Conference
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When you have to make a public address, how do you feel?
Fine. I have a sharp wit.
I feel really put on the spot.
I find myself going off script sometimes.
In my element

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Slip and fall
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When you see someone slip and fall, how do you feel?
Superior
Like it's totally normal!
I feel bad for them.
I feel as though everything is going according to plan ...

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Pretty young woman
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Which is more important to you: being moral, or being believed to be moral by others?
I'd probably prefer to be seen as moral.
I'm leaning in the direction of being truly moral.
I have to go with real morality.
I would definitely rather be seen as moral.

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yoga good habit
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When push comes to shove, do you revert to old habits or try to come up with a new idea?
It's 50/50 in my case.
I stick with what works.
I'm always trying something new.
There are no new ideas.

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Watch movie
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What do you like to watch to relax?
Sports
Musicals
Serialized TV shows
Blockbuster movies

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Women at gym
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How much do you agree with the statement "I'm energetic"?
A lot, in the right weather
Not much
Quite a bit
That's me, in a nutshell.

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Womans stressed
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When things really go pear-shaped, do you keep your cool?
Nope, and that's my brand.
Yes, always! I'm ice cold.
I try, but it only works some of the time.
No, but that's not a bad thing.

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Team work
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How important is it to have a plan when beginning a group project?
Not important at all
It's the single most important thing!
It's important, but it doesn't need to be a very detailed plan.
It's important, even if it's just a couple of people in the group.

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Shake hands
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Do you find it hard to introduce yourself to strangers?
Yeah. I come off the wrong way sometimes.
Nope, I'm pretty comfortable waddling up to someone to say hi.
Only when I have things on my mind
No, I have a way of getting into the heads of other people.

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Woman in bushes
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How much of your time do you spend daydreaming?
Most of the day, most days
Very little time. I have so much to do!
Huh? Sorry, I was in my head just now.
Very little, since I have kids to consider

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Bath
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Would you rather spend Friday night partying with friends or in the bubble at home with the one you love?
Obviously, it's more fun to be home with my partner.
I'd rather go out to be among the people!
Who even needs a partner to stay home?
I would like to go out, meet the right person and then go home with them ...

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woman
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Do you consider your decision-making process to be more logical or driven by emotion?
Hmmm ... if I say "logical," then will you judge me and assume I'm being emotional about it? But if I say "emotional" ...
Logical, since I just do what I'm told.
I think I'm probably emotional, even though I consider myself logical.
I'm all logic, since I have no emotions.

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Woman drink coffee
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Do you spend a lot of time fretting about what others have that you don't?
No, I need nothing.
Not most of the time, since we all feel similarly about each other.
Yeah, some of the time.
I literally spend all my time figuring out how to take things from others.

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Female friends
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Do you feel recharged when you're around large groups of people?
Not particularly ...
Yes! It's my thing!
Not at all
Yes, but only very specific large groups

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Walking and talking
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Do you care about others' feelings when you know they're just factually wrong?
No. Let them rot.
Yes, I try to maintain the social order when possible.
Yeah, I try to.
No, but then, I am a monster.

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Apartment
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How tidy is your residence?
It looks like a dorm room in an art school.
It's so organized and neat, if you saw a photo, you'd think it was an Ikea.
I'd say it's organized but not tidy.
Everything is in its place.

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Woman waiting for train
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When it's time to make major decisions with long-term consequences, do you make them solely with your heart or your head?
I'm all heart, all the time.
Big decisions must involve the heart or you won't give it your all.
I try to reason things out because we're talking about big commitments here!
I rely on cold logic to get me through.

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Defensive Woman
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What does it take for you to be disrespectful to someone you don't know too well?
If they're disrespectful to me, I'll return the favor.
Gosh! I can't imagine it!
If they're up to no good, I might use some disrespectful language to stop them.
I would never be disrespectful in my language ... because then they will see me coming ...

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Confused Woman
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Have you ever been called "mercurial", "protean", or "a card"?
Yes. I'm zero to 60 in two seconds.
I'm usually pretty chilled out, so not really.
Sure, but only when I'm going through something major.
No. I have one mood.

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Painting
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Do you consider yourself to be very creative?
A little, but not very
Not at all
I'm very creative, yes.
I have my moments.

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Calendar schedule
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Is it hard for you to stick to a schedule?
Yes, most the time
No; I'm nothing if not punctual.
What's a schedule?
I have to stick to the schedule or else the world would end!

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