Ok, I finally did this. If I tell you either the results or the length of time it took me to complete the test, you can probably guess the other: (1) melancholic (59%) / phlegmatic (41%) and (2) 45 minutes or so, i.e., too long. I kept getting hung up on questions that didn’t really have a definite answer. For instance, in a question about the condition of my house I wanted to know where “cluttered” ends and “a mess” begins. (For this one I considered not my house, which, obviously, is shared with my wife, but my office at work and my study/office/whatever at home, the places that are totally under my control.)
And then there were a number of questions to which I wanted to answer either “all of the above” or “none of the above”, like this one:
When I realize that I have made a mistake, I tend to want to:
- deny it
- apologize and try very hard to make sure everyone still likes me
- blame others
- wish that I could deny it, but I take full blame
- fix it
(Correct answer: all of the above, although the first, third, and fifth may be a bit stronger. And yes, I realize some of them are mutually exclusive.)
Reading the description for this type, I find it reasonably accurate, as far as these things go, except for this: “…capable of long-range planning, organization, and attention to detail that makes them excellent and conscientious scholars.” That’s just totally, laughably inaccurate. Unfortunately.
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