Are You a Programmer? Jungian Personality Type Test

Presents an auto-scoring Jungian Personality Type Test designed for programmers, with background information on the indicator and links to useful details.

The Jungian Type Indicator is a type of  personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personal preferences,  and its criteria follow from Carl Jung's theories in his work Psychological Types.

The Indicator is frequently used in the areas of academia, group dynamics, employee training, leadership training, marriage counseling, and personal development.

There have been numerous studies and variations on this trademarked test and the Jungian "typology" that forms its basis over the years, and a number of analyses and commentaries on the different types have been presented. The tests include uo to  93 forced-choice questions, which means there are only two options. Participants may skip questions if they feel they are unable to choose. Using psychometric techniques, such as item response theory, the test will then be scored and will attempt to identify which dichotomy the participant prefers.

During construction of these tests, thousands of items are used, and most were thrown out because they did not have high midpoint discrimination, meaning the results of that one item did not, on average, move an individual score away from the midpoint. Using only items with high midpoint discrimination allows the test to have fewer items on it but still provide as much statistical information as other instruments with many more items with lower midpoint discrimination. The test requires five points one way or another before it is nearly as sure it can statistically be concerning a preference.

 Thistest has 69 questions, carefully culled from a valid question pool, that are oriented more towards our visitor audience of programmers. However, anyone can take the test and it will provide a valid type determination. It is important to answer all the questions, even if you have to think for a while, in order to get a statistically valid preference type result. It is estimated that 70 percent of the Fortune 500 companies have utilized these types of test. 

After you complete the test, you will be taken to a results page which lists your result, along with a number of career choices based on the 16 different type indicators. There is also a chart which links to the Wikipedia page for each type, as well as offering a second link to our "details" page for the type, which contains general informative text culled from a variety of respected sources. (By the way, I am an INTJ).

Below are the 16  personality archetypes, after David West Keirsey. Keirsey adds four "Temperaments": SP - Artisan; SJ - Guardian; NF - Idealist; and NT - Rational. His narrative profile is included in the details page for each type, which is available after you answer the questions and press the "Check Scores" button at the bottom of the test page.

TO THE TEST!