Personality · OEJTS
16-type personality test
For each pair, which pole describes you better?
Timeframe: how you usually are
For self-understanding only, not a diagnosis · you can exit anytime; answers are not saved or uploaded
About this instrument
This is the open-source OEJTS 1.2 (Open Extended Jungian Type Scales) — built as a free alternative to the commercial MBTI. Its 32 bipolar items span four dimensions: I/E, S/N, T/F, J/P. For each pair mark where you fall on the five-point scale. The result maps to the same type space as MBTI, though this test is not the MBTI.
The OEJTS was built as an open alternative to the commercial MBTI. Four dimensions map to the Jung/MBTI system: E/I (energy orientation), S/N (information intake), T/F (decision basis), J/P (lifestyle preference), producing 16 types.
Scoring uses the official weighted formulas (8 items per dimension with mixed signs plus a constant); crossing the midpoint flags that pole's letter. The bars show where you sit on each dimension — nearer an end means a stronger preference.
The main academic criticism of typology is reliability: about half of test-takers get a different type five weeks later. That's why we describe results as 'tendencies,' not identities.
Source: Open Extended Jungian Type Scales 1.2 (OEJTS, openpsychometrics.org) · © Open-Source Psychometrics Project, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (attribution, non-commercial, share-alike); our Chinese translations are shared under the same terms. The site currently carries no advertising. · Original source
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For each pair, which pole describes you better?
- makes lists vs. relies on memory
- sceptical vs. wants to believe
- bored by time alone vs. needs time alone
- accepts things as they are vs. unsatisfied with the ways things are
- keeps a clean room vs. just puts stuff wherever
- thinks 'robotic' is an insult vs. strives to have a mechanical mind
- energetic vs. mellow
- prefers multiple-choice tests vs. prefers essay answers
- chaotic vs. organized
- easily hurt vs. thick-skinned
- works best in groups vs. works best alone
- focused on the present vs. focused on the future
- plans far ahead vs. plans at the last minute
- wants people's respect vs. wants their love
- gets worn out by parties vs. gets fired up by parties
- fits in vs. stands out
- keeps options open vs. commits
- wants to be good at fixing things vs. wants to be good at fixing people
- talks more vs. listens more
- describes what happened vs. describes what it meant
- gets work done right away vs. procrastinates
- follows the heart vs. follows the head
- stays at home vs. goes out on the town
- wants the big picture vs. wants the details
- improvises vs. prepares
- bases morality on justice vs. bases morality on compassion
- finds it difficult to yell very loudly vs. yelling to far-away people comes naturally
- theoretical vs. empirical
- works hard vs. plays hard
- uncomfortable with emotions vs. values emotions
- likes to perform in front of others vs. avoids public speaking
- likes to know who/what/when vs. likes to know why