MBTI guide

The 16 MBTI Personality Types

Sixteen types emerge from four cognitive axes (energy, information, decisions, lifestyle). Tap any type to read its function stack, strengths, blind spots, compatibility, and likely career paths.

Discover your type

Analysts (NT)

Diplomats (NF)

Sentinels (SJ)

Explorers (SP)

The 16 types, built from 8 cognitive functions โ€” a computed map

Each type runs four of the eight functions in order. Below, the types are grouped by which function they lead with (dominant) and which they support with (auxiliary), read straight off each type's real stack. Every function lands on exactly two leaders and two supporters.

Introverted Intuition (Ni)

Ni

A slow, internal pattern-matching that converges on a single vision of where things are headed. Feels like quiet certainty after a lot of background processing.

Extroverted Intuition (Ne)

Ne

A fan-out of possibilities โ€” if X, then what about Y? Lights up around new ideas, connections, and "what if" thinking.

Introverted Sensing (Si)

Si

A library of remembered detail โ€” how things looked, smelled, felt last time. Compares the present against that catalog before committing.

Extroverted Sensing (Se)

Se

Tuned to what's actually in the room โ€” texture, motion, mood. Acts on the live signal before the analysis catches up.

Introverted Thinking (Ti)

Ti

A private internal logic system. Builds and tests its own frameworks against truth, often skeptical of consensus.

Extroverted Thinking (Te)

Te

Outside-the-head optimization. Sees how systems, schedules, and people can be organized to actually ship results.

Introverted Feeling (Fi)

Fi

A deeply held, private value system. Knows quickly when something is "right for me" even when it can't be explained on the spot.

Extroverted Feeling (Fe)

Fe

Reads the emotional weather of the room and adjusts to keep harmony or warmth alive. Notices what people need before they say it.

Computed from each type's four-function stack. Pair-by-pair overlap is on the compatibility guide.

How to read MBTI well

MBTI is not a diagnosis or a credential. Think of it as vocabulary for what a person reaches for first. When a description nails a slice of you it feels true; when it misses another slice it feels wrong. That's the resolution it has.

Your type isn't fixed for life โ€” different seasons pull different functions forward. Never use MBTI as a hiring filter, a relationship gatekeeper, or a clinical instrument.

Best use: as a starter vocabulary for your own self-reflection, or as an opener for explaining how you work to someone else. Beyond that, treat it skeptically.