INTJ and INTP According to …
Valerie Booth is a website architect and private pilot; when not working, Valerie writes about the internet, business, flying, travel and blogging.
Ahhh, to be in between two very strange personality types… No wonder I hear Santana, “Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood…” in my head rather frequently.
MBTI Type Today
INTP
Seek to develop logical explanations for everything that interests them. Theoretical and abstract, interested more in ideas than in social interaction. Quiet, contained, flexible, and adaptable. Have unusual ability to focus in depth to solve problems in their area of interest. Skeptical, sometimes critical, always analytical.
INTJ
Have original minds and great drive for implementing their ideas and achieving their goals. Quickly see patterns in external events and develop long-range explanatory perspectives. When committed, organize a job and carry it through. Skeptical and independent, have high standards of competence and performance—for themselves and others.
The Center for Appliations of Psychological Type
INTP
INTPs are most likely to find interesting and satisfying those careers that make use of their depth of concentration, their grasp of possibilities, their use of logic and analysis, and their adaptability. INTPs are very often found in academic, theoretical, and technical positions, many of which require prolonged periods of solitary concentration and tough-minded analysis. Their concern with ideas and their natural curiosity about the underlying principles and explanations for events often draws them to careers where an in-depth understanding of some abstract subject is required. Their abilities to become absorbed in an idea, to concentrate to the exclusion of all distractions, and to be objectively critical and creative often lead to their gaining a remarkable understanding of some complex problem, issue, or subject matter.
For INTPs the job search is an opportunity to use their analytical skills, their creativity and their adaptability. They can conceive of a variety of job opportunities, see the long-term consequences of decisions, and be innovative both in their job search and in their selling of themselves. Their critical thinking skills, ingenuity, and flexibility will usually be communicated to others in the job search. Potential drawbacks for INTPs in the job search include unrealistic expectations for a job or the job search, inaction, failure to establish rapport with others or to attend to the interpersonal requirements of the job search, and reluctance to make a decision. Under stress, INTPs can feel overwhelmed as they engage in this process, and can benefit from allowing their insight to provide them with a new idea or a new perspective on the situation. They may also find it useful to determine what is important to them, and to be sure to act and follow through on the important details of the job search. They can also benefit from considering what is truly of value to them, which will give them the drive to persevere and follow through on all parts of the job search.
Examples of careers often chosen by INTPs include physical and life sciences, computer science, social sciences, architecture, law, careers in the arts and entertainment, photography, writing and journalism, engineering, and medicine.
Lifeexplore
INTJs live to see systems translated into substance; an INTP, by way of contrast, is content to design the system. In both these types, however, coherence is the master. Both internal and external consistency are important, and if an INTJ finds that he or she is in a working situation where overlapping functions, duplication of effort, inefficient paper flow, and waste of human and material resources abound, the INTJ cannot rest until an effort is made to correct the situation. Cost-effectiveness is a concept which has a strong imperative for INTJs, who frequently select occupations in engineering, particularly human engineering. They also can be found in the physical sciences, in roles which require development, such as curriculum building, and, in general, any job which requires the creation and application of technology to complex areas.
Careers in which INTPs are found much less often tend to be highly structured and detail oriented, or require living in a highly routinized environment, such as in military or corrections work. INTPs are also found much less often in careers that involve a great deal of direct human service work or careers that require ongoing attention to people’s emotional lives or daily needs, including for example the religious professions, nursing, or teaching young people.
INTJ
For INTJs the dominant force in their lives is their attention to the inner world of possibilities, symbols, abstractions, images, and thoughts. Insight in conjunction with logical analysis is the essence of their approach to the world; they think systemically. Ideas are the substance of life for INTJs and they have a driving need to understand, to know, and to demonstrate competence in their areas of interest. INTJs inherently trust their insights, and with their task-orientation will work intensely to make their visions into realities.
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