While investigating how to give good careers advice, we asked ourselves whether the Myers Briggs test, the world’s most widely used personality test, might be useful. We’ve concluded that it probably isn’t.
The Myers Briggs test has one thing going for it: It never delivers bad news! This feature coupled with the fact that it has been professionally marketed for decades have made it quite popular despite a near-total lack of studies on its efficacy.
The Big 5 test on the other hand is more balanced, more well-studied, and actually correlates with things.
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