1. WHAT IS AN INTJ?
What they are, how they do.
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to
communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views
which others find inadmissible.”
- Dr. Carl Gustav Jung (retrieved from: thesixteentypes)

2. • Visionary and excels at creating systems
• Enjoys creative and intellectual challenges
• Good at technical analysis and logical problem solving
• Work well alone
• Determined in the face of opposition
• Can understand complex and difficult subjects
• Work best with others of equal ability
(Columbia Testing Instruments 2007)
INTJ PERSONALITY
DEFINED

3. One of the rarest personality types in all
Total Frequency: 1.5%
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT INTJ
13%
12%
8.50%
7%
4%
4.50%
1.50%
2.50%
10%
11%
6%
6%
4%
7%
1% 2% Population
ESTJ - Overseer
ESFJ - Supporter
ISTJ - Examiner
ISFJ - Defender
ENTJ - Chief
ENTP Originator
INTJ - Strategist
INTP - Engineer
ESTP - Persuader
ESFP - Entertainer
ISTP - Craftsman

4. Frequency in males: 2.5%
16%
7%
10.50%
4%
5.50%
6%
2.50%
4%
12.50%
8%
8.50%
5%
2.50% 6%
0.50%
1.50%
ESTJ - Overseer
ESFJ - Supporter
ISTJ - Examiner
ISFJ - Defender
ENTJ - Chief
ENTP Originator
INTJ - Strategist
INTP - Engineer
ESTP - Persuader
ESFP - Entertainer
ISTP - Craftsman
ISFP - Artist
ENFJ - Mentor
ENFP - Advocate
INFJ - Confidant
INFP - Dreamer

5. Rarest personality type in females
10%
17%
6.50%
10%
2.50%
3%
0.50%1%
7.50%
14%
3.50%
7%
5.50%
8%
1.50% 2.50%
ESTJ - Overseer
ESFJ - Supporter
ISTJ - Examiner
ISFJ - Defender
ENTJ - Chief
ENTP Originator
INTJ - Strategist
INTP - Engineer
ESTP - Persuader
ESFP - Entertainer
ISTP - Craftsman
ISFP - Artist
ENFJ - Mentor
ENFP - Advocate
INFJ - Confidant
INFP - Dreamer
Frequency in females: 0.5%

6. Part of the NT Temperament Group.
One of Four Intellectual Temperaments.
Thought of as the strategist in the group.
• Introspective, analytical and determined
• Natural leadership ability
• Reserved and stay in the background
• Strategic, Knowledgeable and Adaptable

7. Dominant thinking function: Ni
• Intuition used introvertedly
• Search for connections meaning and possibility
• Self directed
• Spend a lot of time in their own minds
Auxilary thinking function: Te
• Thinking used extrovertedly
• Analyze data from the world around us
• Communicates best with logic, reason and
analysis.

8. Tertiary thinking function: F
• Feeling without an extroverted or introverted
designation
• Often not aware of emotions or ignores them
• Can be developed to add depth and balance to
decisions
Inferior thinking function: Se
• Sensing extrovertedly
• Difficulty noticing details around him or her
• Not tuned into surroundings
• Can neglect practicalities of ideas

9. • Recharges their energy by being
alone.
• Works better by themselves
• Look before they leap
• Spend more time “in their head”
• Circle of close and few friends
• Can like ideas better than the real
thing
• Recharges their energy by being
around other people.
• Works better in groups
• Leap before they look
• Often think better talking out
loud
• Has many friends
• Gets into projects easily and real
life
Introversion Extraverted
INTROVERTED

10. • Trust their subconscious and
“sixth sense”
• Process data very deeply
• Good at spotting patterns
• Tend to focus on the future
• Like acquiring new skills and
working with strategy
• May seem impractical
• Pay attention to things from
direct experience
• Focus on the immediate future
rather than trying to change the
world
• Pursue things in a definite order
• May be perceived as frivolous and
short sighted by Intuitors
Intuition Sensing
INTUITION

11. • Decisions based on logic
• Dislike fuzziness as they think
black and white
• Focused on tangible things
• Task Oriented and seek to create
noticeable value
• Can seem cold and unfeeling
• Decisions based on social
considerations and in
consideration of others
• Value harmony and peaceful
interaction with others
• Social and people oriented
• Can be seen as unreliable and
emotional by Thinkers
Thinking Feeling
THINKING

12. • Create plans and organize their
world to achieve goals
• Take charge of their environment
• Make choices early
• Self-disciplined and decisive
• Seeks closure in decisions
• Expect things to be done as they
ask
• Can be viewed as opinionated by
Perceivers
• View structure as limiting
• Prefer to keep their choices
available
• Curious and prefer to expand
their knowledge
• Tolerant of other people’s
differences
• Adaptable to situations
• Can be viewed as aimless by
Judgers
Judging Perceiving
JUDGING

13. WHERE THEY CAN
GO IN LIFE
INTJ’s Most Successful
Career Choices

14. Computer and Technology Fields
• Computer Programmer
• Computer Specialist
Business Professions
• Corporate Strategist
• Business Administrator
Legal Professions
• Attorneys
• Judges
CAREERS

15. Medical Fields
• Doctor
• Dentist
Business Leadership
• Organization Founder
• Entrepreneur
Technical Pursuits
• Engineers
• Scientists

16. Lance Armstrong
Professional Cyclist
World Cycling Champion
(1993)
US National Cycling Champion
(1993)
Clásica de San Sebastián (1995)
La Flèche Wallonne (1996)
FAMOUS PEOPLE

17. Susan B Anthony
Women’s Rights Leader
Co-Founder of Women’s
Temperance Movement
Co-Founder The Revolution

18. FAMOUS POLITICAL
FIGURES
First Lady
Michelle
Obama
New York
Mayor
Rudy
Giuliani
Former U.S.
Secretary of
State
Colin Powell
Former U.S.
Secretary of
State
Hillary Clinton

19. Former
Governor of
Massachusetts
Michael
DukakisFormer U.S.
Representative
Charles Rangel
Former Governor
of California
Arnold
Schwarzenegger

20. U.S. PRESIDENTS
21st President
Chester Alan
Arthur
30th President
Calvin
Coolidge
3rd President
Thomas
Jefferson
35th President
John F
Kennedy
11th President
James Knox
Polk
28th President
Woodrow
Wilson

21. “Do you know I apparently have the rarest personality
type for a female?”
“I wouldn’t be surprised, you act so differently…”
Shadow Stephens 4/23/2013
PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE
• Strong preference to Introversion over Extraversion
• Distinctive preference of Intuition over Sensing
• Slight preference of Thinking over Feeling
• Distinctive preference of Judging over Perceiving
Humanmetrics 2013

22. MY INTROVERTED AND
INTUITION SIDES
Introverted
• Intense need to work alone
• Thinks aloud to someone who
understands me.
• Always looks before I leap
• A tight circle of few friends
• Likes ideas better than the “real
thing”
• Spends 80% of my time “in my
head”
• Trusts my gut feelings
• Focusses on my future plans, 5
years, 10 years, 20 years…
• Love to learn new things
• Working to make the world a
better place
• Sometimes have hard to
implement ideas
• Thrives on challenges
Intuition

23. MY THINKING AND
JUDGING SIDES
Thinking
• Uses logic to make decisions
• Need to know where I’m going
with concrete plans
• Uses my logic to make plans that
benefit others
• Doesn’t do well with unknown
factors
• Creates goal oriented plans
• Must have an organized world
• Takes charge of my environment
• Always makes choices early
• Tolerant of other people’s
differences
• Can adapt to change if I can
control it after it changes
Judging

24. Unlike most INTJ’s I am very affectionate.
• I constantly touch my fiancé and my closest
friend.
• Touching them allows me to connect with
them.

25. I know where I’m going to be in 20 years. Do you?

26. If I ran the world it would be a better place!
Better yet, I know I could make it so.

27. INTERACTING WITH
AN INTJ
Make and honest and
genuine attempt to
understand and more
importantly, accept who
they are.
Theideatheif 2012
thesixteentypes.tumblr.com

28. Show them you care by
listening, questioning when
questionable, and if already
accepted by the INTJ, take care
of them when they neglect to
take care of themselves.
TheAlexDelgado 2012
http://thesixteentypes.tumblr.com/page/3

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Columbia Testing Instruments. 2007 “Columbia Personality Type
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Heiss, Marina Margaret. October 17, 2009 “Introverted iNtuitive
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