Are Personality Tests Accurate?

Research has shown that humans like to learn about themselves. Even if it is little things such as their favorite color or their zodiac signs’ weekly comments. However, there is one thing people are more focused on: MBTI, personality tests. The basic logic of it is you answer a couple of questions and you get a result in the end. It is fun and all, but are they really accurate? Although I don’t think that they are accurate, I would have to agree that they have some benefits to knowing yourself furthermore.

People's reason why they mainly take the test is to help them discover themselves. A basic example to give would be to define one another as “introverts” or “extroverts.” This title helps people to feel welcomed in society. Also, the tests are understandable and relatable for many people, making it more likeable.

Another reason why these tests are so popular is social media's impact. Influencers started to advertise and take the MBTI tests back in 2020. After this, society, under the influence, began to take this test to sort of feel like they are participating and not being left out. As a result of many people's attention to the tests, it became a topic of conversation. Questions with a similar meaning to “Guess which MBTI personality I am?” started to be asked.

All of this sounds like a dream bubble that cannot be popped but this MBTI test has cost people’s job opportunities. In South Korea, while you are being interviewed, many companies begin to ask which MBTI you are and make decisions according to it. Their decision is based on if your MBTI has leader traits or if it says you are a team player. This whole dilemma is utterly unprofessional. 

All of this sounds like a dream bubble that cannot be popped, but this MBTI test has cost people job opportunities. In South Korea, while you are being interviewed, many companies begin to ask which MBTI you are and make decisions according to it. Their decision is based on if your MBTI has leader traits or if it says you are a team player. This whole dilemma is utterly unprofessional.

A test, you get different results if you answer two questions differently. Do you think your personality will change in two questions? These sorts of personality tests are too black and white to define human personalities. You cannot put human personalities into a box and restrict them while your personality is a spectrum. 

A test you get different results if you answer two questions differently. Do you think your personality will change in two questions? These sorts of personality tests are too black and white to define human personalities. You cannot put human personalities into a box and restrict them while your personality is a spectrum.

In another point of view, humans lie 20–30% on a daily basis. You can’t be one hundred percent sure that a person is telling the full truth. Maybe they are trying to change their personality to create an alternative reality.

In conclusion, it’s important for humans to discover and know themselves. However, you can’t let a test give you a random personality and live your life according to it and think, “Oh, I can’t do that, it doesn't fit my MBTI.” There is a better, more accurate test called the Big Five OCEAN, which calculates more of the human traits, for instance openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, which are the key points to identify a person's personality.