Welcome to Mismatched Memories, where Caroline decides to let online assessments determine her moral alignment. Just kidding. Though these tests make me do a lot of contemplation.
Basically, last night I was trying to fall asleep by listening to an episode of Pretty Basic (best pod, 100% recommend) in which they were taking the Enneagram test. They had already taken it before, but they were taking it in real time so the audience could see where they aligned on all the different questions. I thought this was a fab idea, so I decided to take three personality quizzes: the Enneagram test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and the Hogwarts Sorting Hat quiz.
I’ve taken all three in the past, so this will be a good way to see how much my personality has changed over quarantine (if at all). A quick breakdown of all of the quizzes and my past results:
Enneagram:
Description (according to Truity):
“system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions”
“describes nine different personality types and maps each of these types on a nine-pointed diagram which helps to illustrate how the types relate to one another”
May 2020: Type 3 (The Achiever)
MBTI:
Description (according to Truity):
“describes a person’s personality through four opposing personality functions”
“16 personality types based on the four personality preferences”
“Each personality type is designated with a four-letter code”
Personality preferences: Extraversion (E) vs. Introversion (I), Sensing (S) vs. Intuition (N), Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F), Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P)
The first letter of the four-letter code will be either E or I, the second letter will be S or N, and so on for all four letters
September 2019: ESFJ (The Provider)
May 2020: ISFJ (The Protector)
Hogwarts Sorting Hat:
Description:
Seen in the Harry Potter series, where it’s a magical hat that puts first-years into one of the four houses (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff) based on personality
The Sorting Hat assessment has been turned into an online test
September 2019: Ravenclaw
May 2020: Hufflepuff
Test Taking
I planned on doing this video-style, where I show and explain the reason why I chose certain answers, but while editing, I found it long and uneventful. Thus, these are just my results. You’re welcome for not including a 15-minute video of me checking boxes that you ~definitely~ wouldn’t have watched.
Results:
Enneagram: Type 3 (The Achiever)
According to the Enneagram Institute: “The Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptable, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious”
Basic Fear: Of being worthless
Basic Desire: To feel valuable and worthwhile
Key Motivations: Want to be affirmed, to distinguish themselves from others, to have attention, to be admired, and to impress others.
MBTI: ISFJ (The Protector)
According to 16 Personalities: “These people tend to be warm and unassuming in their own steady way. They’re efficient and responsible, giving careful attention to practical details in their daily lives.”
Strengths: supportive, reliable, patient, imaginative, observant, enthusiastic, loyal, hard-working, good practical skills
Weaknesses: humble, shy, takes things too personally, repress their feelings, overload themselves, reluctant to change, too altruistic
Sorting Hat: Hufflepuff
According to Pottermore Fandom: “associated with trustworthiness, loyalty and a strong work ethic”
My Thoughts:
Honestly, I’m not at all surprised. I was the most surprised with the MBTI just because there was a small part of me that thought I might be extroverted enough to get ESFJ again (but then I realized how much I love being alone aka my inner Virgo coming through). ESFJ and ISFJ fall into the same box of caring, selfless people, but ESFJ has those outgoing, popular tendencies. 16 Personalities describes them as the football players and the cheerleaders, while ISFJ are more shy and reserved. Someone just call me an ambivert (ambi-what?) because I'm definitely more extroverted when it's people I know, but I don't like inserting myself into conversations with people I don't.
I think all three tests are accurate in the way that they describe my personality, but I think the Enneagram described me the best. I definitely think that if the Enneagram thinks my 2nd and 3rd most dominating qualities are perfectionism and caring tendencies then they’re doing something right.
I think what caused the original change from Ravenclaw to Hufflepuff a few months ago was the change from middle school to high school and probably the change from 9th to 10th grade. I guess I kind of put everything into perspective and learned to value my friendships a lot more and pursue things that weren't purely academic or what I "should do". Also, I'm quite flattered that the Sorting Hat thinks I'm a Hufflepuff because let's be real, no one dislikes any Hufflepuffs (we still deeply mourn the loss of Cedric Diggory, chief nice guy -- do nice guys still finish last?).
This was unbelievably anticlimactic, but hope you all liked reading/watching me decipher the complex fragments of my personality (not really)!
Cover photo is from Hong Kong because I crave that ~aesthetic~.
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