I quite like these tests because of the wide range of questions and insightful feedback, and have performed them about half a dozen times in all with a few years between undertaking each test. I am generally an ENFJ but this sometimes switches to INFJ.
Anyone else?
It should not matter to pensioners 
I had this nonsense when I was at work and rated as INTP. To me, it proves or says nothing about the real person because they will tend to project the person they want to be and not how they actually are, especially when this is used as a means to gauge and evaluate someoneās suitability for a employment role. Itās a very poor measurement of personality derived from a handful of questions.
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So did you do the full test? I think it takes around 15 minutes, and answer it completely truthfully? Donāt get me wrong, we can always lie but then we donāt get the true result, and I mean in terms of wanting to know for ourselves as opposed to specific tests designed for employment purposes etc.
Iāve done it more than once. I agree that itās a one sided view. I think the result was INFP which I found strange but maybe itās true. Iām more interested in what other people think of me. Although maybe itās better not to knowā¦Iāve done loads of similar personality tests and the only thing I have learned is that Iām quite unique!
I donāt know about these tests but every test proves nothing in real life.
I vaguely remember these tests when I was at TAFE doing a diploma in Training and Development - from memory it was part of HR section. I thought I might still have the book but all I can find is the Luscher Test book.
Never taken either test myself.
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I was never good at tests in school and have avoided them since
Youāre not in favour of driving tests then?
Yer donāt need a test to suss out yer personality, yer just have to know whoās fault it was 
I think we all know what we are if we are honest.
Yes, honesty is the best policy.
I just find human psychology really interesting. I appreciate that some things might not be captured in the test but the questions do cover a broad field of behaviors. I think you can at least detect a good baseline result re personality traits if nothing else and this is maybe why some employers use them, though Iāve never been given a test in this instance.
Like others, I went through these during my early career. We were told it was to enable management understand a persons personality and strengths
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When I was involved in recruitment, we had this dropped on us from our Human Resources with the onus being that āthere are no wrong answers in the Myers-Briggs testāā¦but then use the results on which to take someone on. In other words, there are wrong answers and naturally people will try to answer in a manner they think will give them some advantage, hence distorting/hiding their actual rating. But what does it prove? I was recruiting on the basis of technical ability and qualifications for a technical job with the lesser ability to teamwork and was quite successful at selecting the right people. Along comes psychometric and MB testing and you end up being forced to employ idiots because of some āfaddyā test that proves nothing to determine if they are capable of doing the job.
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I see your point here Graham. People will definitely say what they think makes them appear ābetterā and this skews the result, and therefore should not be used as a guide in terms of employment, and as you say, not all places of employment require people to work in teams so what relevance would it hold then? I suppose if it detected a rigid personality - someone who would never provide any kind of flexibility in a role could be relevant but who would admit to that in a test for employment? I am looking at this purely on the basis of if we answer completely truthfully in terms of how different personality traits affect our behavior and also how we interact with others.
Spitfire, this begs the question if you canāt use a CV with regards to employment and Iām taking for granted the CV contains the full education and experience background how on earth would you assess somebody as been suitable for the job? Obviously I appreciate people put things like skydiving and community work on the CV to create a personal profile and these have to be taken with a large pinch of salt.
At work I mostly found them of little value, but in terms of thinking about how best to get on with different people (especially for effective communication) they can be helpful. Different Jungian personality types respond to different communication styles. Do they like big picture themes or detailed analysis, do they like words or images? In other words - a structured thinking for what maybe should just be common sense!!
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HR deptās loved psychometric testing and even CVs, it absolved them if the successful candidate turned out to be a āLoserā
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Having what I was told is a photographic memory, almost instant recall has never been a problem for me and likewise academic tests, but, this doesnāt not prove my ability to learn, no, all it proves is that I can remember a ālessonā but its the ability to apply the subject learnt that is the most important. Itās not much use being able to recall pages of info if I am unable to apply that to real every-day life.