Jung Test aka How I’m Just Like Oprah and Ralph Nader

I’m usually pretty wary of online quizzes or anything of that persuasion, but sometimes you just want to find out how much you are like Mikhail Gorbachev.

I’ve taken the Jung personality test twice in two days, to see if my result would be different. And although I remained in the same main group each time, I did change my subgroup. The first time I took the test, I was labled in the Idealist Category as a Teacher, along with my good buddies Mikhail and Oprah. Some descriptions of this type were very me, like this:

Teachers like things settled and organized, and will schedule their work hours and social engagements well ahead of time-and they are absolutely trustworthy in honoring these commitments.

But other parts didn’t seem too similar, like this:

Warmly outgoing, and perhaps the most expressive of all the types, Teachers are remarkably good with language, especially when communicating in speech, face to face. And they do not hesitate to speak out and let their feelings be known. Bubbling with enthusiasm, Teachers will voice their passions with dramatic flourish, and can, with practice, become charismatic public speakers.

Yeah, um, public speaking….not so much. Dramatic flourish? I don’t think I could flourish anything dramatically unless I’d taken a few shots of vodka. Then, bring on the dramatics, baby!

I actually only retook the test because I was a dummy and didn’t save the link to the type descriptions, so I had to take it again to get to them. This time I was scored as an Idealist Counselor instead of a Teacher. This one was way more representative of me:

Counselors are scarce, little more than one percent of the population, and can be hard to get to know, since they tend not to share their innermost thoughts or their powerful emotional reactions except with their loved ones. They are highly private people, with an unusually rich, complicated inner life. Friends or colleagues who have known them for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise.

Now, you’re probably thinking, “Megan, you tell us every damn thought you have on a daily basis on this blog. I wouldn’t call you ‘highly private.'” To that, I say:

Blessed with vivid imaginations, Counselors are often seen as the most poetical of all the types, and in fact they use a lot of poetic imagery in their everyday language. Their great talent for language-both written and spoken-is usually directed toward communicating with people in a personalized way.

Do I have any idea what that means? Well, apparently it means I’m like Ghandi, so I have that going for me.

What do you think? Does the test work? Am I full of crap and more like Tara Reid than Ghandi? What is your personality type?