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entmaiden
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Mar 9 2007, 2:41am
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Here's a personality test that's fun
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I've been using this test for years when I do presentations. It's a great ice-breaker because it doesn't take a lot of complicated questions, and the personality groups are so easy to understand.
I first heard Susan Dellinger speak at a luncheon years ago and she's very entertaining and spot on with her take on the different personality types.
I'm currently part of a large project that's comprised of client personnel and consultants. We've all taken the test and have a lot of fun teasing each other with the best and worst of our personality groups. Like all successful teams, we have a healthy mixture of all shapes.
Here's the link:
http://www.it-serve.co.uk/...s/questionnaire.html
If you take the test, please take a moment and register so Dr.Susan can use your results in her research.
I'm a triangle. I've taken this test many times and I always come up triangle. It's funny because my whole life I've been attracted to triangle shapes. I have triangle earrings, triangle prints on my clothes, and love the geometry proofs with triangles.
So what shape are you?
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
Balin Bows
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GaladrielTX
Tol Eressea
Mar 9 2007, 2:50am
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I'm sorry, but it didn't seem very accurate for me.
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The types of things it got right were things that I straight out told it, like how neat or messy my desk was. It made several assumptions about me that were incorrect. My horoscope is more accurate, although I don't believe in astrology, either. ;o)
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I used to be GaladrielTX, but my TX ran away with the dish, the spoon, and my modding powers.
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Penthe
Gondor
Mar 9 2007, 3:13am
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Squiggle (Mr Squiggle, the man from the moon)
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It was quite accurate for me. I'm trying to learn to be a better listener. And I occasionally finish task.......
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Wynnie
Rohan
Mar 9 2007, 3:25am
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The first time, the result was a combination of 3 different shapes. It suggested I try again. I did, and got a result that didn't seem to fit very well. So I tried it yet again, and again, and again. Each time I got something different, and each description contained at least one or two elements that were decidedly not me.
I think maybe I'm just an amorphous blob.
Owlamoo
ink drawing by JRRT
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linkin-artelf
Lorien
Mar 9 2007, 4:17am
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got too many shapes floating in my head. Tried it twice and got the same answer - try again.
so I'll try one more time.
"I walk along the shore and I gaze
At the light that radiates down
Will it travel forth to you
Far across this shimmering sea?"
formerly linkinparkelf
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linkin-artelf
Lorien
Mar 9 2007, 4:34am
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I got two different profiles now,neither which fit well. The first said I wasn't artistic at all  and I was fiercely athletic  and in upper management  .
I think the problem with me is I don't work in an office and my home office is not where I do my creative work, I tend to work alone when I'm doing art even though I'm in several art and community groups. So I don't fit the mold for most of the questions.
"I walk along the shore and I gaze
At the light that radiates down
Will it travel forth to you
Far across this shimmering sea?"
formerly linkinparkelf
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Annael
Elvenhome
Mar 9 2007, 4:41am
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I'm afraid it didn't work for me either
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About half the stuff it said was wrong, and in my case it even said I did things that I'd answered "no" to.
I still find the Meyers-Briggs to be the most accurate personality test I've ever taken.
“I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another where the best fruit is."
-- Terry Pratchett,
NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Alcarcalime
Tol Eressea
Mar 9 2007, 11:17am
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Not very accurate for me either
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It said I was a rectangle and very messy, and that my desk was messy. All my life everyone in the offices in which I worked commented that I always kept my desk so neat.
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Tail-Kinker
The Shire
Mar 9 2007, 2:43pm
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A good test should always yield the same results given the same conditions/test subject.
I took this 4 times, getting a different combination of questions each time.
Result 1: Circle/Box/Triangle
Result 2: Rectangle/Box/Squiggle
Result 3: Rectangle
Result 4: Circle/Rectangle
Some of the analysis was spot-on; other was nonsense.
She needs to re-work the test.
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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Mar 9 2007, 3:35pm
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Box: Totally and completely accurate!
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Here are the words to describe us Boxes:
organised, tidy, logical and practical
highly intolerant of sloppy work
most knowledgeable (well, that may be a fudge!)
dependability, perseverance and patience
obsessional attention to detail (right on the mark!)
perfectionists (Every test I've ever done has come up with this little comment!)
resistant to change (hence my apprehension about the new TORn boards!)
not team players (I prefer complete control.)
Another thing it mentions is the Box's love of predictability. So I was comforted that I am predictably a perfectionist loner, obsessive neat freak!
Thanks for the link!
And suddenly the Ainur saw afar off a light, as it were a cloud with a living heart of flame.
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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Mar 9 2007, 3:39pm
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You're just way too unique to be categorized!
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Although the obsessive perfectionist in me wishes to put you into a category!
And suddenly the Ainur saw afar off a light, as it were a cloud with a living heart of flame.
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elvenhobbit
Rohan
Mar 9 2007, 3:39pm
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completed the test three times...
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First time
the box (or square)...
Second time
Circle, rectangle and box
Third time
Circle and box combination
talk about a split personality!!!!
-e-H-
Elven by name, Hobbit by nature
'Road lead ever on and on
down from the door where it began
now far ahead the road has gone
down from where all began' -FOTR-
and through all the world has changed
the ages come and go with time
and yet those remain unchanged
unto they journey westward
over the sea...
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Lossefalme
Gondor
Mar 9 2007, 4:38pm
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Unfortunately, not so great for me.
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I have had a lot of success with the Myers-Briggs personality tests, but not this one. I actually took it a number of times and not only did I come up differently every time, but none of them seemed to fit. It is interesting to see what the categories are, but it just doesn't seem right for me.
(Formerly Lossefalme3, just in case you're wondering)*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. 'Elendil!' he cried. 'I am Aragorn son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!' TTT, Book III, Chapter 2
And Éomer answered: 'Since the day when you rose before me out of the green grass of the downs I have loved you, and that love shall not fail.' RotK, Book VI, Chapter 5
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Aerin
Grey Havens
Mar 9 2007, 6:36pm
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Probably because many of the questions were completely irrelevant to my situation (I'm self-employed, and many of the questions applied only to people who work with other people in organizations). I answered every question as accurately as I could, but many of the traits in the "profile" were pretty much the opposite of how I would describe myself or of how anyone I know would describe me.
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Morwen
Rohan
Mar 9 2007, 6:42pm
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I took it twice. The first time I was a Squiggle, the second time I was a Box. I'm more dependable than the Squiggle, but less organized than the Box. I don't think I have the Jekyll/Hyde Squiggle Box personality either. I'm not sure where I fit in Dr. Dellinger's univers.
I wish you could have been there
When she opened up the door
And looked me in the face
Like she never did before
I felt about as welcome
As a Wal-Mart Superstore--John Prine
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linkin-artelf
Lorien
Mar 9 2007, 6:47pm
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You can categorized me as outside the box, or maybe a little circle with squiggly appendages ending in triangles for hands and squares for legs.
"I walk along the shore and I gaze
At the light that radiates down
Will it travel forth to you
Far across this shimmering sea?"
formerly linkinparkelf
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Aerin
Grey Havens
Mar 9 2007, 10:12pm
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Just for fun, I've tried three times,
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answering all questions as accurately as I could (given that for many, the best answer would have been N/A), and got rectangle, circle, and box. None of the corresponding profiles describe me; a couple of statements in each might be accurate, but many more are quite inaccurate.
I think the problem with this quiz is partly the wording of the questions, but mostly the assumptions behind them. Traits this person seems to think go together in a "profile" are not necessarily linked at all.
And a lot of the questions are worded such that an accurate answer will often lead to miscategorization. For example, when asked if my desk is messy, I say yes, because it is. But when asked if there is a place for everything on my desk, I also say yes, because there is (though not everything is necessarily in its place). There are piles of papers on my desk, but that's where they are supposed to be. My filing system is well organized, but I've never created a system for others, because I work alone. I'm very well organized, but I have piles of paper on the floor, because I've run out of desk, shelf, and file-drawer space (they're well-organized piles!). Depending which questions come up, I'm either compulsively neat or a disorganized slob.
Do I like to go to the best restaurants? Sure! Can I afford to? No!
Is my partner a quiet, serious person? If I say no, because I have no partner, what does that say about my personality? Would it be healthier to have an imaginary partner? Do I prefer to read novels? "Prefer" to what? Watching movies? What if I "prefer" variety in my reading material? Do I enjoy woodworking and collecting? Well, I collect certain things, but I've never done any woodworking, nor do I expect to.
As for the significance of whether my weekend breaks involve quick trips abroad, somehow, I don't think this quiz was meant for Americans!
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Annael
Elvenhome
Mar 9 2007, 10:46pm
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Traits this person seems to think go together in a "profile" are not necessarily linked at all.
I was annoyed by the questions about body shape. Some huge assumptions going on there.
“I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another where the best fruit is."
-- Terry Pratchett,
NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Drusilla Darling
Bree
Mar 10 2007, 12:15am
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I got squiggle+triangle and clicked on the link for the profile and got a 404 error. Also, having a test made completely of yes/no questions is probably not the best way to go. I'm big on the grey area and yes/no is too black and white. Granted it's just an internet quiz but still. The Likert scale is your friend!
~Dru~
The user formerly known as Ayaediran
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
~ Albus Dumbledore
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Idril Celebrindal
Tol Eressea
Mar 10 2007, 2:28am
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I came out as a "Circle Squiggle," which captured many aspects of my personality. I work OK alone or in groups, crave variety and stimulation, can be disorganized, tend to be "big picture" person, friendly, and have lots of hobbies. But here was the money quote:
"You enjoy science fiction and your musical tastes run to the unusual, offbeat counter-culture groups."
With caffeine, all things are possible.
The pity of Bilbo will screw up the fate of many.
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Drusilla Darling
Bree
Mar 10 2007, 2:33am
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~Dru~
The user formerly known as Ayaediran
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
~ Albus Dumbledore
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FarFromHome
Valinor
Mar 10 2007, 4:05pm
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and I got 'box' twice, which I find to be pretty much what I'd expect (i.e. it's more or less the way I see myself). The other time, I got a triangle and a message saying I probably didn't answer the questions consistently!
For me, the problem is that the questions are really only asking about a person's own view of themselves (we're asked to judge ourselves on tidiness, sociability or whatever), so it's hardly surprising if the result confirms our own view of ourselves. I can only guess that your view of yourself is just too complex for this rather simple questionnaire to handle! 
It's got a British bias too, as you note. I usually have the opposite problem, as a Brit anwering questions with an American bias - perhaps surprisingly, it does seem to make a difference.
...and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew,
and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth;
and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore
glimmered and was lost.
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Worked pretty well for me
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