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Myers-Briggs: ENTP - Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving

ENTP - Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving

Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems. Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically. Good at reading other people. Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn to one new interest after another.

     

Common Work Related Strengthes

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to create enthusiasm
  • Ability to think "outside of the box"
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Courage to take risks, try new things, and overcome obstacles
  • A broad range of interests
  • Quick learner
  • Ability to withstand rejection and maintain optimism and enthusiasm
  • Confidence
  • Thirsty for knowledge
  • Ability to see the "big picture" and implications of actions and ideas
  • Multi-tasking
  • Adaptability and ease shifting gears
  • Ability to fit comfortably in most social situations

Common Work Related Weaknesses

  • Difficulty staying organized
  • Inability to set priorities and make decisions
  • May misrepresent abilities due to overconfidence
  • Tendency to focus on what is possible, rather than what is probable
  • Tendency to promise more than cable of delivering
  • Impatience with unimaginative or inflexible people
  • Tendency to lose interest in projects once problems are solved
  • Dislike of doing things in traditional, established or routine manners
  • Tendency to become bored or easily sidetracked
  • Dislike of repetitive tasks

Indeed Career Guide Job Compatibility

Doer (ESTP)

ESTPs have a strong need for social interaction, logical processes and reasoning, feelings and emotions and freedom. ESTPs are logical thinkers and enjoy using data and patterns to make decisions. They naturally seek out new opportunities and are passionate about their pursuits. This often leads them towards success and new opportunities. They have the diligence and innovation needed to keep up with challenges but a routine can quickly become tiresome. Careers that are ideal for ESTPs include:

Careers

  • Actor
  • Advertising Creative Director
  • Artist
  • Attorney
  • Consultant
  • Computer Programmer
  • Comedian
  • Computer Analyst
  • Designer
  • Engineer
  • Entrepreneur
  • Inventor
  • Investment Banker 
  • Journalist
  • Musician
  • Marketer
  • Psychologist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Politician
  • Photographer
  • Real Estate Developer
  • Strategic Planner
  • Systems Analyst
  • Sales Representative
  • Scientist
  • Writer