Career Center
Ball State University
Lucina Hall, Room 220
Muncie, IN 47306

Phone: 765-285-1522
Fax: 765-285-3757
E-mail: careercenter@bsu.edu

What Can I Do with My Personality Type?
INTJ Careers and Majors

(Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging)

INTJs are strong individuals who seek new ways of looking at things. They are insightful and enjoy coming to new understandings. They often keep to themselves a great deal and are considered the most independent of all the sixteen personality types. They are self-confident and prefer to look to the future rather than the past. They are builders of systems and appliers of theoretical models and focus on possibilities. INTJs make up about 1% of the population and tend to prefer careers in which they are given a lot of autonomy. The following list represents some careers that may appeal to INTJs.

Academic curriculum designer
Administrator
Aeronautical engineer
Aerospace engineer
Animator
Anthropologist
Architect
Artist
Archivist
Astronomer
Attorney
Auditor
Biologist
Biomedical researcher/engineer
Broadcast engineer
Budget analyst
Business analyst
Cardiologist
Cardiovascular technician
Chemical engineer
City manager
Civil engineer
College professor
Columnist, critic, or commentator
Computer engineer
Computer programmer
Computer security specialist
Computer systems analyst
Coroner
Corrections officer
Credit analyst
Criminologist or ballistics expert
Curator
Database administrator
Dentist
Design engineer
Designer
Desktop publishing specialist
Economist
Editor/art director
Education consultant
Electrical/electronic technician
Engineer
Environmental planner/scientist
Exhibit designer/builder
Financial analyst
Financial planner
Geneticist
Graphic designer
Human resources manager
Information services developer
Intellectual properties attorney
Intelligence specialist
International banker
Investment banker
Java programmer/analyst
Judge
Life scientist
Local area network (LAN) administrator
Management consultant
Manager
Mathematician
Metallurgical engineer
Microbiologist
Mortgage broker
Musician
Network administrator
Network integration specialist
Neurologist
News analyst/writer
Nuclear engineer
Operations research analyst
Pathologist
Pharmaceutical researcher
Pharmacologist
Photographer
Physical scientist
Physicist
Pilot
Private sector executive
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Real estate appraiser
Social scientist
Software and systems researcher/developer
Strategic planner
Surgeon
Systems administrator
Systems analyst
Teacher
Telecommunications security provider
Treasurer or controller
Web developer
Webmaster
Writer/editor

Ball State Majors for the INTJ Personality Type

For more information on personality types visit these sites:

Print resources on personality types and careers available in the Career Lab, Lucina Hall 235:

Do What You Are
Please Understand Me II
What’s Your Type of Career