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

(Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving)

 

The INTP personality type is the architect of creative ideas and systems. Preferring theoretical rather than practical applications, INTPs love theory and abstract ideas. They are future-oriented and value truth, knowledge, and competence. INTPs usually prefer working in technical fields that provide the opportunities to apply logic to theories to find solutions and develop innovative approaches and systems. They prefer professionalism in a work environment that encourages free thinking, independence, and improvisation. Making up only 1% of the general population, this creative and insightful personality type is one of the rarest of the sixteen personality types. The following list represents some careers that may appeal to INTPs.

 

Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Architect
Artist
Astronomer
Biomedical Engineer 
College Administrator
College Professor 
Computer Animator
Computer Engineer
Computer Programmer
Computer Security Specialist
Computer Software Designer 
Creative Writer
Desktop Publishing Specialist
Economist
Entertainer/Dancer 
Financial Analyst 
Forester
Geneticist
Historian 
Interpreter/Translator
Investigator
Investment Banker
Judge
Lawyer
Legal Mediator
Mathematician
Microbiologist
Musician
Network Administrator
Neurologist
Occupational Therapist
Pharmacist
Photographer
Physicist
Plastic Surgeon
Psychiatrist
Respiratory Therapist
Veterinarian
Web Developer

 

Ball State Majors for the INTP Personality

 

Anthropology
Architecture
Art
Biochemistry
Biology
Business Administration 
Business Information Technology
Chemistry 
Communication Studies
Computer Science
Counseling Psychology
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Dance Performance 
Economics
Entrepreneurship 
Environmental Design/Urban Planning
Finance 
Graphic Arts Management
History
Information Systems
Journalism
Landscape Architecture
Legal Administration 
Legal Studies
Management 
Mathematical Economics 
Mathematical Sciences
Medical Technology
Modern Languages
Music
Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Operations Management
Philosophy
Physics
Pre-Law
Pre-Medical
Psychology
Sociology
Telecommunications
Theatre

 

 

For more information on personality types visit these sites:

 

Betty C. Jung’s Personality Page – Jobs and Careers: http://www.bettycjung.net/Personality.htm
Columbia State MBTI Types: http://web.columbiastate.edu/careerservices/MBTI%20Types/INTP.htm
Connecting Personality Types with Careers and Jobs: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/doigov/www.doi.gov/octc/typescar.html
DiscoverYourPersonality.com: http://www.discoveryourpersonality.com/intp.html
PersonalityPage.com: http://www.personalitypage.com/info.html
TypeLogic.com: http://www.typelogic.com/
Wayne State College Personality Page: http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/intp/

Print resources on personality types available in the Career Center, Lucina Hall 220:

Do What You Are
Please Understand Me II
50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

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