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According to the official test, I am an INFP, which is pretty rare and therefore self-satisfying.
On the other hand, I had been doing a lot of reading about Jung's personality types and the MBPI test, and I 'knew' what I thought I was, - and multiple choice tests are pretty easy to game, even unconsciously.
Then I ran into someone who used the MBTI in her consulting practice. She said that anyone who was an engineer was pretty automatically an E, otherwise he wouldn't be interested in things outside of his own head, especially in making them work. It took me a week of thinking about it, and I concluded she was probably right - just because you don't like being with people, it doesn't make you an introvert - and I was always fascinated by things. Since then, I've discovered that I do enjoy having people around and interacting with them, and I don't have to feel lonely.
And I knew a Jungian analyst who insisted that there are no introverts in North America; they simply are not allowed. He claimed that Europeans were much more tolerant of true introversion. I was never sure if he was kidding.
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