From MBTI Results to Job Criteria: A Career Worksheet

An MBTI-related career result cannot establish your ideal job. A useful next step is to translate a phrase from the result into experience, working conditions and questions for an employer. This is a reflection worksheet, not a scored or validated aptitude test.

Why a result cannot settle the decision

The Japan MBTI Association distinguishes MBTI from occupational aptitude measurement. Skills, knowledge, responsibilities and employment conditions need separate investigation. A desired occupation missing from a type list is not a reason to abandon it. The MBTI career overview explains the framework and the distinction from 16Personalities.

Choose one phrase to investigate

Select one phrase, such as wanting time to research or enjoying support work. Record an experience that fits and a counterexample. Do not present a website description as evidence of your own behaviour.

Phrase: I like planning.

Supporting experience: I worked backward from a deadline to complete a document.

Counterexample: I also adapted when the direction changed after discussion.

Working hypothesis: Clear reasons and priorities may matter more than avoiding change itself.

Separate the task, setting and result

Study, part-time work and other activities can supply examples. They do not automatically prove competence in a professional role. Keep interest distinct from current skill and investigate entry requirements separately.

Translate preferences into comparable conditions

Separate essential conditions from negotiable preferences. Include practical constraints such as working hours and travel rather than considering personality alone.

Completed fictional comparison

Reflection: Organizing information so others can use it interests me.

Experience: I organized handover notes in a part-time role.

Essential conditions: Weekday daytime work and a named initial support contact.

Candidate A: Sales administration. Check accuracy requirements and interruptions.

Candidate B: Web operations support. Check tool skills and pre-publication review.

Next action: Investigate daily tasks, training and required skills for each vacancy.

Candidate A may use familiar experience but involve frequent calls. Candidate B may be interesting but require new skills. Mark missing information as unknown rather than filling it with assumptions. job tag information can help you investigate duties.

Fill your own sheet and choose one action

Phrase from the result:

Supporting experience and counterexample:

Task, setting and result:

Conditions to retain:

Essential and negotiable conditions:

Candidate A and unknowns:

Candidate B and unknowns:

Person to ask, question and date:

Continue with the interview and work-experience guide. If your interests and result seem inconsistent, use the personality, interests, values and skills comparison to check what you are comparing. The goal is to develop evidence-based criteria, not to reshape yourself to fit a label.

Sources

Public information checked on September 27, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the relevant authority for your circumstances. Japanese sources and related articles are linked below.

• 日本MBTI協会：職業適性は分かるのか
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