Type Finder

An in-depth Socionics test that looks at how you use each of the eight information elements, not just which letters you lean towards.

Most Socionics tests ask a handful of questions about introversion, logic, intuition and so on, then add up the letters. That's quick, but it's also why so many people come away mistyped. Type Finder works from Model A instead, the structure that sits underneath every type.

Part one asks how strong you are with each of the eight elements, and how much you value them. Some questions ask how often something is true of you. Others make you choose between two things you might both recognise, because the choice tells me more than a rating would.

Part two adapts to your answers. By the end of part one, your result usually comes down to two or three types. Often they're close neighbours that share the same strengths and values in a different order. Part two asks only the questions that separate those types.

Your result gives your most likely type, how clearly it came out, your top three with percentages, and a chart of how each element came out for you. It also shows what separated your top two, so you can see why one came out ahead.

Type Finder scores each element on two things: how capable you are with it, and how much you value it. Those two together place every element in one of the four blocks of Model A, and the pattern across all eight points to a type. The type data comes from socionics-core, the same open data that runs the rest of this site.

No test can type you for certain, and this one doesn't pretend to. Your result is a well-grounded hypothesis. The percentages show how strongly your answers point to each type, and when two types are close, the result says so rather than picking one for you.

The 12-question test sorts you along four axes. It's quick, and it's a fair starting point. Type Finder looks at each element in turn, which is slower but catches things the axes miss, especially between types that look alike on paper.

About 25 minutes while it's in testing. The final version will be shorter.

No. The questions are about everyday situations, not theory. You don't need to know what the elements are to answer them.

No. A few questions come at the same area from different angles, or measure different elements in similar situations. It's how the test checks that one answer wasn't a fluke.

Yes. Your progress is saved in your browser, so you can come back on the same device and pick up where you left off.

They stay in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you choose to email yourself your result, and even then only your type, how clearly it came out and how familiar you said you are with Socionics are sent, never your answers. If you copy a share link, your answers are stored anonymously so that the link can show your result, with no name or email address attached. The privacy policy has the details.

Then two or three types fit your answers about equally well, and the result tells you so. Reading the type descriptions side by side usually settles it. The disambiguator can help, and so can a typing report if you want a second opinion.

I'm testing that now, by comparing results with people whose types are already well established. Until that's done, treat your result as a strong lead worth checking, not a verdict.