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Questionnaires for Self-Typing

17 Questions
  1. What’s your biggest fear? 
  2. What’s your biggest desire?
  3. What are you ‘’the best’’ at?
  4. How do you see yourself right now?
  5. How do you see yourself 5 years from now?
  6. How do you express yourself?
  7. How do you feel about those near you (family, friends)?
  8. How do you feel about strangers?
  9. How do you view change/uncertainty? 
  10. How do you make decisions?
  11. How do you solve logical problems?
  12. How do you deal with your emotions? 
  13. What drives you in life? What do you look for? 
  14. What do you hope to accomplish in your life?
  15. What do you hope to avoid doing or being? What values are important to you?
  16. How do you want others to see you? How do you see yourself?
  17. Describe how you experience each of: a) Anger; b) Shame; c) Anxiety

26 Questions 
  1. Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
  2. What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
  3. If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
  4. What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
  5. How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
  6. Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
  7. Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
  8. Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particularly artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
  9. What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
  10. How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
  11. Do you need logical consistency in your life?
  12. How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
  13. Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
  14. What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
  15. What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
  16. How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
  17. What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
  18. What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
  19. What do the "highs" in your life look like?
  20. What do the "lows" in your life look like?
  21. How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
  22. Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
  23. How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
  24. How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
  25. Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
  26. Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?

 
21 Questions

Personal concepts

  1. What is beauty? What is love? 
  2. What are your most important values? 
  3. Do you have any sort of spiritual/religious beliefs, and why do you hold (or don't) those beliefs in the first place?   
  4. Opinion on war and militaries? What is power to you? 

Interests

  1. What have you had long conversations about? What are your interests? Why? 
  2. Interested in health/medicine as a conversation topic? Are you focused on your body?   
  3. What do you think of daily chores?
  4. Books or films you liked? Recently read/watched or otherwise. 
  5. What has made you cry? What has made you smile? Why? 
  6. Where do you feel: at one with the environment/a sense of belonging?   

Evaluation & Behaviour

  1. What have people seen as your weaknesses? What do you dislike about yourself?   
  2. What have people seen as your strengths? What do you like about yourself?   
  3. In what areas of your life would you like help? 
  4. Ever feel stuck in a rut? If yes, describe the causes and your reaction to it.  

People & Interactions

  1. What qualities do you most like and dislike in other people? What types do you get along with? 
  2. How do you feel about romance/sex? What qualities do you want in a partner?
  3. If you were to raise a child, what would be your main concerns, what measures would you take, and why?
  4. A friend makes a claim that clashes with your current beliefs. What is your inward and outward reaction?   
  5. Describe your relationship to society. How do you see people as a whole? What do you consider a prevalent social problem? Name one. 
  6. How do you choose your friends and how do you behave around them?
  7. How do you behave around strangers?   

 

 

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