ENTP Personality Type

ENTPs are innovative, strategic, versatile, analytical, and entrepreneurial. They enjoy working with others in start-up activities that require ingenuity and unusual. Although the descriptors below generally describe ENTPs, some may not fit you exactly due to individual differences within each type.

Adaptive, Adventurous, Applied, Enterprising, Independent, Theoretical, Original, Outspoken, Clever, Analytical, Challenging, Strategic.

ENTPs are generally enthusiastic, flexible, creative, conceptual, and clever. They tend to focus on their external environment and they accurately assess situations and people. They are often quite talkative, outgoing, and entertaining. Their interest in creating and having fun often influences their ability to fit in at social gatherings. The ENTP typically has a keen imagination that generates many ideas. They also rely on their intuition and tend to focus on the future. ENTPs are generally interested in intellectual or philosophical concepts and enjoy arguing or debating. They also tend to be impulsive, spontaneous, and comfortable with change. Their strong desire for things that are new often influences them to move between various careers and have many different interests.

The ENTP is perceptive to their surroundings and is able to identify new possibilities. They typically generate a vast number of original ideas and are continually looking for fresh opportunities. They internally evaluate their ideas and are able to simultaneously examine multiple options. They will then use a logical and rational approach to decide which possibilities to pursue. It is often important for them to spend sufficient time on their own to facilitate this reflection and assessment. The ENTP also tends to apply their creativity to identify solutions to problems and handle difficult situations. They often use a proactive approach to deal with challenges and are able to identify the outcome or implication of a decision.

ENTPs are often fast-paced workers that have the ability to multi-task. They tend to enthusiastically generate ideas and initiate projects of interest. They are often unconcerned with the specifics and may avoid detail-orientated tasks. The ENTP generally works tirelessly on projects that they enjoy but may struggle to complete uninteresting jobs. They tend to focus their energy on the initial stages of a project and may neglect the remaining tasks. They tend to desire a challenge and require a lot of variety in their work. They are easily bored with routine and often find procedures and policies to be restricting. They may have trouble realistically evaluating the time required to transfer their ideas to reality and should ensure that they give themselves enough time to meet their deadlines. ENTP’s are often able to motivate people and create a vision for others to follow. However, they should be cautious that their focus on the task does not cause them to neglect the needs of the people involved.

Require challenging or difficult material that stimulates their mind. Desire opportunities to evaluate case studies or critically analyze information. Effectively learn through debating and discussing topics. Prefer intelligent, competent, and creative instructors. Generate their own ideas through working alone. Desire to study with others in a group setting. Complete unassigned reading on serious topics

ENTPs tend to clearly articulate complicated information in a well thought out manner. Their writing often reflects their propensity for ideas and big picture thinking. They typically enjoy topics that involve controversy or problem solving and tend to omit personal elements in their writing. They often excel at being able to effectively discuss their opinions but should be cautious that their underlying tone does not appear too harsh or aggressive. The ENTP may prefer creating a program or presentation on a topic as opposed to writing an actual document. When working on a team writing project, they may struggle with adhering to the leader’s instructions or may create a writing plan that others feel is too complicated. ENTPs may find it helpful to discuss their thoughts and ideas with an outside source throughout the duration of a writing project.

Prefer originality over traditional formats and methods. Need to limit the number of topics they consider. Easily connect the patterns that exist in their gathered information. Focus on the big picture and possibilities. Include diagrams, tables, and other visual cues. Incorporate witty humor but should be cautious not to offend the reader. Benefit from returning to the original draft to incorporate necessary detail and clarify complicated concept.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to get others excited about your ideas. Eagerness to “think outside the box” and consider new possibilities. Great creative problem solving skills. Courage to take some risks, try new things, and overcome obstacles. Broad range of interests and ability to learn new things quickly. Ability to withstand rejection and maintain optimism and enthusiasm. Great confidence and drive to continually increase your knowledge. Natural curiosity and skills for getting the information you need. Ability to see the big picture and the implications of actions and ideas. Ability to juggle several projects at once. Perceptiveness about people — their needs and motivations. Adaptability and ease shifting gears and changing directions quickly.

Trouble keeping yourself organized. Difficulty setting priorities and making decisions. Overconfidence; you may misrepresent your abilities or experience. Propensity to always focus on what’s possible rather than what’s doable or probable. Tendency to promise more than you can deliver. Impatience with unimaginative or inflexible people. Tendency to lose interest in projects once problems are solved. Dislike of doing things in traditional, established, or routine manner. Lack of discipline when it comes to attending to and following through on important details. Tendency to become bored or easily sidetracked. Dislike of repetitive tasks. Impatience with people whose competence you question.

Gives me opportunities to engage in creative problem solving and/or generating new and innovative approaches to problems. Lets me implement my innovative solutions in the creation of more efficiently functioning systems. Acknowledges and encourages my creativity, competency, and ability to improvise. Lets me experience a variety of situations filled with fun, action, and excitement. Follows a logical order and is based upon objective and fair standards, rather than the likes or dislikes or one individual. Lets me increase my professional and personal power and interact frequently with other powerful people. Lets me meet and have constant interaction with many different people, especially those I respect. Can be done in a rapidly changing, high energy environment with significant interaction with others. Is done in an environment that is casual and unstructured; where I can experience a high degree of personal freedom, time off, and the opportunity to operate in a spontaneous way. Allows me to design or start projects but does not require me to follow through with tedious details.

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