I am stumped when it comes to typing a friend of mine. So now I need some methods or ideas to help me troubleshoot the typing process. The problem in this case is that the functions of this person, when it comes to weaknesses and strengths, do not fully or accurately match the type descriptions. If you made a new socionics description for this person it would be a mix of a few different types.
How do you guys go about typing someone? Do you have a specific method? Is there some area(s) you concentrate on, like in trying to define the PoLR or base function for example?
If you wrote a a short and specific step by step guide to typing for someone already familiar with the socionics basics, what would it look like?
What do you do when you have typed someone as accurately as you can, but that type description on wikisocion, Filatova etc. is not very accurate or convincing, but still the best match out of all the type descriptions?


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, which narrowed it down to either ISTp or INTp. Always strong N, so INTp it is. I could pass for an ISTp at times, along with an ENTj. Sometimes the critical knowledge to type someone can only come deep from within themselves, as they're the only ones who truly know how they think and how their brains operate. I had an in-depth discussion and comparison on this once with Expat where he described how his EJ mind operates and then I how I operate, and finally realized I was truly IP temperament, but just pretty good at being an EJ also. Most of the time I'm IP, but when I need to I can freely go into kick-ass EJ mode without too many problems and be comfortable doing so.



