The Method

How the Quick Personality assessment determines your type.

The Eight Cognitive Functions

According to Carl Jung's original framework, every person uses all eight functions — but in a specific order of preference.

CodeFunctionDescription
NiIntroverted IntuitionA prophetic experience of insights by which one is motivated.
NeExtraverted IntuitionA seeking out of possibilities and the optimal path forward.
SeExtraverted SensationThe height of lived experience, data acquisition, and aesthetic appeal.
SiIntroverted SensationContrasts experiences via layering to determine alterations in reality.
TeExtraverted ThinkingThe formula or system by which all things are said to function together.
TiIntroverted ThinkingCreatively seeking a means by which to get around difficult issues.
FeExtraverted FeelingThe value that is offered by people to each other so that they can be appreciated.
FiIntroverted FeelingThe value that is intrinsic to the person which is kept safe.

How It Works

Rather than asking dozens of behavioral questions, our assessment narrows your type through four focused steps. Each step splits the field in half, guiding you from 16 possible types down to one.

Step 1 — Energy Direction

We determine your energetic attitude: do you lean toward expending energy outward into the world, or preserving it inward?

Step 2 — Specific Attitude

We refine how that energy moves — whether you chase energy, generate value, inspect value, or simply observe.

Step 3 — Primary Function

We identify your dominant cognitive function — the one that sits at the top of your stack and most defines how you engage with the world.

Step 4 — Auxiliary Function

We determine your supporting function — the second function that works alongside your dominant to define your unique lens on reality.

Light & Shadow

Every personality type has four "light edge" functions — the ones you use consciously — and four "shadow edge" functions that operate beneath awareness. Your opposite type on the Type Map feels the most foreign because their leading functions are exactly the ones deepest in your shadow.