INDE 231B: Academic Transitions-InterviewingLatishya SteeleJoe Bucher

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Session Agenda

•Community building •Class overview•MBTI and communication •Questions

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 Community Building Activity:1. Think of an interesting or

surprising fact about yourself.

2. Complete the sentence: When communicating with me “___________________” is what matters.

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MBTI Overview• What is a Preference?• Self-select Preferences• Assessment Results• Read and Discuss• Reconciling

• Practical Applications• Next Steps & Resources

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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MBTI• Jung’s theory of the psychological types• Developed by a mother-daughter team, Katharine Briggs &

Isabel Briggs Myers in an effort to classify these preferences

• Used for: Career Counseling Team Building Leadership Training Personal Goal-setting Couple Counseling, etc.

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MBTI and Communication

• Effective communication means:-Choosing the right medium-Adapting to communication preferences

• Value of examining communication:-Minimizes misunderstandings/conflict-Increases receptivity to your messages-Builds trust and rapport

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HOW DO YOU GAIN ENERGY?

Extraversion (E)

• Focus on outer world (people, external events)

• Tend to act or speak first, reflect later

• Learn best by doing or discussing

•Active, outspoken

Introversion (I)

• Focus on inner world (thoughts, ideas, feelings)

• Tend to reflect before speaking or acting

• Learn best by thinking and reflecting

•Reflective

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HOW DO YOU TAKE IN INFORMATION?

Sensing (S)

• Focus on real & tangible

•Concrete, actual, detailed

• Want information step by step

• Value practical application

• Present-oriented

Intuition (N)

• Focus on implications, patterns & possibilities

• Focus on “big picture”

• Value imaginative insight; trust inspiration

•Visionary; see new ways of doing things

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HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS?Thinking (T)

• Consider the logical consequences

•Logical, analytical

• Fair, reasonable, objective

Feeling (F)

• Assess impact on people (self & others)

• Sympathetic

• Based on values

•Subjective

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HOW DO YOU PREFER TO LIVE?

Judging (J)

• Like closure, to have things decided

• Organized

•Task-oriented

• Stick to a plan or schedule

Perceiving (P)

• Like things open-ended; reluctant to foreclose on options

• Spontaneous

• Change-oriented

• Adaptable, flexible, exploratory

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REVIEW RESULTS• Review your reported type

• Is your score Slight, Moderate, Clear or Very Clear for each preference?

• Read your profile(s) on 16 Types table

• If unsure, read the description for the opposite preference

• Pick up the expanded handout for your preference

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DISCUSS

Think:Do your results ring true for you? How do they fit?

Pair: In pairs spend a few minutes discussing the following:• How might the MBTI results help you in:- An interview situation- With co-workers- As a professor

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Communication and the “heart of type”

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NF (intuitive & feeling) SF (sensing and feeling) NT (intuitive and thinking)

ST (sensing and thinking)

Style: social, rapidly shift conversation, share feelings about what they are doing, generally interested in other’s stories

Style: kind and helpful, give detailed explanation, may experience guilt especially if they feel that they are not taking care of you

Style: clear and direct, want to give and receive concise data, may lose focus when too much detail or too many options are presented

Style: thorough and detailed, attend to many details, provide background logic and support analysis, take pride in being field expert

When communicating with this type: be positive and upbeat, avoid leading with details, express the big picture, take time to create a personal connection as they can be sensitive to clues that you do not value their input

When communicating with this type: be patient, communicate time constraints early and politely, reassure their value, be sensitive to their needs

When communicating with this type: be brief and logical, sell them the big picture benefit, let them know the payoff, outline crucial information on paper for them to digest later

When communicating with this type: be precise, thorough and grounded in reality, reveal the source or sequence of your info, tap into issues of personal relevance, give them time to respond

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Communication and the Sixteen TypesISTJ+: Clear, step-by-step, logical, detailed factsX: Emotion, personal

ISFJ+ Reflective; factual; task-oriented; team player; sympathetic; - Not champion ideas

INFJ+ Insight; encourage; big picture; can-do; read group dynamics - Ignore reality

INTJ+ Strategic vision; mission-focused; synthesize; organize- Unappreciative

ISTP+ Careful trouble-shooter; weigh options; ask opinion- Follow-through

ISFP+ Reflective; listen all ideas; sympathetic; adaptive negotiator- “too nice”; low-key

INFP+ Insight; adaptable; gain consensus; inspire; big picture- Out of touch

INTP+ Insight; innovation; vision; ideas/options; impartial, logical- Discounts feelings

ESTP+ Enthusiastic logical trouble-shooter- Hasty; impersonal

ESFP+ Enthusiastic; unify; active; motivate- Too much fun

ENFP+ Helpful catalyst; include & empower- Over-promise

ENTP+ Creative ideas; energy; active- Steal the show

ESTJ+ Active; traditional; goals & plans; clarify- Blunt; dominate

ESFJ+ Foster cooperation; harmony;enthusiasm- Talk too much

ENFJ+ Foster cooperation; inspire & empower- Too loyal; bossy

ENTJ+ Energizing vision; goal-oriented; model- Push to complete10/1/15

Questions

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