IT Manager
We do not have your personality profile, which is needed to compare this job with your personality. Please complete the MMDI™ questionnaire first. Once you have completed the questionnaire, we will be able to compare your personality profile with the job profile in three ways. This will enable our algorithm to predict to what extent you are likely to enjoy the job.
1. Four personality dimensions
Job demands
The profile with red dots shows the balance of behaviours in four dimensions that are required in the typical job of "IT Manager". This profile was derived from our research with 17,000 people, and is also shown in the following table:
| Extraversion | 51 | 49 | Introversion |
| Sensation | 58 | 42 | iNtuition |
| Thinking | 59 | 41 | Feeling |
| Judgement | 49 | 51 | Perception |
Your profile
Your profile will appear here, after you have completed the MMDI questionnaire. It will show the balance of behaviours you prefer on those four dimensions. The closer the blue dot to a letter, the more you will prefer that side of the dimension in the balance of your work.
Comparison
After you have completed the MMDI questionnaire, another diagram will appear here that compares the job profile with your personality profile. It will also show how much you will need to stretch from your preferred balance in this job.
2. Eight team roles
The Type Mapping team role model identifies eight types of behaving or thinking that are typically used within a team. Certain roles are used more than others, depending on the work of the team, or the work of the individual within the team.
Job demands
This table shows which team roles need to be used most in the career of "IT Manager". The roles at the top are used most and those at the bottom used least.
| Team Role | Job score | Description | |
| Activating | (Se) | 17% | Seeking action, keen to get things done, taking a practical and realistic approach, and focussing on getting tangible results. |
| Conducting | (Te) | 14% | Reducing ambiguity by bringing structure, organisation, and plans that include the right people/resources to get the job done. |
| Analysing | (Ti) | 14% | Creating explanations and practical or intellectual understanding, using logic, theories and mental maps, and producing solutions for complex problems. |
| Clarifying | (Si) | 13% | Questioning and collecting ideas that help to clarify. Focussing on priorities and approaching tasks in a thoughtful, reflective way. |
| Innovating | (Ni) | 12% | Ideas oriented, seeking to create something different. Comes up with visionary, sometimes radical, ideas on how things could be. |
| Harmonising | (Fe) | 10% | Focusing on creating a harmonious atmosphere; avoiding conflict and helping others to contribute by encouraging and supporting. |
| Campaigning | (Fi) | 10% | Focusing on a core purpose with real meaning and value; looking beyond the immediate and committing to a cause with passion. |
| Exploring | (Ne) | 9% | Seeking variety and experimentation; introducing the new and the unusual, challenging the status quo and acting as change agents. |
Your profile
When you have completed the MMDI questionnaire, a second table will appear here that shows the team roles you prefer to use most at the top, and those you prefer to use least at the bottom.
Comparison
When you have completed the MMDI questionnaire, a table will appear here that compares the job profile with your preferences, comparing the degree to which roles are likely to be used with the degree of use that you would prefer. In practice, it tends to be the rank order of the roles that matters, not the scores (above), and it is the top two roles that matter most.
3. Sixteen personality types (styles)
Job demand
There are 16 personality styles that represent distinct ways of thinking and behaving. Although most jobs require the use of all 16 styles at times, you will need to use a particular subset of styles more often to be more successful. In the diagram, lighter/redder areas indicate which styles are needed more often, and darker areas the styles that are not needed so much.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when selling a product or constructing a table, but it is the preferred style of ESTP personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when performing a piece of music or teaching a practical subject, but it is the preferred style of ESFP personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when being an advocate in social work or running a culture change programme, but it is the preferred style of ENFP personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when developing a new business or providing management consultancy, but it is the preferred style of ENTP personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when improving teamwork or building a society or community, but it is the preferred style of ENFJ personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when looking after customer satisfaction or employee welfare, but it is the preferred style of ESFJ personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when improving a team's efficiency or designing business processes, but it is the preferred style of ENTJ personality types.
This style involves:
- doing things and interacting with people (E),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when managing an office or administering an insurance claim, but it is the preferred style of ESTJ personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when identifying the cause of a car breakdown or understanding an electrical circuit, but it is the preferred style of ISTP personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when selecting ingredients for a menu or overseeing safety in a swimming pool, but it is the preferred style of ISFP personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when researching scientific or technological principles, but it is the preferred style of INTP personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a flexible, responsive way (P)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when editing a publication or counselling a patient, but it is the preferred style of INFP personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when teaching media studies or leading a church, but it is the preferred style of INFJ personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions based on important values (F)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when curating exhibits in a museum or getting to know customers, but it is the preferred style of ISFJ personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using new possibilities, potential and insights (N),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when conducting market research or designing computer systems, but it is the preferred style of INTJ personality types.
This style involves:
- thinking about knowledge and ideas (I),
- using facts, experience and knowledge (S),
- making decisions in a logical, objective manner (T)
- in a structured and organised way (J)
Everyone can use this style, e.g. when inspecting accounts or investigating a crime, but it is the preferred style of ISTJ personality types.
Your profile
When you have completed the MMDI questionnaire, a second version of the diagram will show the balance of styles that you would prefer.
Comparison
The final diagram will provide a comparison of the job demands with your preferences for each of the 16 styles (after you have completed the MMDI questionnaire).
Conclusion
The analysis will conclude with an overall rating of how well your profile matches this career. Our algorithm will predict how much you will enjoy the job.