Socionics vs MBTI

Your MBTI, translated

§1 How the systems differ

MBTI describes you with four letters and a preference order behind them. Socionics describes you with eight positions: the same eight information elements are in every type, and the position an element sits in decides how it behaves in you — native, performed, sore, or wanted from somebody else. The two systems ask different questions, so they do not convert by spelling.

For introverts the function-based conversion also flips the j and p letters: socionics LII is written INTj and lands nearest MBTI INTP. That flip is disputed, which is why every equivalence here carries ≈ and an asterisk instead of an equals sign. The marking scheme sets out the notation in full.

There is a second split inside socionics itself. Classical Model A and Gulenko’s Model G read the same eight elements in a different order, and every result on this site is scored under both. When they disagree, the disagreement is the finding — Model A and Model G explains where the two readings part.

§2 Every MBTI type, converted

ILI · LII · LSIINTJ People who test as INTJ usually land on one of two socionics types: ILI, when the decisive… LII · ILI · ILEINTP Most INTPs land on LII, the system-building analyst, or ILI, the skeptical forecaster. Some… LIE · LSE · SLEENTJ Most ENTJs land on LIE, who bets on where things will be in years. LSE fits when refining… ILE · IEE · LIEENTP Most ENTPs land on ILE, possibility-generation backed by frameworks. IEE fits when the real… IEI · EII · EIEINFJ INFJs split between IEI, imaginative and drifting through time, and EII, the quietly… EII · IEI · IEEINFP Most INFPs land on EII, led by an inner moral compass. IEI fits when dreamy drift dominates,… EIE · ESE · IEEENFJ Most ENFJs land on EIE, who builds shared feeling toward a vision. ESE fits when… IEE · EIE · ILEENFP Most ENFPs land on IEE, who discovers people one on one. EIE fits when holding the whole room… LSI · SLI · LSEISTJ ISTJs land on LSI, for whom order is a correct system, or on SLI, quiet hands-on reliability.… SEI · ESI · EIIISFJ ISFJs split between SEI, the caretaker of comfort and atmosphere, and ESI, the loyal guardian… LSE · LSI · LIEESTJ Most ESTJs land on LSE, who makes operations measurably smoother today. LSI fits when… ESE · ESI · SEIESFJ Most ESFJs land on ESE, active warmth and everyone's comfort. ESI fits when one-to-one loyalty… SLI · LSI · SLEISTP Most ISTPs land on SLI, the understated craftsman. LSI fits when strict systematizing… SEI · ESI · SLIISFP Most ISFPs land on SEI, at ease in the present and its pleasures. ESI fits the principled… SLE · SEE · LIEESTP Most ESTPs land on SLE, who reads situations as terrain to be taken. SEE fits when winning… SEE · ESE · SLEESFP Most ESFPs land on SEE, personal magnetism aimed at real goals. ESE fits when hosting the…