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One of the Bush School’s many helpful “outside-the-classroom” activities is helping students determine areas in which they naturally excel. This is done through personality-type testing (Myers-Briggs) and strengths insight testing (Strengths Quest). The results of this testing can give you a good indicator of your best natural “fit” when confronted with such situations as group project roles and career options.
Your ePortfolio provides you with an opportunity to reflect on what the results of your personality and strengths testing actually mean. Myers-Briggs, for instance, might label you an “ENFP,” which shows you possess such characteristics as extraversion, strong personal and social values, and flexibility. Strengths Quest might list your top theme as “significance,” meaning that you are both ambitious and inspire excellence among others. But how do these labels and definitions actually apply to your daily life? How do they apply to you in group situations and in future career choices?
For your ePortfolio reflection, consider the following:
What do your test results indicate in terms of your best-fitting role in a group?
How did they play a in part in determining your role on your Capstone team?
If these results were not considered, was your performance in your given role as successful as you would have liked?
How did different personality traits and strengths impact your entire team’s Capstone (or other group) experience and success?
Were you surprised by any of your test results?
What experiences in your past can you now reflect upon through the lens of these test results?
What do these test results mean in terms of your best career fit?
How do you envision your strengths and personality to be useful on the job?
As you write about your strengths and personality test results, include specific examples from your own experiences that support your explanations. While you may use your test results to help you write your essay, please do not simply copy and paste the text from the reports in place of your essay.
See sample “Strengths” and MBTI essays written by former Bush School students.
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