INFP Careers: A List of Professional Jobs

This page lists possible INFP careers: professional careers that may be most suited to those with INFP preferences.

There are two lists, both of which are based on our own research that identifies careers where INFP's preferred team roles (or "dominant and auxiliary functions" in Jung/Myers Briggs terminology) are used extensively.

For more information about the lists, see our careers list information page.

The mandala (below right) represents where the preferences of INFP lie, based on the MTR-i team roles. For a full explanation, see our mandala page.

List No 1

The careers that, in our research, made most use of INFP's preferred function include:

List No 2

Careers chosen by those preferring the INFP's dominant function (Fi) (calculated using "selection ratio")	Careers chosen by those preferring the INFP's auxiliary function (Ne) (calculated using "selection ratio")
Clergy/church worker Secretary Technical specialist Librarian Sales Accountant/auditor/ banker/economist Homemaker Nurse Administrator Teacher Assistant Writer/editor Professor/academic/lecturer Psychologist	Human Resources Teacher Engineer Scientist/biologist/ physicist/chemist Assistant Accountant/auditor/ banker/economist Careers/occupational advice/therapy Computer specialist Consultant Artist/actor Senior Manager Manager Trainer Project manager

The careers highlighted in bold, above, appear in both lists. It is possible, therefore, that those careers have a closer fit to those with INFP preferences (matching both dominant and auxiliary functions, and not just one).

The jobs/occupations using both dominant and auxiliary functions are:

Accountant/auditor/banker/economist
Teacher
Assistant

For more general information on career choice see What Career Is Right For Me.

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