ESTP Personality Type According MBTI Typology

ESTP personality type is one of the sixteen personality types according to the MBTI typology. ESTP is referred to as “Conqueror”.

The basic characteristics of this personality type are:

• Self-confident and independent, a master in overcoming obstacles
• Does not like routine and boredom
• Focuses on tangible results
• Certain tendency to hasty assessment of others
• Prefers decisions according to the situation
• Ability to improvise, proceeds a style of trial-and-error
• Follows up the first contact, likes to help
• Skilled in many fields

Kroeger, Thuesen and Rutledge indicate following characteristics and recommendations:

• At work: floats downstream, easy to adapt and perform as promised
• Professional development: should learn to be tolerant to foreign to foreign stereotypes and understand that others may suit them
• Leadership position: allows to work at your own style and does not pay too much attention to the hierarchy

ESTP personality type in practice: Every type of person is suited for different work. People with ESTP personality type usually excel in organizations in the following professions:

• CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
• CSO (Chief Sales Officer)
• HR specialist
• IT analyst
• Marketing Analyst
• Marketing Specialist
• Programmer, Developer
• Project Manager
• System Analyst

Following important people had the ESTP personality type:

• Donald Trump - businessman
• Ernest Hemingway - novelist
• Madonna - singer