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but the end result (INTJ) seems to fit well to me when reading the description. This could just be that I haven't read the other descriptions and am bending it to fit to myself subconsciously though.

Yes. It is very likely that once you have gone through what appears to be a laborious procedure to generate a description, you will accept whatever description comes out of that procedure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect

http://www.skepdic.com/forer.html

In this case I think there's a simpler explanation: the result fits us well because there are so many overlapping questions. You might answer one question in a way that indicates you as an extrovert, but there will be many other answers that will clearly mark you as an introvert.

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