INTJ friendship compatibility: best friends with INTP. As a friend, INTJ is the one with a plan B. The stereotype says INTJs keep a small circle and pick it carefully, so being let in counts for something: they remember the book you mentioned, send the one article that actually helps and quietly sort out the logistics of the group trip. Small talk is not their sport, and an unplanned Saturday full of people can drain them fast. What they want from friends is honesty, ideas worth arguing about and the freedom to disappear for a week without anyone taking it personally. In our friendship rule INTJ scores highest with INTP, who shares its N, I and T but brings the spontaneity a planner secretly needs. The hardest friendship on paper is with ESFJ, the warm party host whose calendar looks nothing like theirs.
- Best friend type
- INTP
- 96% · the 2 a.m. rabbit-hole sender
- Hardest match
- ESFJ
- 64% · the birthday-party planner
Top 3 friends for INTJ
The hardest friendship for INTJ
All 16 types as INTJ's friend
- INTJ + INTP · Best friends forever96%
- INTJ + INTJ · Easy friends92%
- INTJ + INFP · Easy friends92%
- INTJ + ENTP · Easy friends88%
- INTJ + INFJ · Easy friends88%
- INTJ + ENTJ · Good company84%
- INTJ + ENFP · Good company84%
- INTJ + ENFJ · Good company80%
- INTJ + ISTP · Good company80%
- INTJ + ISTJ · Takes some effort76%
- INTJ + ISFP · Takes some effort76%
- INTJ + ISFJ · Takes some effort72%
- INTJ + ESTP · Takes some effort72%
- INTJ + ESTJ · Chaotic duo68%
- INTJ + ESFP · Chaotic duo68%
- INTJ + ESFJ · Chaotic duo64%
Friend scores follow one rule we designed ourselves: base 46; S/N same +18 or different +2; E/I same +14 or +6; J/P different +10 or same +6; T/F same +8 or +4. Not an official MBTI product.