What is the personality type of Mark Watney? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Mark Watney from The Martian Literature and what is the personality traits.
Mark Watney personality type is ENTP, which means that you are very curious and open to new ideas, but also that you are extremely capable of focusing on one objective at a time, and completing it. You are not particularly likely to be organized, but you are very logical and creative.
That combination of openness and ability to focus on one task at a time is exactly what you need to survive in space. You excel at developing new technologies, and making sure that every piece of equipment has multiple backups, so you can repair or replace anything necessary. You’re also very capable at keeping track of everything you have to do on a daily basis, and making sure that it gets done on time.
Watney finds a way to survive because he thinks on his feet and comes up with a solution to every problem that he finds. In some ways, he reminds me of Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, who finds a way to solve every problem with logic and science. In reality, though, Watney is more like me: He finds a way to survive on Mars by thinking outside of the box, imagining what he would do if he really were stranded there.