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Enneagram coaches accompany you on your search by asking questions and reflecting on your answers. They help with the interpretation. They don’t present you with a conclusion in the form of a decision about which type you have. They don’t do this because they know that, ultimately, only you can determine which type you feel most accurately captures the real you. Coaches may suggest that you make a more detailed exploration of the types that eventually remain as possible options (usually two, and sometimes three). In the follow-up consultation, they will certainly explain why they believe that some types are good candidates and others aren’t.

The hope is that you will learn a great deal about yourself during the interview. You’ll learn self-observation and reflection and find out about the Enneagram as a whole — as well as its individual types. During type assessment interviews, I often find that people exclude a particular Enneagram type for themselves based on limited or incorrect images, sometimes as a result of stereotypes. The image can be presented in more detail in an interview so that a previously rejected type can ultimately become a possibility.