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I would recommend looking into the cognitive functions. The cognitive function stack for INTPs is Ti - Ne - Si - Fe and the stack for ESFP is Se - Fi - Te - Ni. The first function is your strongest one, and as you go down the stack they essentially get weaker until you get to the fourth one which is your weakest. Depending on whether you're introverted or extroverted (cognitively), your first function has an introverted or extroverted orientation. So for INTPs you would have introverted thinking (Ti) first and the rest of your stack fills out to always have one introverted and one extroverted function next to each other. Because your first function is introverted, your last function is extroverted, and for INTPs that's extraverted feeling. And then it goes the other way around for extroverts, they have an extroverted first function and an introverted last function.

mbti-notes goes really in depth with the cognitive functions, describing them as they appear in each position. Your first function = dominant, second = auxiliary, third = tertiary, and fourth = inferior. You can also check out Gifts Differing if you seek something more simplified and don't want to be overwhelmed with a too much information, xD. They can definitely go further and explain it better than I am lol

To sum it up, your dominant function (in your case, Se or Ti) is usually unconscious and it's like your default state so you can't always tell you're using it right away and others can usually see it better than you. Your auxiliary function (Fi or Ne) is something that helps guide your dominant function and you typically notice it more and that's the root of most E/I confusion. Your tertiary function is something you're pretty bad at, but you still sometimes use it as relief because it's the same extroverted/introverted orientation , but you risk looking and "skipping over" your aux function and not introspecting enough (for extroverts) or not directing enough attention outward (for introverts) and that isn't healthy. Your inferior function is basically your fatal flaw, the Achilles' heel of your type. And every type has one, so there's no such thing as "one type has it all" or "certain types are better than others." INTP and ESFP are insanely different, so if those are the two you're confused over it should be fairly easy to tell especially if you start looking for signs of your lower functions first. The page I linked above includes descriptions of "gripping" in your inferior function, which is basically when you're under extreme amounts of stress and your inferior function starts taking over in extremely disorienting ways. Check out Ni grip vs Fe grip and see which one sounds more like you.

There's a lot of things I haven't covered lol, mbti-notes has a lot more that can help. Things can get really messy when you get into this stuff. I'd avoid the E I S N F T J P dichotomies because they're very surface level and consequently the type descriptions can be very surface level too, like no ESFPs are not all drama queens. What makes someone an ESFP is by their function stacking and cognition, not the number of parties they attend every weekend, lmao.

Another thing to keep in mind is look at the motivation of why you're doing things, not just the things itself. Like, right now as I'm typing this out, I'm at the near back of my classroom with my face in the computer. Most people would probably look at me and say, "Oh she looks really introverted!" and I'd probably get typed as I a lot by people who just learned about myers briggs 2 seconds ago. But what that approach fails to consider is my actual cognition behind it. Like, I sit in the back of all my classrooms because that's where all the electrical outlets are and my computer dies quickly, plus it prevents people from looking at my screen and picking up my discord username, not because I seek a calmer environment from the classroom. Maybe I sit on my phone at the table sometimes not because I want to get away from it all and process my thoughts, but because the people actually present are already in their own clique and don't really welcome me that much, or I'm in the middle of a texting conversation, or there's just some really spicy memes on my feed lmao. E/I isn't how chatty you are or how many friends you have, it's simply where you'd rather direct your energy, either internally or externally. You can be sitting at home watching Netflix and still be directing energy outward by focusing on the screen and the story and not really going into your own thoughts, and vice versa, you can be out in the field playing baseball and still be directing energy inward by introspecting/reflecting/daydreaming within yourself. You just need to dig deeper and try not to focus on what you do, but why you do it.

I hope this helped! And by the way, if you do turn out to be an ESFPor INTP, there's nothing wrong with that! Like I said, every type has their own weaknesses. And consequently, they have their own strengths. They're different, not better/worse. Be proud of your type! 😄

Hey.... do you want to crush your STEM enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women? Tell them your party hardy ways keeps you productive by motivating you to procrastinate less and get things done faster (which is probably true, right? Just like I've heard having kids does the same). But also get this textbook so you can, just like pretty much every hugely successful person in existence, work hard and work smart.

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Ever heard of the "10,000-hour rule"? Well first of all that's kind of half bullshit because most people don't know where that idea came from so they don't understand the nuances behind it. Secondly, it came from that textbook. People literally studied world-class experts and figured out what made them so special and wrote a textbook about it.

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Also Dr. Phil has a new podcast which is surprisingly good (for someone who might seem like the irl version of Frasier Crane) and focuses on successful people; worth checking out to listen to when driving, trying to fall asleep, etc.

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PS: if the medical field interests you at all, in theory your Se-dom trait would make it easy for you to become a competent surgeon and according to mbti stereotypes you might enjoy it too.