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My current analysis (based on episodes up to and including Search and Destroy):

Ruby: ENTJ

Ruby is a natural leader but of a "in the thick of it" sort of sense. ENTJs tend to be "field leaders" first and foremost, coming up with spur-of-the-moment plans by quickly analysing resources available and their plans are also somewhat unorthodox (giant slingshot decapitation attack). She is an Extrovert because she desires to have friends and is disappointed that she had to leave behind established friendships when she was bumped ahead two years to enter Beacon. One of the major reasons for figuring her as an NT types is, mainly, because the other three major groups were already covered by her team (heavy inference drawn from Search and Destroy).

Weiss: ESTJ

She likes to be in charge and gets upset when things don't go according to how she thinks they should be done. However, once she really "finds her place" (in this case, as deuterogonist to Ruby) she personally commits to be "the best teammate you'll ever have", embracing a position as sort of 'second in command'. Whereas an ISTJ would quietly go about their duty, more concerned with it getting done than anything else, Weiss, as an ESTJ, wants everyone to know that she is doing it and she is quite vocal about it. Her "issue" in Search and Destroy seems to be that she has a misplaced sense of duty. It's her dudy because she is a Shnee. But she doesn't want people to be interested in her just because she is a Shnee; she wants to establish her own reputation and sense of duty.

Blake: INFJ

Blake is an INFJ who seems to think that she is an ENFP. This was more strongly illustrated in Burning the Candle; she thinks all the burden is squarely on her shoulders and seems set on being some kind of martyr. But an ENFP, while having a strong sense of martyrdom, is also a leader of people. Jeanne de Arc, the quintessential ENFP, had a mission from God to lead the French in rebellion. Blake isn't the kind to lead a rebellion; she's a fixer and a doer, not a leader. She's the one the leader sends in when something specific needs to get done. Blake is most certainly an Idealist, for those who doubt, because her strongest value is knowing her true self and being true to it. She hides it, but it tears her up inside to need to do so. Idealists don't like to wear social "masks" and this is highlited with the "new White Fang" wearing masks (a practice she disliked). She looks forward to the day she can proudly admit to everyone that she is a Faunus.

Yang: ESFP

I almost labled her as an ESTP, but changed my mind after reviewing, again, Burning the Candle. ENTPs view people as tools to be manipulated. But Yang is a Feeler, not Tough-Minded. She really cares about her team more than a straight ESTP would. Even people like Junior and his crew, she refers to fondly as "friends", even after wiping the floor with them. The way she talks to Blake, sharing her backstory, etc. points to her being more interested in people getting along. She claims to be a thrill seeker (trademark of the ESTP) but later in Search and Destroy, she claims that "wasn't exactly true". She isn't a "thrill" seeker, she's an "attention" seeker. She loves it when people pay attention to her and that's what makes her an ESFP; she values and cares for her team and her audience and even her opponents (the human ones, anyway) more than she cares about the thrill.

Jaune: ENFP

Jeanne de Arc was the poster-girl for ENFP and Jaune follows in her footsteps, wanting to be a hero and also feels it's "all up to him" to prove his worth. Which leads us into...

Pyrrha: ESFJ

She's a caregiver who just so happens to be blessed with enough martial prowess to be the best among her peers.

Nora: ESTP

Here's the real ESTP. She is the real thrill seeker who is often completely oblivious to anything else (ie. knocking Blake off the bridge in Players and Pieces).

Ren: INTJ

I have a feeling Monty is one, too.