Your Basic Interest Scores presented below measure your level of interest in 15 different areas. The first 12 scores measure your occupational interests. The next 3 scores are "work styles" that measure your attitudes towards certain common aspects of work. Click on the score names to see the definitions.
Each Basic Interest score is displayed as a percentile. For example, a score of 80% means you scored higher in this Basic Interest than 80 percent of people (
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Percentile scores on the following three work styles show your interest in being assertive, persuasive, and systematic (being organized and completing things step-by-step). These three styles are required across many different occupations. Your scores on them can lead you to consider a whole range of occupations and identify many that you should avoid.
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| Assertive | 30 | |
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| Persuasive | 87 | |
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| Systematic | 37 | |
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Scores higher than 70 are a great place to start when considering your career or educational options. These high scores indicate areas of greater interest than a majority of the general public.
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Your highest score was on Writing, which means that you enjoy creative or technical writing. You are also likely to be interested in a broad range subjects, so finding occupations that allow you to exercise these interests would lead to higher work satisfaction for you. You also scored highly on Persuasive, indicating that you enjoy work which involves influencing, advising, counseling, guiding, motivating, or directing the activities of others. Your high score on the Health Service scale means that you are interested in helping to prevent, diagnose or cure diseases through laboratory work, or by attending to the health needs of individuals directly.
Scores below 30 are considered "low scores" and are just as important as high scores. Low scores do not necessarily mean you lack skill in these areas; rather they indicate a lack of interest or dislike for certain activities. You will be happier if you avoid professions that require you to perform tasks for which you have little interest. Understanding what jobs to avoid can save you time and prevent costly career or educational mistakes.
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Your lowest interest score was on Industrial Art. Even though you may be a creative person, you would probably be unhappy in careers that involve making or repairing things using machinery, or by hand. You also showed low interest on Teaching/Social Service, so you wouldn't be fulfilled in careers where substantial time was spent instructing people in learning new things, helping people solve problems, and assisting others. Finally, your low score on Personal Service means that you wouldn't enjoy careers where the majority of your time was spent interacting with others and providing the public with services involving personal contact.
For a more comprehensive interpretation of your Interests you need to take into consideration:
- The whole configuration of your Basic Interest scores in conjunction with other profiles presented in this report
- Your biographical and academic information
- Data derived from other tests you've taken or would like to take
- Your personality, values and knowledge, skills and abilities
Your workplace fit results can be viewed as a graph. Just as each of us is unique, every graph is a one-of-a-kind snapshot of your individual set of preferences. Keep in mind that everyone scores high in some areas and low in others. High or low scores aren't good or bad, they simply illustrate your compatibility with different work environments. No one scores equally high on all 7 scales (nor would you want to).
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| Enterprising (Persuaders) - | Your Score: High |
| Enterprising types are people-oriented. They like to talk to, influence and persuade others. They are confident, adventurous, assertive and show leadership. |
| Artistic (Creators) - | Your Score: High |
| Artistic types are often thought of as original and creative by others. Such people enjoy expressing themselves in artistic ways such as acting, dancing, creating music or visual art, or by expressing their ideas either through discussion or debate. |
| Conventional (Organizers) - | Your Score: High |
| Conventional types enjoy supervising others in jobs where rules and tasks are well defined. They show careful attention to detail, are organized, follow instructions well and prefer jobs where their daily duties are regular and fixed. |
| Social (Helpers) - | Your Score: Med |
| Social types are interested in helping to keep others emotionally or physically healthy, or in teaching others. They enjoy giving advice and working directly with people, either in groups or individually. |
| Attentive (Servers) - | Your Score: Med |
| Attentive types enjoy helping others, serving others' personal needs and looking after the comfort and well-being of others. They are happy in jobs requiring sociability, politeness, patience and a happy disposition. |
| Investigative (Thinkers) - | Your Score: Low |
| Investigative types enjoy the challenge of problem solving in mathematics, technology, and sciences, and the abstract and practical ideas related to these areas. Applied science, such as engineering, technology or computer science may also be of interest to them. They can be technically creative. |
| Realistic (Doers) - | Your Score: Low |
Realistic types like physical activity, working with their hands, and are mechanically-inclined. They enjoy working outdoors and do not mind physical risks on the job.
Values - What's Important To You
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Understanding what you want out of life can help you to make trade-offs when it comes to your job. By now, you probably have a long list of things you're looking for in a job-short commute, flexible hours, great people to work with, just to name a few. How you prioritize this list can tell you a lot about what you value in a career and in life.
People who are internally motivated by their career care most about the intangible benefits it brings. For example, they enjoy the sense of achievement they get from a job well done. These values are called, Intrinsic Values. Whereas Extrinsic values are values such as a high salary, recognition or a prestigious title.
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| Achievement
Challenge
Competition
Excellence
Knowledge
Using Your Abilities
Work Mastery
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Aesthetics - Beauty
Autonomy
Creativity - Self Expression
Ownership
Risk - Adventure
Setting Your Own Schedule
| Relationships
Community
Contact with Public
Coworkers
Helping Others
Social Interaction
Your Supervision
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Extrinsic Values
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| Recognition
Advancement
Fame
Leadership
Power - Authority
Prestige - Status
Respect
| Support
Company Policies
Employee Benefits & Perks
Job Security
Paid Vacation
Stability
Supportive Supervisor
| Working Conditions
Comfort - Low Stress
Compensation - Pay/Salary
Flexibility - Hours
Short Commute - Travel
Variety - Change
Work Environment
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Whether you are motivated by intrinsic values, extrinsic values, or a combination of both, it's how well your job matches up against your values that helps to determine how satisfied you are.
Source: http://www.free-career-test.com
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