Free Career Test
This free career test asks how much you would like 92 kinds of work and activity, then matches your interests to 923 real jobs from O*NET® data, in about 10 minutes.
- 92 items
- About 10 min
- Free results
Updated
How much would you like to do this? Answer quickly. Don’t worry about pay, training or whether you could do it.
Go with your first reaction. There are no right or wrong answers. Keyboard: 1 to 5 to answer, Enter for next, Backspace to go back. Answers save on this device as you go.
This test measures interests, not ability. Your answers are scored in your browser and saved only on this device.
How does this career test work?
You rate 92 short items, such as “Be a chemist” or “Plan budgets”, from “Strongly dislike” to “Strongly like”. Each item belongs to one of eight scales. Six of them stand for the six career interest types that researchers use most: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional. The other two, Adventure and Erudition, are extra themes.
Each scale’s score is the average of its items, on a 0 to 100 scale. Your three highest interest types make your interest code, such as SAI. Then we compare your six interest scores with the six scores of 923 real jobs, and list the jobs whose pattern rises and falls most like yours.
Is this a career aptitude test?
No. An aptitude test measures ability. This test measures interests: what kinds of work you would enjoy. It cannot tell you what you are good at, what you could earn or whether you would get a job. Use it as a starting point for ideas, then check each job’s real requirements.
What will I see afterward?
Your results page shows your interest code, your top three interest types explained in plain words, and all eight scale scores. Below that are the 20 jobs that match you best, with a filter for how much preparation each job needs, and a button to see more. Every job links to its full page on O*NET OnLine. You can copy a private link to your result.
Where do the questions and jobs come from?
The 92 items are the Oregon Vocational Interest Scales (ORVIS) from the International Personality Item Pool, a free, public-domain set of research questions, used word for word. The jobs and their interest scores come from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor. Read more about the six career interest types, or see how our tests work.
Questions about the career test
Is this a career aptitude test?
Not exactly, and we want to be clear. An aptitude test measures ability: what you can do now or could learn quickly. This test measures interests: what kinds of work you would enjoy. Many people search for a career aptitude test when they want ideas for jobs that suit them, and interests are a good place to start, but this test says nothing about your skills.
Is this career test free?
Yes. The test, your interest code, all eight scores and the matching jobs are free. There is no sign-up, no email and no paid report.
How long does the career test take?
Most people finish in 8 to 12 minutes. There are 92 short items, and you rate each one from “Strongly dislike” to “Strongly like”. Your answers save on your device as you go.
Where do the questions come from?
They are the 92 items of the Oregon Vocational Interest Scales (ORVIS) from the International Personality Item Pool, a free, public-domain set of research questions, shown word for word. The scales were described by Pozzebon, Visser, Ashton, Lee and Goldberg in 2010.
Where do the jobs come from?
From O*NET® data: 923 jobs from the O*NET 31.0 Database, which the U.S. Department of Labor publishes. Each job has six interest scores. We match your scores to theirs and link every job to its O*NET OnLine page.
What if I dislike most of the items?
That is fine. Your results use the pattern of your answers, not their size. What matters is which kinds of work you dislike least and like most. If every score comes out the same, the results page will say so and ask you to try again with more variety.