Feedback presentation InterQuest
Presenter: Madzy de Nooij
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InterQuest, a psychometric test
- Potential
- Abilities and aptitudes
- Personal traits
- Educational measurement
+ occupational interests
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Contents of InterQuest report
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InterQuest has 2 components:
A: Career interest questionnaire with 250 questions:
B: 8 Ability and Aptitude tests
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This page is only about the students interests; not his or her abilities. The overall match will be explained on
slight 8.
Look at the career fields printed in colour as a group of interests. In this particular case you see a strong
interest in helping people; mentally, medically or in a different field. Look at the two at the bottom printed in
black but still with a high interest.
Careers in blue
display key
occupational
interests
Green ball “i”
= student‘s
personal
interest
Pink “M” =
lower interest
level but
strong
overall match
Can the student identify different career groups?
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Grouping career fields
Business– management, finance, commercial, hotel management, law related, information management,
administration
Science – biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, agricultural based, environmental sciences
Art – academic art, graphic design, structural design, landscape design
Humanities – teaching, psychology, social work, law related, HR
Sports – public protection and security
Medicine – medical general, medical alternative, medical chemistry based, animal related
Performing arts – drama, theatrical support, music
Communication – languages, publishing, journalism/PR, information management, administration
Engineering – structural design, civil engineering, mechanical eng, mathematics, computing/IT
Social sciences – politics, history, law related, geography
Word related – languages, law related, history, politics
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Identifying hobbies, talents and career options
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Career selection worksheets
We will follow: Medical General
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The report will show a list of careers that the student might like to
consider; in this case in the field of “medical general”
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The Overall Match: On this page you will see the student’s interest in 5 additional areas that
are important to support the student’s initial interest i.e. medical general. When you add up the
6 percentiles and you divide them by 6 you will find the Overall match.
High interest
Low interest
Moderate
interest
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It is important to discuss the red and amber bars.
Additional information
Do the interests match the student’s strengths?
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Students will become even more aware of important interests and skills after having
completed this check list
The more boxes the student can tick off the better will be the match. When it would be less than 12 the
career field at the top might not entirely suit the student.
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The chart is designed to help the student to choose subjects that support their possible future
career interests
key
They should always check with the country where they think they might want to go to university
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An overview of the available IB subjects at your school
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9 Ability and aptitude tests
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Abstract
reasoning:
Three
dimensional
reasoning:
Verbal
reasoning:
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Numerical
Reasoning:
Two
dimensional
reasoning:
Arithmetic
Calculation
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The test results compared to 2500 of the student’s peers
The green shapes reflect their scores, the red line shows the average score.
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Speed and Accuracy
The grey bar
high lights your
speed
The blue bar
high lights your
accuracy
Is there anything you can learn from the difference between your speed and accuracy?
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Thinking and Learning styles
Where is/are your largest grey areas?
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Personal Preferences related to jobs
Team work
Social interaction
Making progress
Working environment
Physical factors
This overview is based on 1 question only.
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Next step:
-  Combining the information in the report with all sorts of other information about your
son or daughter plus their personality
- Identifying possible career fields by reading the career descriptions
-  Ticking off the boxes at the bottom of the worksheets
-  Identifying various university majors that could help the student reaching its goal
- Thinking of ways how the student can learn more about various jobs
-  Encouraging the student to get involved in extra curriculum activities
In year 12:
-  Exploring universities where they offer suitable courses and that also match their
personal interests
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Further research through Step In
www.stepone.ac
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