Career Interest Inventory
Learning about yourself is the most important step in your search for a job or career. A Career Interest
Inventory helps you relate your interests and abilities to career choices. The following survey will link your career
interests to related high school courses.
Step 1: Mark the items within each category that describe you.
Realistic
Are You:
Handy
Active, enjoy sports
Good with Animals
Good with Tools
Investigative
Are You:
Interested in Learning
One who asks questions
Alert
One who likes Science
Artistic
Are You:
Artistic
Able to Imagine new things
Able to Think of new ideas
Yourself
Social
Are You:
Friendly
Helpful
A people person
Kind
Enterprising
Are You:
Confident
Able to be firm
Active
Able to Argue
Conventional
Are You:
Neat and Clean
Accurate
Careful to be neat
Careful to do things right
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Step 2: Total the number of items checked for each category.
Can You:
Fix things
Read a drawing
Play a sport
Put up a Tent
Can You:
Use facts to answer questions
Think
Solve math problems
Use a microscope
Can You:
Sketch, draw, paint
Play a musical instrument
Write stories, sing, act, dance
Decorate your room
Can You:
Teach a Child
Tell people what you need
Cooperate with others
Plan an Activity
Can You:
Sell things
Talk to people
Organize Activities
Start Projects
Can You:
Follow school rules
Keep records
Write letters
Use a computer
Twenty-first
Century Career Connections
Total -- R
Like To:
Build things
Work outdoors
Work with Tools
Use your hands
Total -- I
Like To:
Find things
Use computers
Work alone
Read magazines about computers
Total -- A
Like To:
Attend concerts, art exhibits
Read
Work on crafts, make things
Take pictures
Total -- S
Like To:
Work with other people
Help people
Play team sports
Participate in meetings
Total -- E
Like To:
Make decisions
Plan get-togethers with friends
Meet important people
Win an Award
Total -- C
Like To:
Use computers
Work with numbers
Be exact with words, numbers
Follow directions