 |
Interest Inventories
Interest inventories are questionnaires that ask you about your likes and dislikes in a wide range of general activities. Your answers are used to develop a personal interest profile, which is then compared to the profiles of other students or to groups of people who are successfully employed in various occupations. A high level of similarity between your profile and the profiles of students in particular majors or people in particular jobs can give you some ideas of majors and careers to explore. The results of an interest inventory might even make you question whether you want to continue considering a major if you don't have any real interest in it. Interest inventories do not, however, tell you what you should or should not do or whether you have the skills and personality necessary to be successful in those majors or careers.
Interest inventories can be completed either by paper and pencil or on a computer. The length of time it will take you to complete an interest inventory will depend on how carefully you think about each question in the survey. For the best results, don't rush through the survey—give yourself enough time to take it seriously.
The Strong Interest Inventory (SII), the Campbell Interest and Skills Survey, and DISCOVER, a Web-based guidance program, are all available through Career Services, which offers other career-related assessments as well.
|
|
|
