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Interests and Direction
The Career Interests Compass
Reveals the student's leaning toward six types of activity, and produces a three-letter code that sums up their mix.
60 items
12 minutes
6 dimensions
Intermediate and above
What it measures
Early guidance for the high-school track and the university major, and linking your subject to the student's interests to raise their motivation.
How to read the result
Array
Before administering
Tell the students: "There is no grade for this test and no right answer. The question is: do you like doing this? Answer about what you like, not about what other people expect."
Its limits
It does not measure ability and it does not measure achievement. Interests in early adolescence are unstable — measure again after a year.
Its dimensions
- RealisticWhen high: Drawn to hands-on work and to concrete activities with a visible result.
- InvestigativeWhen high: Enjoys analysis, research and getting to the root cause.
- ArtisticWhen high: Thrives when given freedom in how they present their work.
- SocialWhen high: Draws energy from interaction and from helping others.
- EnterprisingWhen high: Seeks influence, responsibility and a quick result.
- ConventionalWhen high: Comfortable with order, defined standards and fine detail.
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