Career Interest Assessment
This is the O*NET Mini Interest Profiler — a short, 30-question quiz built around Holland’s RIASEC model, which groups work interests into six types — Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Rate each activity from Strongly Dislike to Strongly Like, and we’ll match your top interests to real occupations and, where we have it, our own earnings data.
For each activity below, tell us how much you'd like doing it — from Strongly Dislike to Strongly Like. Don't think about how much education/training is needed or how much money you'd make, just whether you'd enjoy it.
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About this assessment
- Holland, J. L. (1959). A theory of vocational choice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 6(1), 35–45.
- Holland, J. L. (1997). Making vocational choices: A theory of vocational personalities and work environments (3rd ed.). Psychological Assessment Resources.
- Rounds, J., Su, R., Lewis, P., & Rivkin, D. (2010). O*NET Interest Profiler Short Form psychometric characteristics: Summary. National Center for O*NET Development.
- Rounds, J., Ming, C., Cao, M., Song, T., & Lewis, P. (2016). Development of an O*NET Mini Interest Profiler (Mini-IP) for Mobile Devices. National Center for O*NET Development.
The questionnaire above is the O*NET Career Exploration Tools Mini Interest Profiler (Mini-IP), used under the CC BY-ND 4.0 license. This page also incorporates career-match information from O*NET Web Services, credited below.
This page incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).