Career Quiz: What Career Is Right for Me?

30 quick questions about work you might like. Then the careers that fit your interests, what they pay and the jobs open for them now. Free, no account needed, about 5 minutes.

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Build kitchen cabinets
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Develop a new medicine
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Write books or plays
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Help people with personal or emotional problems
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Manage a department within a large company
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Install software across computers on a large network
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Repair household appliances
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Study ways to reduce water pollution
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Compose or arrange music
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Give career guidance to people
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Start your own business
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Operate a calculator
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Assemble electronic parts
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Conduct chemical experiments
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Create special effects for movies
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Perform rehabilitation therapy
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Negotiate business contracts
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Keep shipping and receiving records
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Drive a truck to deliver packages to offices and homes
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Examine blood samples using a microscope
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Paint sets for plays
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Do volunteer work at a non-profit organization
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Market a new line of clothing
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Inventory supplies using a hand-held computer
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Test the quality of parts before shipment
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Develop a way to better predict the weather
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Write scripts for movies or television shows
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Teach a high-school class
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Sell merchandise at a department store
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Stamp, sort, and distribute mail for an organization

Last, a few optional questions

They make your results fit you better. Skip any of them.

How much more school or training would you take on for a new career?

So we show careers you can reach.

The same work is more common in some countries than others, and pays differently. We show what it is like there.

So the pay we show is your state's.

We leave out careers that usually pay less.

The six interest areas

The quiz scores you on six kinds of work, the RIASEC areas career counselors use:

Realistic. Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Investigative. Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Artistic. Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Social. Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Enterprising. Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Conventional. Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

What the results are, and are not

They say which careers have work like the work you said you would enjoy. They do not measure your skills, and they leave out what a career needs in schooling: the results let you pick how much preparation you are ready for. Read them as ideas to look into, not a verdict.

This page includes information from the O*NET Career Exploration Tools by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY-ND 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.