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CAREER/PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT 2
Career/Personality Assessment
Individuals need guidance identifying careers that suits preference, values, ability and
personality. Understanding yourself and knowing yourself is critical when choosing or changing
career. Career assessments are tools that are designed to help individuals understand and find
professions that fit based on interest, skills, values and personality. It is designed to help
individuals with career choice and career transition by looking at abilities, personalities and
interests. Career assessments uses different tool and measures such as measure of interest,
measure of personality and measure of ability and aptitude. Measures of interest is used to helps
to identify career options consistent with career to achieve greater job satisfaction. Measure of
personality is used to assess a behavior and personality that is a good fit for a career path.
Measure of ability and aptitude is used to assess prior learning and skills for a career path. I have
taken three different career assessment test Strong Interest Inventory, Myers Briggs Typology
Inventory and NEO-Five Factor Inventory. They are measure of personality and measure of
interest.
Test results
The Strong Interest Inventory is an interest test that is used in career assessment. It only
measures interests and not abilities and aptitude. It measures interest in a broad range of school
subjects, work activities, leisure activities, people, characteristics and occupations. It helps
individuals understand their work interests and exemplify different work place which they might
be most satisfied working. The questionnaire consists of 291 items with six sections that
represented each team. The questionnaire had list of occupation, subjects and activates such as
‘Manager of chamber of commerce, Accounting mountain biking on rough terrain’’ where you
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answer with liker scale from strongly like to strongly dislike. The test takes about thirty to forty
minutes to complete. The results were scored and sent to the professor.
The results are described in interest, potential skills, personal values and work activates
Enterprising(E). Social is descried as jobs that requires caring, helping, being responsible, kind,
generous and cooperative. Realistic is descried as jobs that requires working outdoors,
computers, athletics and machines. Investigative is descried as jobs require being thoughtful,
analytical, intellectual, self-motivated and curious. Artistic is descried as jobs require being
My top three General Occupational Themes were Social (SS=66) with interest level very
high and was the only theme with very high interest level, Artistic moderate (SS=49), Realistic
moderate (SS=47) followed by the other themes Conventional moderate (SS=47), Investigative
moderate (SS=46) and Enterprising moderate (SS=46). My top five interest areas are Counseling
& helping (S), Teaching & Education (S), Military (R), Law (E) and Human Resources &
Training (S). Serval suggested occupations were Speech Pathologist, Social worker, Special
It was reassuring that Social Worker was one of the top 10 suggested occupations. This
semester is the second last semester to finish my Bachelor’s degree. I have been thinking to get
my Master’s degree after finishing my bachelor’s degree. The two top occupations that I have
been thinking about was Maters of Social Work and Positive Psychology. My decision weights
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mostly on Social Work but I have been very unsure. It was suppressing to me that Speech
Pathologist was the top suggested occupations. I have never thought about Speech Pathologist
before but I would like to look more into it. Teaching was suggested three times in my top 10
occupational suggestion. I have thought about doing tutoring at Palomar college but I have never
thought about being a teacher. It was interesting and reassuring to see my results.
Myers-Briggs Typology Inventory is a test that measures different type of personality that
can be used in career assessment. It helps individuals understand their work interests and
exemplify different work place which they might be most satisfied doing. It looks at eight
different personality preferences and natural personality strengths to find a career path that fits
them. The eight personality characteristics that are measured are extraversion, introversion,
sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging and perceiving. Judging and perceiving are how you
interact with the world around you. Judging people like structured and organized life whereas a
perceiving person likes flexible and spontaneous life. Extraversion and introversion are how
people engage and recharge energy from the world. Extraversion people are expressive and
outgoing whereas introversion people are reserved and are more conferrable alone. Thinking and
feeling are how we make decisions. Thinking people are logic whereas feeling people make
decisions based on heart and social considerations. Sensing and intuition are how we receive and
process information. Sensing people goes by senses and are present whereas intuitive people are
The questionnaire consists of 62 items with three parts that represented three different
topics. Part A has statements such as ‘’choose the words or phrase that describes you better,
tender-spirited or strong-minded’’. Part B has statements such as ‘’Choose the word or phrase
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you personally find more appealing, sensitivity or intelligence. Part C has statements such as
‘’Choose the answer that describes you better, make the first move, or hold back a little. The test
My four-letter code was INFJ. I stands for introversion (clear) and means that I am
reserved and are more conferrable alone. N stands for intuition (between somewhat clear and
clear) and it means that I am future focused, imaginative, deep and receive information through
internal world. F stands for feeling (very clear) and it means that I make decisions based on heart
and social considerations. J stands for Judging (somewhat clear) and it means that I prefer
structured and organized life. The results also indicated that INFJ people are quick to understand
people and express themselves through organized and quiet caring for other. They are good at
communicating concepts, like to assist other through talking and honor career that will honor
their inner values. Career such as teaching, religion, and counselling occupation field for INFJs.
introversion people are familiar with self-care. They more comfortable alone and like interacting
with small groups or one on one. There are different branch arias of social work that best suit for
introverted people. Social worker can work with people one on one or in a small group. It may be
hard to work with extrovert people but introvert person can choose to work with people who
want to get help one on one. Being intuition (between somewhat clear & clear) would be useful
in a career as a social worker because being deep and receiving information by questioning why
things happen the way they do can help them observe and understand people. They can spot cues
between line to find meaning when helping individuals. Being judging (somewhat clear) would
be useful in a career as a social worker because they have to plan, evaluate and organize client
treatment progresses. They also have to assist other communities and companies by making
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database or files and being organized is needed to complete such task. Being feeling (very clear)
would be useful in a career as a social worker because social worker has to work with individuals
or group who are facing problems. Being able to be passionate, warm and careering for other is a
NEO-Five Factor Inventory is also a test that measures five personality traits. It can help
individuals for greater self-understanding that can help with career choices. The five personality
traits that are measured are Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and
Neuroticism. Extraversion personality is how outgoing and social a person is. Openness
personality is how curious and open-minded a person is. Agreeableness personality is how caring
and cooperative a person is. Conscientiousness personality is how thoughtful and goal-directed a
The questionnaire consists of 60 items with 12 items per personality trait. It had list of
different statements that covered each personality domain such as: I am not a cheerful optimist, I
never been to be able to get organized and I am intrigued by the patterns I find in art and nature.
The responses were reported by five-point Likert scale; strongly disagree, disagree, neutral,
agree and strongly agree. The test takes from ten to fifteen minutes to complete.
My strongest trait was Openness high (T=61), followed by Agreeableness high (T=56),
Consciousness high (T=56), Extraversion average (T=55) and Neuroticism low (T=37) compared
to college women. This results indicates that I am adventurous, open to trying new to try new
thing, enjoy having a set schedule, feel empathy and concern for other people, emotionally stable
Being average extraverted will support social work because it will be easy to
communicate with clients. They can get a lot done when there is a lot going on around them
because they will recharge from it. They will enjoy working in teams and find it easy to be
talkative with their clients, in return the clients will feel comfortable to be open. Being an
average extraverted can also help to work in a quiet room and work with clients with one on one.
Being highly open will support social work because being open to meeting new people and face
new changes is good quality in social work. Social workers work with different people, being
curious and imaginative can help find new ways to help their individuals. It can help them come
up with new creative ideas to help their clients. Being high on consciousness will support social
work because being motivated, goal directed and dependable is needed not only when doing
social work but also in variety occupations. When helping individuals, being motivated in what
you are doing and always showing up to work with best performance can help client receive the
help they need. Being high on agreeableness will support social work because being helpful,
flexible cooperative when working with other people is a good. Agreeableness personality is also
prized in variety occupations. Friendliness, being trusting when helping individuals can make
clients feel safe when sharing their personal issues. Being low on neuroticism will support social
work because when working with people, being emotionally stable will help them block negative
emotions and resist stress when at work place. Social workers work with other people
individually or with a big group. Being able to control their emotions would help them focus on
their clients.
One of my top three General Occupational Themes was Social and is consistence with
my two personality test results agreeableness on NEO and feeling on MBTI. People who work in
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social occupations have interest working with people and helping others. They usually have
listing, showing understanding and people skills. An agreeable person care about others, have a
great deal interest in worker with other people and enjoy helping people. A person who is high in
agreeableness correlates with feeling personality. A person with Feeling personality is passionate,
warm and careering. An individual who have feeling and agreeable personality could have high
Realistic is my third top three General Occupational Themes. This is consistent with my
two personality traits Conscientiousness on NEO and Judging on MBTI. Individuals who work
in Realistic occupation have interest working with computers, machines and building. This kind
of occupations have high interest in people who are organized and like planning. Both
conscientiousness and Judging personality like planning, organizing and enjoy having a set
schedule.
My second top three General Occupational Themes was Artistic. Artistic is also
consistent with my two personality trait Openness on NEO and Intuitive on MBTI. People in
Artistic occupations are interested in self-expression, like creating art and appreciate art. People
who are high in openness and people who have intuitive trait are very creative and imaginative.
This kind of individuals would have high interest in artistic occupations where they can express
their personality.
My strongest trait on NEO-Five Factor Inventory was Openness high (T=61) and
was introversion (clear) and I scored very high social on Strong Interest Inventory. There are
some discrepancies among this test results but it is not a strong discrepancy. The two most
discrepancies test results are that I scored average extraversion on NEO and introversion (clear)
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on MBTI. This could be due to because I may be extravert in some situations and introvert in
some situations. This can explain that I am flexible and adapt to situations easily. This can also
explain my score on openness. I scored high on openness and that shows that I enjoy change,
open to new experience and adventurous. This can be an explanation to why I scored introverted
(clear) on MBTI and average extroverted on NEO. Being very open can make me open to try
new thing and also adapt to new situations. Being introverted does not also mean I dislike
connecting with people and being outgoing. Scoring high social on SII correlates with my
Agreeableness personality. I scored high on agreeableness and that means I care about others,
have a great deal interest in worker with other people and enjoy helping people. These are social
occupation potential skills. Being introverted does not mean I do not enjoy helping people. I can
Conclusion
The assessment was strongly accurate in describing me and was very consistent with my
career plans. Both the personality test and the interest test described me and my plans very
accurate. It was reassuring that Social Worker was one of the top 10 suggested occupations. I
have always wanted to be therapist or a counselor to help people individually but I did not know
what to do for my masters. As my senior year started approaching I strongly started thinking
about getting my master’s degree and become a social worker but I was very unsure. After taking
the personality test and the Strong Interest Inventory my thought has been secure. The Myers-
Briggs Typology Inventory also suggested consoling and teaching. Taking these assessments
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