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Career Exploration
Interest Survey
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Career Exploration

Who, what, how? Select an individual below to get the real-life details on a chosen career path.

Accountant	Agricultural Scientist	Architect	Artist	Carpenter
Chef	Dietician	Doctor	Engineer	Heatlh Services Manager
Hospitality	Lawyer	Musician	Nurse	Personal Trainer
Physical Therapist	Pilot	Police	Programmer	Scientist
Social Worker	Sports Agent	Teacher	Veterinarian	Writer

Interest Survey

There are no right or wrong answers to this survey. Simply read through all 36 questions and select the best possible answer about yourself. You must answer all 36 questions.

First, Choose your age:
8-13 Years 14-18 Years

1. When you get home from school, would you rather
do your own thing without talking to anyone
call someone and talk on the phone

3. Which upsets you more, when your parents
change their minds about things
argue with you

5. You just got a new video game. Would you rather play
by yourself
with another person

7. Your friend tells you a secret that he cheated on a test. Would you
feel that is not fair and turn him in
not say anything to anyone, since it was a secret

9. Would you rather
go to a movie
go hang out with friends

11. Your best two friends are in an arugment. Would you
stay out ot it
try to understand the problem and help the two of them work it out

13. If someone is at the door, do you
hope someone else will get it
run to answer it

15. It is
pretty hard to hurt your feelings
pretty easy to hurt your feelings

17. Would you rather
be by yourself
be with a group of friends

19. You go to the movies with your friends. It is more embarrassing
to not understand the movie
to have the movie make you cry

21. Are you more comfortable
listening
talking

23. Would the guidance counselor think you're
too social with other kids in school
not social enough

25. When you're in line at the cafeteria, do you
quietly go about your business
say "hi" and chat with anyone you know who's also in line

27. Which would annoy you more, if your teacher
counted every single homework assignment all year
decided not to count the ones that lots of people didn't do

29. Would you rather
watch sports on TV
play sports

31. If you're in an argument with a friend, are you more likely to
stick to your position beacuse you know you're right
try to find some way to agree and make everything okay

33. Would you rather listen to music
by yourself
with other people who want to dance

35. It's more important that people think you're
smart and logical
nice and friendly

2. Which show are you more likely to watch?
Drake and Josh
Lost

4. On a weekend, would you rather
go somewhere new
do the stuff you usually do

6. Would you rather read a book about
a detective that chases criminals through a city
a knight that fights evil in a mythical land

8. Do you clean your room
all the time
from time to time, whenever you feel like it

10. Do you prefer thinking about
what's real
what could be

12. If you have homework to do,
you have to clean up the place you're working at before you can start
you can just shove everything aside and do your work

14. Is having common sense
really important
not that big a deal

16. When you go to a restaurant with your family, do you
decide what you want quickly
think about it for a long time

18. It is worse to be
a dreamer
stuck doing the same thing again and again

20. Would you rather your parents give you money
as an allowance every week, in exchange for completing a certain list of chores
at whatever time you complete a particular chore

22. If you had a guest speaker in class who was an expert in the future, do you think you'd find him
sort of annoying
cool to listen to

24. You're trying to decide what to wear to a party. Are you happier
after the decision
before the decision

26. If a friend needed help with homework, is it more likely that he would ask you for
help with a research report
help with a creative writing assignment

28. Are you happier
leaving the video store with a movie you want to see
going into the video store thinking about the movies you'd like to see

30. Would you rather your parents tell you you're
incredibly useful and helpful
a wonderful dreamer

32. For your birthday you got a gift certificate to a big CD store. Picking out a new CD
takes no time at all
takes a long time

34. Which field trip would you prefer:
A trip to meet journalists at the local paper
A trip to a 14th century castle

36. Do you prefer to
make specific plans with your friends
go to someone's house to hang out and figure out what you'll do later

1. A stranger starts up a conversation with you. Do you
want to get away as quickly as possible
want to hear what this person has to say

3. In deciding what college to go to, are you more likely to make the decision based on
the ranking of the best school
the place you most want to be

5. Are you more comfortable
listening
talking

7. Which upsets you more, when your parents
change their minds about things
argue with you

9. Do you think of yourself as
more of a listener
more of a good conversationalist

11. If you can't make it to a party that you said you were going to, do you
call up the host and say you just can't make it
apologize and say how sorry you are for missing it

13. To do homework, do you prefer to
be alone
discuss it on the phone or in a group of people

15. If you're in an argument with a friend, are you more likely to
stick to your position because you know you're right
try to find some way to agree and make everything okay

17. Would you rather
hang out by yourself
hang out with a group of friends

19. Do you prefer teachers that are
fair and "by the book"
willing to consider circumstances

21. If someone is at the door, do you
hope someone else will get it
run to answer it

23. You're babysitting a 9 year old who wants to stay up late to watch something on TV. Are you more likely to be
strict and ask the child to go to bed
easy on him and let him stay up and watch at least the first half of the program

25. Would you rather
go to a movie
go hang out with friends

27. Would the guidance counselor think you're
too social with other kids in school
not social enough

29. When you get home, are you more likely to
sit and watch TV
talk on the phone

31. It's more important that people think you're
smart and logical
nice and friendly

33. Would you rather
talk on the phone
read

35. It bugs you more when your teacher
is soft on people that never study
has a quiz everyday to make sure people do the reading

2. Which type of movie do you prefer?
An action film like Rush Hour 3
A fantasy like Golden Compass

4. You have a paper due in 4 weeks. Do you
create a schedule and try to follow it
get stuff done when you can

6. Are you hoping that college will
ground you in what's real in the world
give you a sense of all possibilities

8. Picking a topic for a paper
takes no time at all
takes a long time

10. If a friend needed help with homework, is it more likely that he would ask you for
help with a research report
help with a creative writing assignment

12. After school, do you prefer that your time is
scheduled with stuff to do
free so you can do what you want, when you want

14. Do you prefer thinking about
what's real
what could be real

16. Are you happier
leaving the video store with a movie you want to see
going into the video store thinking about the movies you'd like to see

18. In history class, would you prefer to read
a chapter filled with facts and dates
a chapter that compares what happened to other events

20. Do you prefer to
make specific plans with your friends
go to a friend's house to hang out and figure out what you'll do later

22. If you had a guest speaker in class who was an expert in the future, do you think you'd find him
sort of annoying
cool to listen to

24. You are assigned a paper and go to the Internet to look up the topic. Are you happier to find
2 sites with good stuff
10 sites with good stuff

26. Is common sense
a really important trait
not that big a deal

28. You're trying to decide what to wear to a party. Are you happier
after the decision
before the decision

30. If you had to be in one, would you rather be in
the debate club
the drama club

32. You're assigned a research paper. Would you rather
have points along the way where you need to turn stuff in
show stuff to the teacher only if you need help along the way

34. Which do you prefer:
to never be late to anything ever again
to be able to fly

36. When you go to a restaurant with your family, do you
decide what you want quickly
think about it for a long time

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