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Career interest test

Find out which of eight interest areas suit you best, from leadership and creativity to analysis and practical work, and which occupations match your profile.

  • 92 questions
  • About 9 min

Questionnaire / instrument: ORVIS

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What does it measure?

Eight vocational interests: leadership, organization, altruism, creativity, analysis, production, adventure and erudition. It explores activities you enjoy, which can help you consider work and study options.

Where does it come from?

The Oregon Vocational Interest Scales (ORVIS) were developed by Pozzebon, Visser, Ashton, Lee and Goldberg. Their 2010 publication describes a public-domain measure available through IPIP.

How is the result calculated?

You rate how much you would like each activity. Responses are averaged within the eight areas. The site also suggests occupations based on your interest profile using occupational data.

What can the result tell you?

Interest is different from skill, qualifications or the likelihood of getting a job. Career matches are suggestions for exploration, not a validated prediction of satisfaction or success in a particular occupation.

Languages and adaptations

English follows the original ORVIS wording; German uses Marc Schreiber’s published IPIP translation. Other translations, including Norwegian, were made for this site with AI assistance and have not been independently validated.

License and reuse

Public domain

IPIP places its items and scales in the public domain. They may be used, copied, adapted and translated for commercial and non-commercial purposes without a fee or separate permission.

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Sources and further reading

Pozzebon, J. A., Visser, B. A., Ashton, M. C., Lee, K., & Goldberg, L. R. (2010). Psychometric characteristics of a public-domain self-report measure of vocational interests: The Oregon Vocational Interest Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment, 92(2), 168-174.

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