The O*NET Interest Profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can find out what you like to do.
The O*NET Interest Profiler helps you decide what kinds of careers you might want to explore.
The next 60 questions are about work activities that some people do on their jobs.
Read each question carefully and decide how you would feel about doing each type of work:

  1. = strongly dislike
  2. = dislike
  3. = neutral
  4. = like
  5. = strongly like
Please do not think about how much education/training is needed or how much money you will make in each job!
There are no right or wrong answers!
Please take your time answering the questions. There is no need to rush!
You are learning about your interests, so that you can explore work you might like and find rewarding!

Build kitchen cabinets

Drive a truck to deliver packages to offices and homes

Develop a new medicine

Investigate the cause of a fire

Write books or plays

Paint sets for plays

Teach an individual an exercise routine

Teach children how to play sports

Buy and sell stocks and bonds

Negotiate business contracts

Develop a spreadsheet using computer software

Calculate the wages of employees

Lay brick or tile

Test the quality of parts before shipment

Study ways to reduce water pollution

Develop a way to better predict the weather

Play a musical instrument

Write scripts for movies or television shows

Help people with personal or emotional problems

Teach sign language to people who are deaf or hard of hearing

Manage a retail store

Represent a client in a lawsuit

Proofread records or forms

Inventory supplies using a hand-held computer

Repair household appliances

Repair and install locks

Conduct chemical experiments

Work in a biology lab

Compose or arrange music

Perform jazz or tap dance

Give career guidance to people

Help conduct a group therapy session

Operate a beauty salon or barber shop

Market a new line of clothing

Install software across computers on a large network

Record rent payments

Raise fish in a fish hatchery

Set up and operate machines to make products

Study the movement of planets

Invent a replacement for sugar

Draw pictures

Sing in a band

Perform rehabilitation therapy

Take care of children at a day-care center

Manage a department within a large company

Sell merchandise at a department store

Operate a calculator

Keep inventory records

Assemble electronic parts

Put out forest fires

Examine blood samples using a microscope

Do laboratory tests to identify diseases

Create special effects for movies

Edit movies

Do volunteer work at a non-profit organization

Teach a high-school class

Start your own business

Manage a clothing store

Keep shipping and receiving records

Stamp, sort, and distribute mail for an organization