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So, you’re trying to decide what you want to do with your life but you’re having a little trouble? Have no fear, simply jump on your computer and take a free career quiz, or 9. Most of them will give you an idea of what you will be good at and can offer personalized suggestions for careers you might like.
These quizzes are typically quick, easy and can be pretty accurate, if you take the right ones. How do you know which ones are “the right ones?” Well, I’ve compiled a list of some of the ‘free’ career quizzes you can take online and ranked them from best to worst.
I have ranked 9 career quizzes using four Criteria, length, fun factor, fully free and accuracy. Each category is ranked on a scale from one to five, five being the best. I’ve included a brief description of each quiz, but if you really want to know if they work, try some and find out for yourself.
9 Best Online Career Quizzes:
- Who do you want 2B?
http://www.whodouwant2b.com/quiz/
Total Score: 19
- Length: 5
- Fun Factor: 5
- Fully Free: 5
- Accuracy: 4
This is a fun quiz with lots of exciting graphics. It focuses more on who you want to be or where you see yourself in the future. It is also quick to get through with only 15 questions. It gives you 3 fields of interest in your results. When you click on one it takes you to a description of the field, a video tutorial and earning information. This is a great informational site overall, especially for high school students.
- Your Free Career Test
www.yourfreecareertest.com/
Total Score: 15
- Length: 3
- Fun Factor: 3
- Fully Free: 5
- Accuracy: 4
This quiz is designed for high school students and adults. With only 54 multiple choice questions (takes about 3 minutes), this quiz is easy and quick to get through. The questions focus on what you are actually interested in doing and gives you results best fitted to those interests. Your results are given with percentages and suggestions as to what classes you should take and examples of careers you can go into under each result.
- Personality Profile Test: Finding a career that’s right for you
http://www.high-school.devry.edu/personality-profile/questions.htm
Total Score: 15
- Length: 4
- Fun Factor: 4
- Fully Free: 5
- Accuracy: 2
This quiz is more of a personality test. It uses scenario questions to find out what kind of person you are and gives you best match results based on those findings. It’s a little more fun and personalized. It is also quick with only 32 questions. However, it is not very accurate in deciding your career based on how you face different scenarios. You will get 4 career suggestions.
- Best Job Selector
http://www.selectsmart.com/topjobs.html
Total Score: 15
- Length: 5
- Fun Factor: 2
- Fully Free: 5
- Accuracy: 3
This quiz is more geared towards adults who are already in the career world and are maybe looking for a change. The questions are very focused on what you like and dislike about work and what is important to you in a career. It is also short, with only 15 questions. Your results are given in order from 1 to 200 with percentages. They are relatively accurate but only the job title is shown. They lack a full description of the career results.
- Educations.com Career Test
http://www.educations.com/career-test
Total Score: 14
- Length: 4
- Fun Factor: 3
- Fully Free: 3
- Accuracy: 4
This test is goes pretty quick with 35 yes or no questions. It is pretty straight forward, but it could definitely benefit from a ‘maybe’ choice. Not everything can be answered with a yes or a no. With this one you do have to give your email address to receive your results. If you are willing to share this personal information, this quiz is worth a go through. They offer descriptions of your career results as well as suggestions for courses you might want to take.
- What Career is Right for Me?: Career aptitude test
http://www.whatcareerisrightforme.com/career-aptitude-test.php
Total Score: 14
- Length: 4
- Fun Factor: 3
- Fully Free: 5
- Accuracy: 2
This quiz is on the shorter side. It is done a little differently as you actually have to rate yourself in each of the 4 categories as low, below average, average, above average and high. The goal of this quiz is to get an idea of what you are good at, or at least what you think you are good at. The problem is that it is not very accurate. The rating system seems to be a bit too vague.
- My Career Quizzes: Job Quiz: What is your dream job?
http://www.mycareerquizzes.com/job-quiz
Total Score: 10
- Length: 3
- Fun Factor: 3
- Fully Free: 2
- Accuracy: 2
For this quiz, you have to sign up for a free membership to actually receive your results. This requires providing personal information. It focuses on interests and personality. It is relatively short, but the questions are vague and the 5 answers you have to choose from may not apply to everyone. They also send you to a college finder website before you receive your results.
- Career Fitter
http://careerfitter.com/free_test/careerbuilder/test.asp?afip./,-=],,,,,,Type%20equation%20here.d
Total Score: 7
- Length: 3
- Fun Factor: 3
- Fully Free: 1
- Accuracy: 0
This quiz isn’t super short but it goes pretty quick with 60, 2 choice questions. There are a pretty wide variety of questions here that focus on things like personality, interests and work ethic. However, they won’t show you your results unless you purchase a package. With this one you don’t even get partial results.
- MAPP Assessment
http://www.assessment.com/takemapp/
Total Score: 7
- Length: 1
- Fun Factor: 2
- Fully Free: 1
- Accuracy: 3
For this quiz you actually have to join their site to take the test. It is very long, with 71 questions, and they take a long time to answer. The questions are also formed differently by asking for your preference between 3 statements. Upon completion they send you to a university advertising page before sending you to your results. You will only see partial results; they call this a free sample. You have to purchase an upgraded package for full results and they are quite pricey. They do show you an overly, somewhat confusing descriptive assessment. They probably have pretty accurate results, but in my opinion, it’s not worth the cost.
In Summary
These career quizzes probably won’t give you all the answers, but they will give you some solid ideas to go on. Once you have an idea of what you might want to do with your life, you can start looking for colleges to help get you there. Traditional universities are great, but if you are looking to get into a career quickly, without a lot of gen ed courses, try looking at a technical trade school. These types of schools can get you into a career in half the time and provide the type of hands on training that you just can’t get in other colleges.
So take a few of these career quizzes and take charge of your future. Once you take the 1st step towards your dream career, everything else will likely fall into place.