Types of Career Tests
There are two primary kinds of career tests.
Performance tests measure how much you know, how well you read and write, how well you learn, and how skilled you are. Assessment tests measure personal characteristics like interests, work values, and personality traits. They don’t have right or wrong answers; there is no need to study for them.
Assessment tests fall into three categories:
Interest Inventories helps you identify your interests related to the world of work. An inventory can assist you in identifying training, education, or careers with activities that you might like doing.
Work Values Instruments allow you to pinpoint what you value in jobs (such as achievement, autonomy, recognition, support, and conditions of work) and then identify occupations that share your work values and the characteristics of jobs.
Personality Measures help identify your personal style in dealing with tasks, data, and other people. An understanding of your personality helps you to make decisions about training programs, which jobs to apply for, or which career direction to take.
If you already know you want to work in the hospitality industry, work value and personality measures may be the most helpful tests for you. Some such tests, such s the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator, are too sophisticated for you to interpret on your own and you need to have your results analyzed by someone trained in career counseling or psychology.
