Knowing Yourself

Seeking to know yourself is the first step in career planning. You have to understand your aptitudes and expectations. They are the basis on which you make decisions for your career.

There are a great number of assessment methods to help you know yourself more though their effectiveness on different persons varies. We are going to introduce to you a simpler and easier method for increasing self-knowledge in the aspects of your interests, abilities, character, qualifications and expectations.


Knowing Yourself: Interest

Interests are the things that you enjoy doing irrespective of the material benefits from them. If you feel interested in your job, you will be more motivated to work hard.

You may try to get an idea about your feelings and attitudes about different kinds of work through the following aptitude test.


Career Interest Assessment


  1. This assessment test is divided into three parts each of which contains 12 questions. Choose the most appropriate number on the scales indicating degrees of fondness and perception on your own abilities.

  2. After answering all questions, please write down the marks of each question in the appropriate blank in the tables on P.11 and sum up the total. Your career interests lie on the occupation category from which you obtain the highest marks.

  3. We shall discuss the result in the part on “Making the Right Decision”.




First Part

The following are common school or extra-curricular activities listed by students in Hong Kong. Do you enjoy them (Please circle the most appropriate number)

Dislike very much Dislike Enjoy Enjoy very much
1. Attend science class 1 2 3 4
2. Listen to music 1 2 3 4
3. Make new friends 1 2 3 4
4. Learn about computer installation and maintenance 1 2 3 4
5. Singing 1 2 3 4
6. Conciliate disputes among classmates 1 2 3 4
7. Lead other classmates to organise class activities 1 2 3 4
8. Keep small pets 1 2 3 4
9. Make models 1 2 3 4
10. Carry out scientific experiments 1 2 3 4
11. Collect models (e.g. cars, aircraft models) or coins 1 2 3 4
12. Devise and implement plans to promote extra-curricular activities 1 2 3 4

Second Part

If you are asked to engage in the following activities, would you do better or worse than your classmates (Please circle the most appropriate number)

Much worse Slightly worse Slightly better Much better
1. Listen to your friends’ problems and comfort them 1 2 3 4
2. Learn to repair electrical appliances (e.g. television, radio) 1 2 3 4
3. Play a musical instrument (e.g. piano, flute, guitar) 1 2 3 4
4. Sort out statistical data and draw charts 1 2 3 4
5. Comprehend television programmes on scientific subjects 1 2 3 4
6. Drawing (including comics) 1 2 3 4
7. Talk with others to enhance your understanding of them 1 2 3 4
8. Recruit new members of a school club 1 2 3 4
9. Play “street-fighters” type of electronic games 1 2 3 4
10. Study astronomical information 1 2 3 4
11. Promote a new school club 1 2 3 4
12. Calculate the quantity of food, drinks and other resources required in a club activity 1 2 3 4

Third Part

Interests in Jobs Commonly Found in Hong Kong

The following are various types of jobs. Would you enjoy working in the posts Please assume that the salary and benefits are the same for all of the following posts because what we are now assessing is only your interests in these jobs. (Please circle the most appropriate number)

Dislike very much Dislike Enjoy Enjoy very much
1. Bus driver 1 2 3 4
2. Composer 1 2 3 4
3. Bank teller 1 2 3 4
4. Archaeologist who studies the buried remains of ancient times 1 2 3 4
5. Manager of a "Four-star" hotel 1 2 3 4
6. Account clerk 1 2 3 4
7. Aircraft maintenance technician 1 2 3 4
8. Playwright 1 2 3 4
9. School social worker 1 2 3 4
10. Supervisor of a child care centre 1 2 3 4
11. Meteorological analyst in an observatory 1 2 3 4
12. Manager of a fast food chain 1 2 3 4

Calculating Result

The six alphabets represent six different job categories. To calculate the marks for each category, please write down the marks of each question in the appropriate blank and sum up the total.

R
Question Marks
4  
9  
14  
21  
25  
31  
Total  
I
Question Marks
1  
10  
17  
22  
28  
35  
Total  
 
A
Question Marks
2  
5  
15  
18  
26  
32  
Total  
S
Question Marks
3  
6  
13  
19  
33  
34  
Total  
E
Question Marks
7  
12  
20  
23  
29  
36  
Total  
C
Question Marks
8  
11  
16  
24  
27  
30  
Total  

Note:
R = Realistic occupations I = Investigative occupations
A = Artistic occupations S = Social occupations
E = Entrepreneur occupations C = Conventional occupations

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