The Career Interests Game

Always striving to discover and refine their identity, high school- and college-age students love to take classification quizzes online. “Are You A Good Kisser?” asks a banner ad on Facebook. “What American city are you?” (For the record, I’m Austin.) OKCuipd has harnessed this tendency and turned it to their advantage, offering up the results of their multitude of quizzes as part of users’ dating profiles.

So, it makes sense that the University of Missouri’s Career Center would use a similar tactic to help students discover potential career paths.

Dividing peoples’ skillsets into only six types is a little simplistic, though it asks you to select the three you are most like, which is probably broad enough to at least start heading in the right direction. But I have no quips to offer up about this. If I’m honest with myself, I really only identify with one, and halves of two others. I firmly believe self-discovery never ends; my current job encompasses several of the types, so I will spend some time meditating on ways to draw in more elements relevant to my strengths.