Assessments Overview

Assessments Overview

There are 6 surveys you can complete in Pathful:

• Lifestyle
• Interest
• Interest Lite
• Work Values
• Personality
• Skills

Lifestyle

• The Lifestyle Calculator helps you understand how your future lifestyle choices like where you live, what you spend, and your family plans translate into the salary you’ll need and the careers that can support it.

Interest

• This survey is the Career Clusters Interest Survey (CCIS), an interest inventory that matches your interests to career clusters based on the activities you enjoy most.
• It has 102 statements and takes about 15-30 minutes to complete. It is not a timed test, and there are no right or wrong answers.
• The results will guide you to careers that you are likely to enjoy based on the answers you provided.

Interest Lite

• This survey is the Career Clusters Interest Survey EZ (CCIS-EZ), an abbreviated version of the CCIS.
• This survey also matches your interests to career clusters.
• It has 85 statements and takes about 15-30 minutes to complete. It is not a timed test, and there are no right or wrong answers.

Work Values

• This survey is the O*Net Work Importance Locator (O*Net WIL), which helps you learn more about your work values and decide what is important to you in a job. Knowing your work values can also help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you might want to explore.
• There are 20 questions and no right or wrong answers.
• It takes about 20 minutes to complete.
• You will rank different aspects of work that represent six work values:  Achievement, Independence, Recognition, Relationships, Support, Working Conditions

Personality

• This survey, the O*Net Interest Profiler (O*Net IP), helps you identify your interests and how they relate to the world of work.
• There are 60 questions and no right or wrong answers.
• It takes about 10-30 minutes to complete.
• You will rank different aspects of work that represent six work values:  Achievement, Independence, Recognition, Relationships, Support, Working Conditions

Skills

• This survey, the O*Net Ability Profiler is a series of tests designed to match your abilities with potential careers.
• The results provide useful information that helps you identify your strengths. The results also help you identify training needs and occupations you may wish to explore further. 
• You must be 16 years old to complete this test accurately. It is recommended that you not take this test more than once every 6 months. However, you can take the O*Net Ability Profiler more frequently.
• The total time needed to complete the test is 53 minutes.
• There are 6 sections and each has its own time limit: