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6 2 Career Personalities Quiz
Do this self-assessment quiz as as as a a a a a a a a a a a guide for yourself as as as to what what your your working personality might might be and and and what what types of of careers and and and programmes of of study might might suit you you you you Answer the the questions questions as as honestly as as you you you you can It is not a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a test and and and and there are are no no wrong answers For each pair of of questions questions choose the the the one one that best describes you you you and and circle the the the letter of of your choice like this:
EXAMPLE
(A) Do Do you you prefer prefer mealie meal meal for for breakfast? breakfast? OR (B) Do Do you you prefer prefer bread for for breakfast? breakfast? Now answer the following questions:
1 (C) Do Do you you usually usually make decisions to get the the right end result? OR (D) Do Do you you usually usually make make decisions to make make other people happy?
2 (C) Is Is it it it more more important to be fair in in your dealings dealings with with people? OR (D) Is Is it it it it more more important to be caring in in in in your dealings dealings with with people? 3 (C) Is Is it it more more important to to try to to solve a a a a a person’s problem? OR (D) Is Is it it more more important to comfort the person person who has a a a a problem? 4 (C) Would Would you you you prefer to to work where you you you have to to to think clearly? OR (D) Would Would you you you you prefer to to work where you you look after people and their needs?
5 (C) Is it more important to work work in a a a a a place where you will get a a a a a a a lot of work work work done? OR (D) Is it more important to to work work in a a a a a place where people get get along well together?
Now total up your Cs and Ds for the five questions ▼ START HERE
1 (A) Do Do you you you think think you you you are a a a a a more 'hands
on' practical person? person? OR (B) Do Do you you you you think think you you you are more of an ideas person? person? 2 (A) Do you you you like to to work with facts that you you you know are true and to to to arrive at at definite answers? OR (B) Do you like to to deal with ideas and problems where there is no one clear factual answer?
3 (A) Do you you like to be be given clear clear instructions before you you you start a a a a a a task? OR (B) Do you you you like to be be given the the task task and then work out your own way of doing it?
4 (A) Do Do you you like to to do tasks where it is important to to to to be accurate? OR (B) Do Do you you you like to to to to do tasks where you you have to to to to use creative thinking to to to to solve solve a a a a problem? 5 (A) Do you you like to to to solve solve problems and to to to approach your work in a a a a a step-by-step way? OR (B) Do you you like to to rely on on clever ideas and moments of inspiration?
Now total up your As and Bs for the five questions A= B = = = = C = = = = D = = = = 222 CAO HANDBOOK ENTRY 2023