We provide three online assessment tools to help you learn more about yourself. These are not tests that will result in a definitive recommendation. Rather, they are vehicles to give you language to appreciate your strengths, style, and assets and consider how they apply to career possibilities.
- Assessments are available to WashU students at no cost
- A follow-up appointment with a career coach is necessary to review your results
Call or stop by to access these assessment tools.
Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
The Strong Interest Inventory helps you identify your work personality by exploring your interests in six broad areas: realistic, artistic, investigative, social, enterprising, and conventional (often referred to using the acronym RIASEC). It then breaks the RIASEC areas into 30 specific areas of interest that can be directly related to fields of study, careers, and leisure activities. In addition, it describes your personal style preferences in five areas: work style, learning environment, team orientation, leadership style, and risk taking. Built on psychologist John Holland’s theory, it’s backed by more than 80 years of research into how people of similar interests are employed, and what motivates individuals in the workplace. The comprehensive report includes a list of occupations for future exploration.
Please allow 20-25 minutes to take the SII. Call during business hours to get the log-in info to access the SII and schedule your interpretive meeting with a career coach.
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MTBI)
The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, based on how you prefer to use your perception and judgment. The MBTI identifies your personality and helps you discover what motivates and energizes you. There are many applications for the MBTI assessment, including career planning and identification of suitable work cultures.
Please allow 20-25 minutes to take the MBTI. Call during business hours to get the log-in info to access the tool and schedule your interpretive meeting with a career coach.
CliftonStrengths for Students
CliftonStrengths for Students (formerly StrengthsQuest) focuses on identifying your strengths, rather than your weaknesses. It can help you gain valuable insights into how your strengths can help you overcome challenges, achieve goals, and move towards a purpose that will leave you fulfilled and thriving.
Please allow 20 – 25 minutes to take the assessment. This is a timed assessment, taken online, and there should not be any disruptions or breaks taken from start to finish. Call the Career Center to get the log-in info. Your results will be available to you directly after completing the assessment and you should plan to discuss them during an interpretive meeting with a career coach.