LibGuides: Career Ideas for Teens: Career Quizzes

LearningExpress Library

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Provides access to practice tests and online mini-courses to help students, recent immigrants, and job seekers. Available practice tests include the S.A.T., A.C.T., Advanced Placement, G.R.E., Civil Service, Citizenship Exam, TOEFL, and many more.

LearningExpress Library offers two different quizzes that help guide you toward a set of potential careers. You must create a free LearningExpress Library account to access the quizzes.

1. From the LearningExpress Library homepage, select Job & Career Accelerator.

2. Then Click Find a Career Match.

3. You may need to click Find a Career Match on the next page as well.

4. Select either the Interest Matcher quiz or the Skills Matcher quiz. The Interest Matcher quiz asks a variety of questions related to the types of things you enjoy doing, and the Skills Matcher quiz asks questions about what your strengths are. At the end of the quizzes, you will be shown suggested career options based on your interests and abilities. In addition, the Interest Matcher allows you to select the level of education you plan to achieve. You can see what careers are available in your area of interest based on how much education you intend to complete.

Peterson's Test & Career Prep

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Use Peterson’s Test and Career Prep to search thousands of college and graduate school entries, identify scholarships, and access online practice tests and eBooks for exam preparation. This resource also provides career tools, resume builders, and study guides for exams like SAT, ACT, GRE, NCLEX, and more.

Peterson's offers a career quiz to see what kinds of careers might match your interests and anticipated education level. You must create a free Peterson's account to access the quiz. Click Log In/Sign Up at the upper right corner to get started. After you have created an account:

1. On the Peterson's homepage, click the Browse Menu button.

2. Click Explore Careers.

3. Click Find a career. This moves the career quiz to your personal learning resources.

4. At the top of the screen, click My Resources. This opens your personal learning resources page, which holds all the courses you have selected.

5. Find the Find a Career course, and click Go To Course.

External Links

O*NET (R) Interest Profiler
The O*NET Interest Profiler (IP) is a family of self-assessment career exploration tools that can help clients discover the type of work activities and occupations that they would like and find exciting. Clients identify and learn about broad interest areas most relevant to themselves. They can use their interest results to explore the world of work. The test is available in English or Spanish.
Career Girls Career Quiz
Taking a free career quiz can help you find career paths that match your personality and interests. This career test was created to help young girls and teenagers like you find a path that truly excites you!

Do you like helping people, collecting things, or solving mysteries? Do you like talking, using computers, or playing sports? Are you independent or adventurous?

Take this personality-based quiz to see which careers might be a good match for you! Check at least three boxes to get started, then click on “More Choices” for even better results. Once you have your results, you can find more information about your options and see real, diverse role models who have pursued these careers.