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Explore Your Interests
Self-assessment tools to guide your career journey — research-backed, and free.
Do These Three Things This Week
1. Take the O*NET Interest Profiler — fifteen minutes
2. Take the Truity Big Five and note what repeats
3. Bring both results to a conversation:
Book a Career CoachUnderstanding yourself is the first step toward building a fulfilling career. The assessments below are research-backed and no-cost — use them to surface your strengths, interests, values, and the environments where you do your best work.
No single test defines you — the pattern that repeats across three tests is worth more than the result of any one.
1Personality & the Big Five
Truity, OpenPsychometrics, IPIP-NEO, DISC — how you actually work▾
Recommended Truity Big Five Personality Test. A user-friendly test with detailed feedback on the five factors (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism) — ideal for understanding your workplace tendencies. Take the assessment.
OpenPsychometrics Big Five. Academic-based, completely free, and no sign-up required — great for quick, research-backed insights. Take the assessment.
Psychology Today Big Five. In-depth personality analysis with comprehensive reporting and broad self-awareness insights. Take the assessment.
IPIP-NEO. The open-source, research-grade Big Five — longer than other tests, with deep insight into thirty personality facets. Take the assessment.
DISC Personality Test. Identifies four types — Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness — great for understanding workplace communication and team dynamics. Take the assessment.
2Values & Interests
O*NET Interest Profiler, Work Values Matcher, Holland Code — what matters and what pulls you▾
Recommended O*NET Interest Profiler. Built by the U.S. Department of Labor, it measures your interests across six career areas and matches them to occupations. Take the assessment.
Work Values Matcher. CareerOneStop’s card-sort from the U.S. Department of Labor — clarifies what matters most (achievement, independence, working conditions, support) and links your values to careers. Take the assessment.
Holland Code (RIASEC) Test. Truity’s free take on the classic career-interest framework — six interest types matched to fitting fields of work. Take the assessment.
3Comprehensive & Strengths
CareerExplorer, Red Bull Wingfinder, MyPlan — the full picture▾
Most Complete CareerExplorer. An extensive report based on workplace preferences, interests, and traits — with career matching and detailed recommendations. Take the assessment.
Strengths-Focused Red Bull Wingfinder. Pinpoints your professional strengths and gives personalized development strategies — great for naming what you naturally excel at. One sitting, so take it when you can focus. Take the assessment.
MyPlan Career Values Assessment. The values assessment is free and ranks careers against what matters most to you; MyPlan’s fuller test battery is paid — talk to a coach before spending on any assessment. Take the assessment.
4What Self-Awareness Unlocks
Team dynamics, professional growth, and a personal brand that is actually yours▾
Team dynamics. Understand how you work with others, communicate, and contribute — and build stronger professional relationships from day one.
Professional growth. Identify areas for development and create targeted plans to build the skills that matter most for your goals.
Authentic branding. Build a personal brand grounded in genuine self-awareness, so you stand out as yourself in resumes, LinkedIn, and interviews.
Assessments are most valuable in conversation — bring your top three repeating themes to a coach and leave with an action plan.
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