Personality Type
Characteristics
Sample Occupations
Realistic:Prefers physical activities that require skill, strength, and coordination
Characteristics: Shy, persistent,stable, conforming,practical
Sample Occupations: Mechanic, drill press operator, assembly-line worker,farmer
Investigative:Prefers activities involving thinking, organizing, and understanding
Characteristics:Analytical, original, curious, independent
Sample Occupations:Biologist, economist, mathmatician, news reporter
Social: Prefers activities that involve helping and developing others
Characteristics: Sociable, friendly, cooperative, understanding
Sample Occupations: Social worker, teacher, counselor, clinical psychologist
Conventional: Prefers rule-regulated, orderly, and unambiguous activities
Characteristics: Conforming, efficient, practical unimaginative, inflexible
Sample Occupations: Accountant, corporate manager, bank teller, file clerk
Enterprising: Prefers verbal activities where there are opportunities to influence others and attain power
Characteristics: Self-confident,ambitious,energetic,domineering
Sample Occupations: Lawyer, real estate agent, public relations specialist, small business manager
Artistic: Prefers ambiguous and unsystematic activities that allow creative expression
Characteristics: Imaginative, disorderly,idealistic, emotional, impractical