Your Interests and Abilities

What are your interests? Obviously, one of them is science. But what about your another interests? There are different types of tests given in high school that help to determine what are your interests and abilities. Some represent the data in the form of a pie graph, bar chart, or a collection of points attributed to certain characterstics or qualities. Others are simily personality tests. For PC users, we have included a common test here. Likewise, we have provided a list of questions here that may help you establish where your interests lie and access your abilities

• Are you organized?
• Are you logical?
• Are you curious?
• Are you a leader?
• Are you creative?
• Are you competitive?
• Are you helpful?
• Are you neat or sloppy?
• Are you energetic?
• Are you persistent?
• Are you challeged mentally?
• Do you like working with other people?
• Do you like working with machines?
• Do you like to work independently?
• Do you like working on a team?
• Do you want to earn a lot of money?
• What things are important to you (independence, family, creativity, status, security, etc.)
• What things do you enjoy (computers, sports, music)?
• What do you do well (fix things, write, argue, etc)?
• What makes your proud (how you dress, awards, artwork)?
• Who do you admire or look up to?
• What are your favorite places?
• Are you most likely to:
  
  • Join a club
  • Visit an art gallary or museum
  • Fix or assemble furniture
  • Read a newspaper
  • Surf the Internet
  • Do charity work
  • Organize your room
  • Stay on schedule
  • Be different
  • Draw comics
  • Start a club
  • Analyze problems
  • Do math problems for fun
  • Take a nature hike
  • Read a science magazine
  • Save money
  • Act in a play
  • Develop your own web site
  • Proofread a paper
  • Visit state landmarks
  • Help the sick or disabled
  • Compose Music
  • Discuss your feelings
  • Work with wood
  • Talk to a scientist
  • Write poetry or stories
  • Discuss politics
  • Argue or debate
  • Do science projects
  • Start your own business
  • Tutor a friend
  • Study robitics
  • Use a telescope

These are the types of questions that you should think about in discovering your interests. In choosing a career, your interests helps to determine wheater the job is fulfilling or mundane. Many people switch careers because there interests changed or the job did not meet there interests. At this stage in your life, high school, your interests may be helpful in choosing a major in college, and future jobs. We hope that you do not limit yourself to these questions, but to look at what you are doing in your life now and visualize what you will want to do in the future. It is then that you will be on the path to a rewarding career.

Science as a Career