Realistic
Practical, physical and mechanical activities
RIASEC Career Interests Test
Discover which kinds of activities draw you in across six RIASEC themes, while keeping the full profile more important than any three-letter code.
Answer for enjoyment—not skill, qualifications, salary, prestige, or access. This is an interest-exploration assessment, not an ability test or proof of career suitability.
Six themes, one complete profile
Every theme receives a continuous 0–100 endorsement score. A lower score means less enjoyment of these activities—not lower competence or potential.
Investigative
Scientific inquiry, analysis and discovery
Artistic
Creative expression, performance and design
Social
Helping, teaching and supporting people
Enterprising
Leading, managing, selling and persuading
Conventional
Records, transactions and structured information
Profile first, code second
Your six scores preserve close themes and contrasts. The familiar three-letter Holland code is a compact secondary summary rather than the main result.
Interest, not ability
The questions ask what you would enjoy, not what you are already trained or qualified to do.
All 48 are required
The frozen form is presented once in its original interleaved order, with no imputation or added questions.
Close scores stay visible
A gap under three points between third and fourth place is reported as uncertainty rather than a forced code letter.
Common questions
What this assessment can support—and the decisions it cannot make for you.
What does this assessment measure?
It measures how much you enjoy six broad themes of activity: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. It does not measure ability, qualifications, or likelihood of career success.
How should I answer?
Rate your likely enjoyment of each activity independently of current skill, qualifications, pay, prestige, access, or whether you have tried it before.
What will my result show?
The primary result is your complete six-score interest profile on a 0–100 endorsement scale. A three-letter Holland code summarises the three highest themes, but close alternatives remain visible.
What if two themes are very close?
Small differences should not be forced into a firm distinction. If the third and fourth themes are less than three points apart, the result marks the third code letter as uncertain and recommends exploring both.
Can this tell me which career I should choose?
No. Use it to broaden reflection and generate questions. Interests are only one part of a career decision alongside abilities, values, circumstances, training, opportunity, and lived experience.
Can employers or schools use this result?
It must not be used as the sole basis for employment, admissions, or another high-impact decision.
Are extra personal questions included?
No. This assessment contains only the 48 frozen RIASEC activity items. It does not add TIPI, vocabulary, or demographic questions.
What permission applies to the questions?
The RIASEC Marker form is attributed to Armstrong, Allison, and Rounds (2008). The current authors’ permission statement supports non-commercial professional use with attribution. Commercial permission has not been established.
Attribution and use boundary
RIASEC Marker Scales, Activities—Set A: Armstrong, P. I., Allison, W., & Rounds, J. (2008), Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 287–299.
Non-commercial research/practice use with attribution. Do not assume commercial permission has been established.