Career Interest Test (Holland Code / RIASEC)

Rate 60 work activities to get your three-letter Holland code (RIASEC): Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional, plus career ideas.

1. Replace the chain and brakes on a bicycle.

2. Test how a new material behaves when it is heated.

3. Invent the characters and plot for a comic strip.

4. Help a young child sound out the words in a picture book.

5. Turn a hobby into a small company you run yourself.

6. Keep a club’s accounts balanced to the cent.

7. Build a bookshelf from planks of wood.

8. Dig into sales figures to explain why they dropped.

9. Design a logo for a new café.

10. Listen to a friend’s worries and help them find a way forward.

11. Win new customers for a product.

12. Set up a filing system where anything can be found in seconds.

13. Plan and drive a long delivery route.

14. Trace how an infection spread through a town.

15. Perform a role on stage.

16. Coach a youth football or basketball team.

17. Lead a team to hit a monthly target.

18. Check a contract for errors and missing details.

19. Grow vegetables on a small farm.

20. Measure the brightness of stars with a telescope.

21. Make up a melody and record it on your phone.

22. Look after patients recovering from surgery.

23. Bargain with a supplier for a better price.

24. Build a budget spreadsheet for a project.

25. Wire a new light fitting as a trained electrician.

26. Hunt down the cause of a bug in a computer program.

27. Photograph people for a magazine feature.

28. Show new colleagues how to do their jobs.

29. Campaign to get someone elected.

30. Make sure everyone in a company is paid the right amount each month.

31. Find and fix a fault in a car engine.

32. Analyse river water samples for pollution.

33. Choose colours and furniture to restyle a room.

34. Run activities at a community centre.

35. Run a busy restaurant.

36. Manage the appointment calendar for a busy office.

37. Operate a digger on a building site.

38. Read research papers to answer a scientific question.

39. Illustrate a children’s book.

40. Help students decide what to study next.

41. Pitch a business idea to investors.

42. Count and log the stock in a storeroom.

43. Lay a stone path through a garden.

44. Solve a tricky logic puzzle for fun.

45. Create a dance routine.

46. Help older people with shopping and daily tasks.

47. Organise a large event within a budget.

48. Fill in official forms accurately.

49. Rig the lights and speakers for a concert.

50. Observe how wild birds choose their nesting sites.

51. Sketch a collection of clothes.

52. Lead a support group for new parents.

53. Persuade a group to back your plan.

54. Follow a step-by-step procedure to process applications.

55. Maintain hiking trails in a national park.

56. Design a study comparing two ways of teaching.

57. Cut raw footage into a two-minute trailer.

58. Explain healthy eating to a group of parents.

59. Represent your company at a trade fair.

60. Match bank statements against the accounts.

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Rate every activity to see your code. Go with your first reaction and ignore pay, training or whether you could do it now.

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This free career interest test sorts what you enjoy into the six themes of John Holland’s RIASEC model, the framework behind many school and government career tools: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional. Rate 60 short work activities, and the page gives your three-letter Holland code, a score for every theme and career areas that people with your interests often enjoy. The activities were written for this page; it is not the O*NET Interest Profiler or the Self-Directed Search®.

How to use this tool

Rate each activity from 1 (strongly dislike) to 5 (strongly like).
Judge only whether you would enjoy it — not the pay, the training needed or whether you could do it today.
Answer all 60 to see your Holland code and scores.
Explore the career areas for your top three themes, and look up jobs with the same code.

Formula

Theme score = sum of its 10 ratings (10–50); Holland code = the three highest themes, strongest first

The 60 activities rotate through the themes — R, I, A, S, E, C, then again — ten each. Ties are listed in the R-I-A-S-E-C order around Holland’s hexagon, and the page tells you when the third letter could just as well be another. Themes next to each other on the hexagon (such as R and I, or S and E) tend to go together; opposite themes (such as A and C) are rarely both high.

Example

Suppose you rate the hands-on activities 5, the research ones 4, the creative ones 3 and everything else 1. Your scores are R 50, I 40, A 30, S 10, E 10, C 10, so your code is RIA — a pattern common among engineers, technicians, architects and scientists who like to build and investigate.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Holland code?

It is a short summary of your interests: the first letter is the theme you like most, then the next two. Jobs can be described with the same letters, so you can look for jobs whose code matches yours — for example on O*NET OnLine, which lists a code for every occupation.

Is this an aptitude test?

Not in the strict sense. It measures interests, not ability. Interests are a good guide to work you will enjoy, but skills, values, training and opportunities matter too.

Why did I get a different code on another site?

Each questionnaire uses different activities, so close scores can swap places. Look at your top three or four themes together rather than the exact order.

Sources

O*NET OnLine — Interests (RIASEC) and occupation codes, U.S. Department of Labor

For self-exploration only: this short interest questionnaire was written for this site and has not been validated. It measures what you like, not what you are able to do, and should not be the only basis for education or career decisions — a careers adviser can help you go further. O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor and Self-Directed Search® a registered trademark of PAR, Inc.; this page is not affiliated with either. How we check our calculators · Full disclaimer

Last updated: 2026-11-08

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