My Interest Profile

The Personal Globe Inventory, 9th and 10th Grade Version contained 42 different activities. You indicated whether you liked the activity and whether you believed you were good at performing it. We organized the activities into six interest areas by using your answers to each item. Your results are shown in the graph below.

Realistic	25   25
Investigative	0   25
Artistic	25   50
Social	74   25
Enterprising	58   25
Conventional	0   0
Low Interest & Confidence High Interest & Confidence Key to Understanding the Graph:   Your levels of interest in these areas   Your levels of confidence in these areas

My Interest Areas

Look at the graph carefully. The longest light blue bars  indicate the areas on which you had the highest interest. The longest dark blue bars  indicate the areas in which you had the most confidence. Generally, people have their higher scores for both interest and confidence on the same areas. If yours are different, it may be worth discussing the results with a teacher or counselor.

Do not pay attention only to your highest areas, but also take notice of your lowest areas. These are areas in which you do not have interest and/or confidence. You would want to avoid these areas and the types of activities associated with them or, if you have high interest and low confidence, the results could point to an area where, through experience you could gain confidence over time.

Interest Title	Description of Interest
Realistic	Realistic activities frequently involve work that includes practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often require people who are stable, persistent, and practical. They can involve fixing things, operating tools or machinery, working outdoors, and being physically active.
Investigative	Investigative activities frequently involve working with ideas or finding answers to problems. They often require people who are inquiring, observant, logical, curious, and learners. They can involve searching for facts, figuring out problems mentally, understanding theories, analyzing data, doing challenging research, and reading technical material.
Artistic	Artistic activities involve working with images, designs and plans. They often require people who are creative, independent, and perceptive. They can involve working in unstructured situations, using creativity or imagination, expressing ideas uniquely, dealing with vague ideas, and appreciating fine arts.
Social	Social activities frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They often require people who are helpful, friendly, supportive, and charitable. These activities can involve helping people with problems, doing volunteer work, teaching or training others.
Enterprising	Enterprising activities frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. They often require people who are self-confident, dynamic, and ambitious. They can involve leading people, risk taking, selling things, persuading others and making many decisions.
Conventional	Conventional activities frequently involve taking care of details, collecting or organizing things, working cooperatively with others, and following defined procedures. They often require people who are dependable, economical, and well-organized. They can involve working with data and details more than with ideas.