Career Aptitude Tests for College Students

Features

Career aptitude tests entail various questions that measure a student's competence in subjects like originality, philanthropy, confidence, finances, people skills, physical handiwork and more.

Function

Various career aptitude tests are used to gauge a student's quantitative and qualitative aptitude, helping them identify where their strengths lie, and how those strengths correlate to different professions.

Types

There are career personality tests (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), career interest inventories (Strong Interest Inventory), and assorted skills assessments and tests (General Aptitude Test Battery).

Considerations

Career aptitude tests are administered via a computer program, or can be in written form; it's a good idea to have the test run by a professional, so the outcome can be best explained to the test subject.

Misconceptions

The answers on the tests are not graded as right or wrong; they are merely intended to reveal the careers that might suit the student, not to act as an explicit path for the test subject.