There are 5 surveys you can complete in Pathful:
- Interest
- Interest Lite
- Work Values
- Personality
- Skills
Interest
- This survey is the Career Clusters Interest Survey (CCIS), an interest inventory that matches your interests to career clusters based on the activities you enjoy most.
- It has 102 statements and takes about 15-30 minutes to complete. It is not a timed test, and there are no right or wrong answers.
- The results will guide you to careers that you are likely to enjoy based on the answers you provided.
Interest Lite
- This survey is the Career Clusters Interest Survey EZ (CCIS-EZ), an abbreviated version of the CCIS.
- This survey also matches your interests to career clusters.
- It has 85 statements and takes about 15-30 minutes to complete. It is not a timed test, and there are no right or wrong answers.
Work Values
- This survey is the O*Net Work Importance Locator (O*Net WIL), which helps you learn more about your work values and decide what is important to you in a job. Knowing your work values can also help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you might want to explore.
- There are 20 questions and no right or wrong answers.
- It takes about 20 minutes to complete.
- You will rank different aspects of work that represent six work values: Achievement, Independence, Recognition, Relationships, Support, Working Conditions
Personality
- This survey, the O*Net Interest Profiler (O*Net IP), helps you identify your interests and how they relate to the world of work.
- There are 60 questions and no right or wrong answers.
- It takes about 10-30 minutes to complete.
- You will rank different aspects of work that represent six work values: Achievement, Independence, Recognition, Relationships, Support, Working Conditions
Skills
- This survey, the O*Net Ability Profiler is a series of tests designed to match your abilities with potential careers.
- The results provide useful information that helps you identify your strengths. The results also help you identify training needs and occupations you may wish to explore further.
- You must be 16 years old to complete this test accurately. It is recommended that you not take this test more than once every 6 months. However, you can take the O*Net Ability Profiler more frequently.
- The total time needed to complete the test is 53 minutes.
- There are 6 sections and each has its own time limit:
Section | Duration |
Arithmetic Reasoning | 20 minutes |
| Vocabulary | 8 minutes |
| Three-Dimensional Space | 8 minutes |
Computation | 6 minutes |
Name Comparison | 6 minutes |
| Object Matching | 5 minutes |