Career Quiz

Quiz Results

After you complete The Princeton Review Career Quiz we will show you careers that match the "style" and "interest" colors you created. The colors have particular meanings:

Red: Expediting
Green: Communicating
Blue: Planning
Yellow: Administrating

Your Interest

"Interests" describe the types of activities that you are drawn to; these will need to be present in a job or career that you are considering if you are to stay motivated. It is important to note that interest in an activity does not necessarily indicate skill.

Yellow

People with yellow interests like job responsibilities that include organizing and systematizing, and professions that are detail-oriented, predictable, and objective. People with yellow Interests enjoy activities that include: ordering, numbering, scheduling, systematizing, preserving, maintaining, measuring, specifying details, and archiving, which often lead to work in research, banking, accounting, systems analysis, tax law, finance, government work, and engineering.
Green

People with green interests like job responsibilities and occupations that involve persuasion, sales, promotions, and group or personal contact. People with green Interests enjoy activities that include: motivating, mediating, selling, influencing, consensus building, persuading, delegating authority, entertaining, and lobbying. These Interests often lead to work in marketing, advertising, training, therapy, consulting, teaching, law, and public relations.
Blue

People with blue interests like job responsibilities and occupations that involve creative, humanistic, thoughtful, and quiet types of activities. Blue Interests include abstracting, theorizing, designing, writing, reflecting, and originating, which often lead to work in editing, teaching, composing, inventing, mediating, clergy, and writing.
Red

People with red interests like hands-on / problem solving job responsibilities and professions that involve practical, technical, and objective activities. Red Interests include: building, implementing, organizing, producing, and delegating, which often lead to work in manufacturing, managing, directing, small business owning, and surgery.

Your Style

"Style" describes the strengths that you could bring to a work environment when you are at your best. This is the way you like to get results. A work environment in which your strengths are appreciated is a big part of career satisfaction.

Yellow

People with yellow styles perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is orderly and planned to meet a known schedule. They prefer to work where things get done with a minimum of interpretation and unexpected change. People with a yellow style tend to be orderly, cautious, structured, loyal, systematic, solitary, methodical, and organized, and usually thrive in a research-oriented, predictable, established, controlled, measurable, orderly environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is welcomed and produces results.
Green

People with green styles perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is outgoing. They prefer to work where things get done with minimal analysis and where persuasion is well received by others. People with green styles tend to be spontaneous, talkative, personal, enthusiastic, convincing, risk-taking, and competitive, and usually thrive in a team-oriented, adventurous, informal, innovative, big picture-oriented, varied environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is welcomed and produces results.
Blue

People with blue styles prefer to perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is supportive and helpful to others with a minimum of confrontation. They prefer to work where they have time to think things through before acting. People with blue style tend to be insightful, reflective, selectively sociable, creative, thoughtful, emotional, imaginative, and sensitive. Usually they thrive in a cutting edge, informally paced, future-oriented environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is welcomed and produces results.
Red

People with red styles prefer to perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is action-oriented and practical. They prefer to work where things happen quickly and results are seen immediately. People with red styles tend to be straightforward, assertive, logical, personable, authoritative, friendly, direct, and resourceful, and usually thrive in a self-structured, high-pressured, hierarchical, production-oriented, competitive environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is welcomed and produces results.

Quiz Results

Your Interest

Yellow

Green

Blue

Red

Your Style

Yellow

Green

Blue

Red

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	I would rather be a wildlife expert.
	I would rather be a public relations professional.

	I would rather be a company controller.
	I would rather be a TV news anchor.

	I would rather be a tax lawyer.
	I would rather be a newspaper editor.

	I would rather be a production manager.
	I would rather be an advertising manager.

	I would rather be an accounting manager.
	I would rather be a history professor.

	I would rather be a bookkeeper.
	I would rather be an electrician.

	I would rather be a writer.
	I would rather be an elected official.

	I would rather be a clerical worker.
	I would rather be a carpenter.

	I would rather be a payroll manager.
	I would rather be a manager of engineering.

	I would rather be an audit manager.
	I would rather be a safety manager.

	I am usually patient when I have to wait on an appointment.
	I get restless when I have to wait on an appointment.

	It is easy to laugh at one's little social errors or "faux pas"
	It is hard to laugh at one's little social errors or "faux pas".

	It is wise to make it known if someone is doing something that bothers you.
	It is wise to remain silent if someone is doing something that bothers you.

	It's not really OK to argue with others even when you know you are right.
	It's OK to argue with others when you know you are right.

	I would rather be an artist.
	I would rather be a salesperson.

	I like to bargain to get a good price.
	I don't like to have to bargain to get a good price.

	It is easy to be outgoing and sociable at a party with strangers.
	It is hard to be outgoing and sociable at a party with strangers.

	I would read the instructions first when putting a new toy together for a child.
	I would just "jump in" and start putting a new toy together for a child.

	It is usually best to be pleasant and let others decide if your ideas are worth accepting.
	It is usually best to be forceful and "sell" your ideas to others.

	I usually like to work cautiously.
	I usually like to work fast.

	Generally I prefer to work quietly with a minimum of wasted movement.
	Generally I prefer to move around and burn some energy while I work.

	I don't like to have to persuade others to accept my ideas when there is a strong forceful opposition or argument from others.
	I like to sell and promote my ideas with others even when it takes some argument.

	It is better to listen carefully and be sure you understand when topics are being discussed.
	It is better to speak up quickly and be heard when topics are being discussed.