RRealistic
Working with your hands, machines, tools, nature
What it measures
Eighteen traits in three layers, plus thirteen real-life conditions. Every vocation carries a score from 0 to 100 on each of them.
You are drawn to
Holland's six types. They do not say what you can do, but where you lean when nobody is making you. Everyone is a mix of the six; what tells you apart is the order.
30 of the 92 questions point here.
IInvestigative
Analysing, researching, solving complex problems
AArtistic
Creating, expressing, designing, improvising
SSocial
Helping, teaching, caring for and listening to others
EEnterprising
Leading, persuading, selling, running projects
CConventional
Organising, structuring, following processes, working with data
You are good at
Mind the nuance: the test measures what you believe, not your performance. There are no exercises to grade. And that reading of yourself is exactly what moves a decision at sixteen.
30 of the 92 questions point here.
Logical-mathematical
Reasoning with numbers, data and systems
Communication
Speaking and writing, teaching and persuading
Creativity
New ideas, artistic expression and divergent thinking
Manual / spatial
Manual dexterity, visualisation and handling tools
Leadership
Direction, decision-making and influence
Detail and organisation
Attention to detail, planning and processes
You care about
What you ask of a job. Two people with the same interests and the same aptitudes end up in different places depending on whether they are after security or freedom, money or purpose.
18 of the 92 questions point here.
Stability
Routine, predictability, security
Social impact
Helping others, purpose, contribution
Autonomy
Freedom to organise your own work
Income
Earning potential and career progression
Recognition
Prestige, visibility, standing out
Growth
Continuous learning and intellectual challenge
And where you can
The fourth layer, and the one that sets this apart from any other RIASEC test: the conditions under which you can actually work. How long you can study, whether you can move, whether you can take the risk.
14 questions, picked from options rather than scored.
- Hands-on learning
- Theoretical learning
- Tolerance for risk
- Teamwork
- Working alone
- On site
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Willing to relocate
- Not willing to relocate
- Short term
- Medium term
- Long term
Tick the traits that sound like you and see what comes out. It is the same calculation the test makes, but there you do not tick yes or no: you answer with intensity, and context counts too.