What Am I Good At?

Self-assessment makes you assess your strengths and capabilities. You can now demonstrate your competencies and prove your strengths. You can easily assess your skills and abilities but it is not easy for you to prove them. Self-assessment makes it easier for you to utilize your knowledge base.

Knowing your strengths and capabilities you can easily decide upon the career choice you need to make. Interest and skills are two important parameters which can affect your career. You may gain high skills in the area you are interested in and may pursue it as a career. On the opposite side, you may not be interested in some profile and may never try to use your skills in the field.

Thus, you should assess your interests and skills and capabilities you have, either to pursue your hobbies or interests as career or to perform well in the field you have entered or are entering.

Self Assessment Test

1. You share a phone with your co-workers. When this phone rings, do you
hurry to get it first
hope someone else will answer it

2. Are you more
likely to observe others thoughts than to reflect on your own thoughts
likely to reflect on your own thoughts than to observe others

3. Is it worse to
have your head in the clouds
be stuck in a routine

4.

With people are you usually more
firm than gentle
gentle than firm

5. Are you more comfortable at making
critical judgements
value judgements

6. Is a mess in the workplace something you
make time to help clear up
tolerate pretty well

7. Is it your way to
make up your mind quickly
pick and choose at some length

8. Waiting in line do you often
chat with others
stick to business

9. Are you more
sensible than idealistic
idealistic than sensible

10. Are you more interested in
what is actual
what is possible

11. In making your mind up are you more likely to go by
data
desires

12. In forming an opinion about others are you
objective and impersonal
friendly and personal

13. Do you prefer contracts to be
signed, sealed and delivered
settled on a handshake

14. Are you more satisfied having
a finished product
work in progress

15. At a party do you
interact with many, even strangers
interact with a few friends

16. Do you tend to be more
factual than speculative
speculative than factual

17. Do you prefer to read writers
who say what they mean
who use symbols and myths

18. Which appeals to you more
Consistency of thought
harmonious relationships

19. If you must disappoint someone are you usually
frank and straightforward
warm and considerate

20. While at work do you want your activities to be
scheduled
unscheduled

21. Do you more often prefer
final, unalterable statements
tentative, preliminary statements

22. Does interacting with strangers
energize you
test your patience

23. Facts
speak for themselves
illustrate principles

24. Do you find visionaries and theorists
somewhat annoying
rather fascinating

25. In a heated discussion do you
stick to your point
look for common ground

26. Is it better to be
just
merciful

27. At work, is it more natural for you to
point out mistakes
try to please others

28. Are you more comfortable
after a decision
before a decision

29. Do you tend to
say right out, what’s on your mind
keep your ears open

30. Common sense is
usually reliable
frequently questionable

31. Children often do not
make themselves useful enough
exercise their creativity enough

32. When in charge of others do you tend to be
firm and unbending
forgiving and lenient

33. Are you more often
a cool-headed person
a warm-hearted person

34. Are you prone to
nailing things down
exploring the possibilities

35. In most situations are you more
deliberate then spontaneous
spontaneous than deliberate

36. Do you think of yourself as
a friendly and social person
a private person

37. Are you usually
a practical sort of person
a fanciful sort of person

38. Do you speak more in
particulars than generalities
generalities than particulars

39. Which is more of a compliment
“There’s a logical person”
“There’s a sentimental person”

40. Which rules you more
your thoughts
your feelings

41. When finishing up a job, do you like to
tie up all the loose ends
move on to something else

42. Do you prefer to work
to deadlines
just anyhow

43. Are you the kind of person who is
more talkative
more of a listener

44. Are you inclined to take what is said
more literally
more figuratively

45. Do you more often see
what’s right in front of you
what can only be imagined

46. Is it worse to be
a softy
hard as nails

47. In difficult circumstances are you sometimes
too unsympathetic
too sympathetic

48. Do you tend to choose
rather carefully
somewhat impulsively

49. Are you inclined to be more
down to earth
somewhat detached

50. At work do you tend to
be friendly with your colleagues
keep more to yourself

51. Are you more likely to trust
your experiences
your conceptions

52. Are you more inclined to feel
grounded in reality
lost in your thoughts

53. Do you think of yourself as a
tough-minded person
tender-hearted person

54. In yourself, what do you value more
being reasonable
being devoted

55. Do you usually want things
settled and decided
just outlined

56. Would you say you are more
serious and determined
easy going

57. Do you consider yourself
a good conversationalist
a good listener

58. Do you value yourself for having
a strong hold on reality
a vivid imagination

59. Are you drawn more to
fundamental principles
suggestions

60. Which seems the greater fault
to be too compassionate
to be too dispassionate

61. Are you more influenced by
convincing evidence
a touching appeal

62. Do you feel better about
concluding a matter
keeping your options open

63. Is it preferable to
have things planned
let things happen naturally

64. Are you usually
easy to approach
somewhat reserved

65. In stories do you prefer
action and adventure
fantasy and heroism

66. Is it easier for you to
put others to good use
identify with others

67. Which do you wish more for yourself
strength of will
emotional strength

68. Do you see yourself as basically
thick-skinned
thin-skinned

69. Do you tend to notice
disorderliness
opportunities for change

70. Are you more likely to
follow a routine
follow your fancies