Career Orientations Questionnaire Test
Understand what truly drives your career choices in about 8 minutes. Get clear insight to choose roles and workplaces that fit your values and keep you motivated.
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Integration of Lifestyles (IoL)
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18
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10.2 — 25.8
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Service (S)
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24.3
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18.2 — 30.5
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Entrepreneurship (E)
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31
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23.5 — 38.6
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Professional competence (Pc)
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22.6
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15.7 — 29.4
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Call (C)
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28.8
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Stability (S)
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28.4
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22.7 — 34.2
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Autonomy (A)
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23.6
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15.3 — 31.8
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Org. competence (Oc)
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23
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Focus on a vertical career (Foavc)
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52.7
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38.9 — 66.5
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Orientation towards a lateral career (Otalc)
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60
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Orientation to Conditions (OtC)
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105.6
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88.6 — 122.5
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does this assessment measure?
It identifies core work-related motives and values that shape preferred roles, tasks, and career decisions. Results reflect stable priorities that tend to guide satisfaction and persistence at work.
How long does it take and what is included?
Completion time is about 8 minutes. The assessment includes 40 items.
How should items be answered?
Select the option that best matches typical preferences, not an ideal or expected response. Use the same reference frame across items to keep ratings consistent.
How should the results be used?
Results can guide role selection, career planning, and discussion of fit between work conditions and personal priorities. They are most useful when combined with background information such as experience and constraints.
Does it diagnose mental health conditions or predict job performance?
It is not a diagnostic instrument and does not assess mental disorders. It describes motivational orientations and cannot by itself predict performance or success in a specific job.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
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Career Orientations Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs
This self-report measure is designed to clarify the work-related motives and values that influence occupational preferences and career decision-making. The Career Orientations Questionnaire is commonly used to support career counseling and related guidance by identifying an individual’s dominant career anchors.
The instrument includes 40 items and typically requires about 8 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate statements reflecting themes such as autonomy, security, managerial responsibility, and other value-based drivers of career satisfaction.
Results from the Career Orientations Questionnaire are generally interpreted to summarize relative strengths across key orientation domains, which can inform discussions about person-role fit, job choice, and longer-term career planning. Interpretation should be integrated with other clinical or career assessment information and considered in the context of the respondent’s background and current work circumstances.
Author: edgar-h-schein
Literature: Schein, E. H. Career anchors: Discovering your real values. Jossey-Bass. 1990.; Greenhaus, J. H., Callanan, G. A., & Godshalk, V. M. Career management. Sage. 2010.; Savickas, M. L. Career construction theory and practice. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work. Wiley. 2005.
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