Will a Robot Take Your Job Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. How do you currently monitor changes in the demand for your skills?
I mainly rely on updates provided within my workplace
I occasionally review job postings or industry news
I compare market information with insights from peers or professional contacts
I regularly use several market signals to adjust what I learn or demonstrate
2. In a typical week, how much of your work follows the same sequence using similar inputs?
Only a small portion; my cases or projects usually require different approaches
About a quarter; I have some recurring processes among varied work
About half; repeatable processes and variable assignments are evenly mixed
Most of it; the inputs and steps are generally consistent
3. When stakeholders disagree about priorities, what contribution are you usually expected to make?
Compile the relevant information so others can decide
Compare the options against established criteria
Help the group explore tradeoffs and reach a decision
Use established relationships to build commitment to an agreement
4. An unexpected condition appears at a worksite or service location. How directly does your role engage with it?
I work with structured information and have little involvement at the location
I update my work using observations supplied by people at the location
I adjust plans after discussing the local conditions with those present
I personally inspect, handle, or improvise around the physical conditions
5. Your employer introduces a tool that can perform part of your usual workflow. Which response is closest to what you would do?
Continue handling my assigned tasks while specialists establish how the tool will be used
Complete the provided training and use the functions required for my role
Test the tool on real examples and compare its strengths and limits
Explore how to redistribute tasks around the tool and help others adapt
6. Over the past year, which pattern best describes your learning outside routine task completion?
I focused mainly on required updates relevant to my existing duties
I occasionally chose articles, demonstrations, or short lessons to explore
I completed a course or project and applied part of it to practical work
I repeatedly practiced an emerging skill, sought feedback, and refined its use
7. Which statement best describes accountability for your main work product?
A structured system or process determines the result with minimal individual interpretation
I prepare the output, and a designated reviewer makes the final judgment
I interpret the evidence and make a recommendation that influences the decision
Others rely on my personal judgment for consequential final decisions
8. How is the quality of your main work output usually judged?
By evolving goals and tradeoffs negotiated with stakeholders
Through contextual judgment about whether it fits the situation
Against a checklist, followed by some human review
Against precise, stable, and measurable specifications
9. Suppose demand for one of your main duties begins to shrink. What would most likely be your first move?
Wait until the effect on my role becomes clearer before redirecting effort
Ask my manager what changes or training the organization expects
Compare adjacent roles and identify gaps between their requirements and my skills
Run a small learning or work experiment that creates evidence for a new direction
10. If you had to explain your transferable value to a different industry, what could you provide now?
My current title and a description of my regular duties
A list of the tools, systems, and procedures I know
Examples of outcomes I have produced using those skills
Evidence connecting my capabilities and outcomes to several new settings
11. A customer or colleague is upset and asks for something that conflicts with normal procedure. What is your role in the response?
Route the request and relevant facts to the designated decision-maker
Explain the standard options and record their preferred route
Adapt the conversation while balancing policy with their circumstances
Rebuild trust and negotiate a workable resolution with them
12. If another qualified person replaced you tomorrow, how much would relationship continuity affect the work?
Very little; the work can transfer through standard records and processes
A short handover would cover the relevant contacts and history
Established context and familiarity would take time to rebuild
Personal trust is central, so the transition would materially affect outcomes
13. An unusual case arrives in your queue. What usually determines your next step?
I develop an approach around the case’s particular context
I investigate the situation and make a contextual judgment
I select from several defined routes, with some discretion
A documented rule or decision tree identifies the route
14. A capable colleague must take over one of your core tasks. What would they need?
Extended experience to develop the tacit judgment the task requires
Shadowing and discussion to understand important nuances
A written guide plus examples of less common cases
A detailed procedure that covers nearly every step
15. Which description best matches how your assignments change from week to week?
The projects, goals, and methods often shift
The broad goal recurs, but each case changes the approach
The process stays similar while volume or details vary
The inputs, process, and expected output remain largely the same