For a printable version of the Career Interest Inventory that you can complete by hand and submit to your guidance counselor, click here.

What's your career interest area?
For each item listed below, choose the activity you would rather do. It does not matter if you love them both or hate them both - you still must pick the one you would rather do, then click it.

For Kids: Fun Stuff about Careers

Would You Rather:

1.	Study the weather Coach basketball
2.	Write a book about something you like Find out why someone is sick and take care of them
3.	Keep business records for a company Solve pollution problems
4.	Design an office building Work on a farm
5.	Fight fires Use a calculator to add up how much a company makes each day
6.	Help customers in a bank Assemble or repair a car or the space shuttle
7.	Run a telephone switchboard Help people decide where to go on vacation
8.	Scout baseball players for a minor league team Deliver and distribute mail
9.	Drive a truck/operate a forklift Solve a burglary
10.	Be in charge of replanting a forest Supervise police officers
11.	Create letters and spreadsheets for the president of a company Cut and style hair
12.	Assemble electronic parts for computers Run a tennis camp
13.	Teach school Sell TV, radio or newspaper ads
14.	Be in charge of timers at a track meet Guard prisoners
15.	Teach drama Conduct chemistry experiments to test the strength of plastics
16.	Train dogs Be in charge of security for a company
17.	Operate a bulldozer or other heavy equipment Repair computers
18.	Help someone unemployed find a job Greet and help hotel guests
19.	Be the host/hostess in a restaurant Work with people in a mental health clinic
20.	Write a computer program Keep score for a sporting event
21.	Manage a cattle ranch Teach art
22.	Do DNA testing on blood Give traffic tickets to law violators
23.	Prepare drawings using computer aided drafting (CAD) Show and sell houses and land
24.	Design mechanical and electrical systems for airplanes Sell cars
25.	Work as a flight attendant for an airline Hire people for a company
26.	Design a poster using a computer Guard money in an armored car
27.	Do surgery to cure a sick animal Do tests on blood in a medical laboratory
28.	Sell clothes or sporting goods Build a stereo from a blueprint
29.	Argue cases in front of a judge Develop a web page
30.	Collect tickets at a movie or play Referee a sporting event
31.	Weld parts together to build a missile Set up computer systems
32.	Be a TV newscaster Play a musical instrument
33.	Fill prescriptions in a pharmacy Help take care of elderly people
34.	Sell supplies to doctors Raise money for charity
35.	Enforce fish and game laws Work to get someone elected
36.	Take care of children at a day care center Teach aerobics
37.	Take pictures for a newspaper or magazine Use a machine to make a rocket part
38.	Determine the age of fossils Test and check products to make sure they were made correctly
39.	Calculate the time it takes to fly to Mars Test new computer programs
40.	Do ladies nails Be someone's bodyguard
41.	Help someone with a personal problem Serve meals to customers
42.	Design medical equipment for a hospital Design computer systems
43.	Write for a newspaper Buy/sell stocks in the stock market
44.	Take care of animals Help the disabled
45.	Help people lose weight Be an emergency medical technician (EMT)
46.	Link computers in an office Study the planets
47.	Run a department in a large company Manage a fish hatchery
48.	Model for an artist or photographer Teach ice-skating
49.	Surf the Internet Design a new product that will be made in a factory
50.	Coach a high school sports team Teach swimming
51.	Help feed people in a hospital Drive a taxi
52.	Test people to see if they need glasses Do experiments with plants and animals
53.	Teach computer classes Be a politician
54.	Check buildings for fire hazards Run a health program
55.	Operate a lawn care service Make an arrest
56.	Teach people to ski Help patients make injured arms and legs stronger
57.	Plant and trim trees Operate a bowling alley
58.	Line up concerts for the Von Braun Center (VBC) Troubleshoot computer problems
59.	Draw and paint signs and billboards Drive a limousine
60.	Pick and announce the music for a radio station Determine what computers a company should buy