Strengths, Interests, and Values Reflection

Part 1: Personality Complete the Personality survey in Naviance. Use your report to
answer the questions below.

1. What is your personality type?

My personality type is ISFP. This means that I am introverted, sensing, feeling, and perceiving.

2. What does each aspect of your personality mean about you?

Introversion means that I focus my attention inwardly and prefer to consider things fully before
responding. Sensing means that I naturally focus on practical subjects, and I work best with
specific directions. Feeling means that I am motivated by work that is meaningful and aligns with
my values. Perceiving means that I enjoy fun, changing work situations.

3. List two strengths indicated on your report. Give an example from your life that demonstrates
that these qualities are strengths.
Two strengths listed on my report are independence and appreciation of beauty and nature. An
example from my life that shows that these qualities are strengths was my experience with
COVID-19. Unlike many people, I was able to get very comfortable with isolation because I’m a
naturally independent person, and compensated for my lack of social activities by taking walks
outside.

4. What qualities should a career have in order to satisfy your particular personality?
To satisfy my personality, a career should permit me independence, creative freedom, and
meaningful work. I work best in a lower pressure environment, and don’t really gravitate towards
leadership roles. A good career for me would acknowledge the contributions I make through my
creativity.

5. How can you use this information to make an informed career choice?
I can use this information to make an informed career choice by weighing the qualities of my
ideal workplace against the realities of various careers I’m interested in. After researching
careers, I can evaluate which aligns best with my personal qualities.

Part 2: Intelligences Complete the Intelligences survey in Naviance. Use your report to
answer the questions below.

6. What are your top three intelligences?

My top three intelligences are existential, linguistic, and logical.

7. What do these intelligences mean about you?

Being existentially intelligent means that I am good at seeing the “big picture” of things, and
often consider questions about existence from different perspectives. Being linguistically
intelligent means that I understand and use language properly, and have a strong vocabulary.
Being logically intelligent means that I am good at reasoning and finding relationships between
abstract ideas like numbers.

8. How can you use this information to make an informed career choice?
I can use this information to make an informed career choice by choosing careers where these
strengths are necessary. Some of the careers that were recommended to me after this survey
were computer science teacher, physicist, and astronomer.

Part 3: Career Interest Profiler Complete the Career Interest Profiler in Naviance. Use
your report to answer the questions below.

9. What are your strongest interests?

Although the survey does not directly report what I am interested in, the traits I scored highly in
are mapped onto six Holland personality types. My strongest interests are artistic, investigative,
and realistic.

10. What do these interests mean about you?

Having artistic interests means I enjoy creative activities, and avoid activities that are highly
ordered or repetitive. Having investigative interests means I like studying and solving math or
science problems, but I avoid trying to persuade people. Having realistic interests means I enjoy
working with animals, tools, or machines. Realistic types generally avoid social activities, which
is ironic because my next highest interest is social.

11. How can you use this information to make an informed career choice?
I can use this information to make an informed career choice by choosing careers that allow for
creativity, problem-solving, and working with animals, tools, or machines.

Part 4: Work Values Go to www.onetonline.org. Under “Advanced Search,” select “Work

Values.” Review the description of each work value. Select three work values that are
most important to you. Answer the questions below about your work values.

12. What are your top three work values?

My top three work values are independence, relationships, and working conditions.

13. What do these work values mean about you?

These work values mean that although I prefer working alone, I don’t want to engage in hostile
competition with co-workers. I want a safe working environment where I am treated fairly.

14. How can you use this information to make an informed career choice?
I can use this information to make an informed career choice by searching for careers in which I
can work independently in harmony with others and receive fair treatment and compensation.
Part 5: Career Results Comparison 15. Review the career lists provided at the end of each
survey. Identify three careers that are similar across the lists. List the careers and explain
why each career may be satisfying to you, citing evidence from your survey results.

Three careers that are similar across the lists include geographer, astronomer, and engineering
teacher. These are similar because they are all science-related. A geographer studies the
nature and use of physical space, and they require a graduate-level education. This career may
be satisfying to me because it involves investigative, realistic, and artistic interests. In other
words, it requires the top three interests from my survey, so I would likely find the career
interesting. An astronomer researches and interprets astronomical phenomena, and requires a
graduate-level education. This career may be satisfying to me because like geography, it also
relates to my top three interests. Finally, an engineering teacher instructs students in the
application of physical laws and principles of engineering. This job requires a
graduate-level education. I may find it satisfying because it involves investigative and
realistic interests.