{"id":27408,"date":"2017-05-17T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alumni.virginia.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=27408"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:40:39","slug":"assessments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uvaalumni.org\/careers\/advising\/assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Advising-Based Assessments<\/h2>\n<p>We offer Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI\u00ae) and Strong Interest Inventory (SII\u00ae) assessments to <a href=\"https:\/\/uvaalumni.org\/membership\/\">Contributing Members<\/a>. Each assessment is taken online and is followed by a career advising appointment to interpret the results. To begin, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/uvaalumni.org\/career-advising\">ACE Advising<\/a> and schedule an appointment with the type \u201cSII\u201d or \u201cMBTI.\u201d \u00a0Once your appointment is confirmed, you will receive payment instructions. SII\u00ae costs <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">$35<\/span> $24.50 (30% savings!). MBTI\u00ae costs $35. After your payment is received, you\u2019ll receive access instructions for your selected assessment.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI\u00ae)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-26909 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uvaalumni.org\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/mbti-Logo.png\" alt=\"MBTI logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> The MBTI\u00ae is the most widely used personality assessment instrument in the world, with a proven record based on over 70 years of research and development. It gives you access to your psychological type, or how you process information. From a career standpoint, it provides insight into your own strengths, areas for development and career and work environments you might enjoy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myersbriggs.org\/my-mbti-personality-type\/mbti-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Myers &amp; Briggs Foundation: MBTI\u00ae Basics<\/a>: An overview of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator\u00ae(MBTI\u00ae ).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Strong Interest Inventory (SII\u00ae)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-26909 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uvaalumni.org\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/strong-interest-inventory.png\" alt=\"MBTI logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> The SII\u00ae assessment is used to help you understand your work interests and to illustrate the kinds of work in which you might be most satisfied. It measures your interests in a broad range of occupations, work activities, leisure activities, and academic subjects, then compares your results with those of people successfully employed in those occupations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themyersbriggs.com\/en-us\/explore-solutions\/strong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Strong Interest Inventory<\/a>: A good background on the assessment as well as what the report you&#8217;ll receive includes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hollandcodes.wordpress.com\/what-are-holland-codes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holland Codes Blog<\/a>: Provides information about the different preferences or \u201ccodes\u201d in the SII. The Department of Labor analyzed thousands of occupations using the codes which are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">o*netonline.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Free, Anytime Assessments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/businesscenter\/toolkit\/compare-occupations.aspx\">Compare Occupations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gladeo.org\/\">Gladeo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsmyfuture.org\/\">MySkillsMyFuture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynextmove.org\/explore\/ip\">ONET\/My Next Move<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/Toolkit\/Skills\/skills-matcher.aspx\">Skills Matcher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advising-Based Assessments We offer Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI\u00ae) and Strong Interest Inventory (SII\u00ae) assessments to Contributing Members. 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