What kind of engineer should you be?

 

What kind of engineer should you be?

Engineering is one of the coolest jobs in the world, but there are so many disciplines it can be a little daunting to choose one for yourself! I wasn't happy with the existing quizzes, they were mostly way too direct (do you like bridges or wires? uh...) or way too career-spammy, and they were all way too serious. So with that in mind I took some personality traits and kinda did my best attempt at mapping them to engineering fields. It's not scientific or accurate because it really doesn't matter, engineers do so many things and move around so much there's no way to predict what path you'll end up on... so relax! This point of this test is to combine the fun of a personality quiz with the usefulness of a career test... hey look at that, fun AND useful? It's getting engineer-y already!

You can skip a few questions if you don't like them, but the more you answer the more accurate the test will be. Well, within all the accuracy it's capable of, that is. Which isn't much.

Also - if you're a teacher and want to print this out so a whole class of future engineers can take it, I now have a printable version!

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Do you like being in charge?

Doesn't matter

Favorite color?

Purple

What's something you'd HATE at work?
Constantly being distracted and having to switch tasks

Another possible job for me might be...

Teacher

What's more important?
That everything is done right

Are you good at minding your own business?
No

What are you most likely to doodle on the side of a paper when you're bored?
Cars, buildings, trees... other things you see around you

What size company do you think you'd want to work at?
A big company, with lots of people to meet and room to move around

Word that describes you best?
Successful

Where would you like to go to work?
My own special cubicle

If I'm late on a project, it's more likely because it...
Takes me a while to get done, I'm a perfectionist.

What would you rather do?
Be a mad scientist

Favorite way to spend your free time?
Doing puzzles or creating things that involve putting pieces together

Word that best describes you
Ambitious

I'd rather have friends who are...
Not into creating drama

What do people like about you?
I'm very supportive and loyal

I'm good at helping people...
Get their head out of the clouds and have a reality check

Favorite kitchen utensil?
Meat thermometer

My mad scientist laboratory would have...
A greenhouse full of plants (maybe evil plants?)

I'd rather work
Alone. I don't care how helpful the group is.

The Engineering Personality Quiz
You have strong principles. You can sometimes be hard on yourself, but you achieve a lot and any team with you on it will be successful... even if you have to do the work yourself.

You might make a good
Electrical Engineer
Electrical engineers develop a wide range of technologies, from global positioning systems to power plants. They learn about how individual components interact in a circuit in addition to creating large systems out of devices and networks.

Other scores:
Electrical: 53%
Chemical: 30%
Aerospace: 30%
Computer: 30%
Mechanical: 30%
Civil: 30%
Materials: 23%
Environmental: 15%
Industrial: 15%

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