Psych-blogging: tests three and four

Next was the Strong Interest Inventory. I was asked whether I would like, would dislike, or am indifferent to the work involved in various occupations. (My favorite: governor of a state. That was a like.) I noticed a clear pattern: I have no interest in occupations involving sports, children, or patience. I also got to puzzle over such imponderables as whether I would rather be a headwaiter or a lighthouse keeper and to express my relative preferences among ideas, data, people, and things.

Then I was presented with a list of 300 adjectives, and I filled in the bubbles next to the ones that I believe described me. Oddly, "initiative" was one of the "adjectives." ("Attentive to parallel construction," sadly, was not.) I hope I don't come across as overly self-congratulatory. I filled in a lot more favorable descriptions than unfavorable ones. It just happens that my many failings resist pithy description.