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Realistic Theme
Here is more information about the Strong Interest Inventory® and the Realistic theme (building, repairing, and working outdoors). You can take the Strong Interest Inventory online now by clicking here or on the image to the left.
Typical Work Activities
- Doing jobs that produce tangible results
- Fixing, building, and repairing
- Using tools that require fine motor coordination and manual dexterity (e.g. surgeon's scalpel, jeweler's tweezers, dentist's drill)
- Operating precision machinery (e.g. x-ray machine, drill press)
- Operating or designing heavy equipment
- Usually more interested in action than thought
- Generally prefer concrete problems over ambiguous, abstract problems
Typical Hobbies
- Hunting, fishing, camping, and rock climbing
- Building and rebuilding
- Repairing old things (e.g. cars, machines, appliances)
- Reading magazines and books about outdoor sports, cars, boats, and airplanes
- Operating recreational vehicles (e.g. speedboats, jet skis, motorcycles, snowmobiles)
- Physically dangerous activities (e.g. skydiving, mountain climbing, auto racing)
Common self-concepts and values
- Emotionally stable and reliable
- Practical, thrifty, and persistent
- Shy, modest
- Likely to avoid being the center of attention
- Uncomfortable talking about themselves
- Inclined to take physical risks
- Likely to maintain traditional values
- Slow to accept radical new ideas
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