# My parachute seems to be too multicolored...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parachute-seems-to-be-too-multicolored/252846>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parachute-seems-to-be-too-multicolored/252846 "2004-06-30T06:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parachute-seems-to-be-too-multicolored/252846/1 "2004-06-30T06:44:44Z")

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Is there a free, on-line, usefull tool for determining one’s strongest attributes? Not in the personality sort of way, but in the “best job for you” type of way.

I’ve taken a few, and I don’t tend to trust the results. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parachute-seems-to-be-too-multicolored/252846/2 "2004-06-30T15:58:57Z")

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Not that I know of. What you’re looking for is a “Skill/Interest Inventory,” and good ones tend to be fee-only. The best I’ve heard of is the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); the Strong-Campbell Vocational Interest Battery is another good one, although it doesn’t get into skill level.

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parachute-seems-to-be-too-multicolored/252846/3 "2004-06-30T17:03:19Z")

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> [@Nametag](#):
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> Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); the Strong-Campbell Vocational Interest Battery is another good one, although it doesn’t get into skill level.

Damn, doesn’t appear to allow one to take it online. Given the sample questions, I think we’d all be fit for generals though…

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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parachute-seems-to-be-too-multicolored/252846/4 "2004-07-01T00:09:01Z")

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I think I remember something like [emode.com](http://emode.com) or something similar. It was more personality based, but I guess that _might_ be a good place to start.