widest applicability for computer-based testing / assessment is on pupils, undergraduate
students, and active population.
As regards activity fields, a higher incidence can be noticed with people whose work
demands dexterity, visual acuity and concentration (like drivers, pilots, military), pupils
in the process of crystallization their vocational choice, young graduates about to enter
employment, adults wishing to continue their studies or change jobs.
Examples, case studies, exercises
At present, in Romania there are some self-assessment computer programmes such as:
InterOptions, The Occupation Guide and Cognitive Aptitude Psychological Test Battery.
InterOptions – The occupation preference questionnaire (Romanian version of the
Canadian questionnaire) is a computer-based self-assessment application that can be
used with counsellor assistance or individually.
The programme offers the following facilities (either of the two stages can come first, one
automatically leading to the other):
- Self-assessment of the client as regards professional preferences (my fields of
interest) on a five-step scale (does not suit me at all, does not suit me very
well, undecided, suits me fairly well and suits me very well) in five fields of
interest:- directive – leadership, independence and initiative, with good results in
supervision and project management; - innovative – inclined towards science, abstract matters, intellectual
independence and creativity, with good results in experimentation,
measurement, idea verification, research, mathematics; - methodical – likes systematic routine, detailed and neat work, following
clear instructions, excels in technical occupations, desk work or the use
of computer; - objective – prefers work with machines, processes, methods and data;
realistic, consequential, organized, follows standard methods and
processes, and excels in fields such as repair or constructions, work with
objects, materials, machines and tools, equipment, technical instruments; - social – prefers direct or indirect contact with people, receptive to their
needs and interests, preferring economic, social lines of work (assistance,
aid, in the service of community).
- directive – leadership, independence and initiative, with good results in