I remember in high school taking the ASVAB test (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) which is aimed at finding a good match between your abilities and a potential role in the military. However it was good at testing a wide variety of aptitudes, from physical to intellectual.
Also when I applied for a residency position in orthopedic surgery, one program gave all its applicants a test of visual-spatial ability. One activity I remember on it was, given a folded out piece of paper with fold lines, identify the structure it would fold up into. Perhaps good visual-spatial ability is important when performing surgery. I’d expect this skill is also required in a few other types of occupations: architecture, flying, carpentry, etc.
Or you could pretend you’re an NFL candidate and take the Wonderlic test.
There is a wide variety of skills you could explore: people skills, animal handling skills, gardening, construction, repair, spatial skills, vehicle or tool handling, and many subtypes of intellectual skills.
These are intriguing, thanks! But I guess I’m looking for things like these where each skill-section is unbundled. Like if each category of the ASVAB, were its own test.
I remember in high school taking the ASVAB test (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) which is aimed at finding a good match between your abilities and a potential role in the military. However it was good at testing a wide variety of aptitudes, from physical to intellectual.
Also when I applied for a residency position in orthopedic surgery, one program gave all its applicants a test of visual-spatial ability. One activity I remember on it was, given a folded out piece of paper with fold lines, identify the structure it would fold up into. Perhaps good visual-spatial ability is important when performing surgery. I’d expect this skill is also required in a few other types of occupations: architecture, flying, carpentry, etc.
Or you could pretend you’re an NFL candidate and take the Wonderlic test.
There is a wide variety of skills you could explore: people skills, animal handling skills, gardening, construction, repair, spatial skills, vehicle or tool handling, and many subtypes of intellectual skills.
These are intriguing, thanks! But I guess I’m looking for things like these where each skill-section is unbundled. Like if each category of the ASVAB, were its own test.