Career assessment tests are commonly viewed as modified forms of personality tests. They contain questions that are used to measure a person's quantitative and qualitative aptitude along with his inclination and skillfulness relative to particular work fields.
There are various types of career assessment tests used to assess the taker's answers within a series of topics, including creativeness, philanthropy, confidence, financial objectives, physical activity and interpersonal communications. Different career assessment tests are generally grouped into aptitude tests, career interest inventories, work value inventories and assorted skills assessments.
Two tests frequently used are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Strong Interest Inventory, which aim to provide the test taker with specific information about different professions, industries and work environments that correlate to her personality and interests.
The results of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator presents the taker with a list of careers that are likely to both suit and stimulate him by calculating how he fares amid the designated personality categories: Extroversion/Introversion, Sensing/Intuition, Thinking/Feeling and Judging/Perceiving. The Strong Interest Inventory is used to establish a person's degree of interest amid six primary career groups (Conventional, Investigative, Realistic, Artistic, Enterprising and Social) and concludes which careers would be the best match.
It's important to note that career assessment tests are not meant to bind a person to a certain field or claim that she can only thrive in certain occupations, but to assist in finding the careers best suited for her.