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Career Anchors

This adaptation of Edgar Schein’s questionnaire helps you look at your career motives without spreadsheets or manual scoring.

Questions

  1. 1. Build my career within a specific scientific or technical field.
  2. 2. Supervise and control people and influence them at all levels.
  3. 3. Be able to do things my own way and not be constrained by organizational rules.
  4. 4. Have a stable job with guaranteed salary and social security.
  5. 5. Use my communication skills to benefit people and help others.
  6. 6. Work on problems that seem almost unsolvable.
  7. 7. Live a life where family interests and career are balanced.
  8. 8. Create and build something that is entirely my own idea or product.
  9. 9. Continue working in my specialty rather than take a higher position outside it.
  10. 10. Be the top manager in an organization.
  11. 11. Have work not tied to schedules or other organizational constraints.
  12. 12. Work in an organization that provides long-term stability.
  13. 13. Use my skills and abilities to make the world better.
  14. 14. Compete with others and win.
  15. 15. Build a career that lets me stay true to my lifestyle.
  16. 16. Create a new business venture.
  17. 17. Devote my life to my chosen profession.
  18. 18. Hold a high-level managerial position.
  19. 19. Have a job that gives maximum freedom and autonomy.
  20. 20. Stay where I live rather than move for promotion.
  21. 21. Use my skills and talent to serve an important cause.
  22. 22. My only true career goal is to find and solve hard problems.
  23. 23. I always try to give equal attention to family and career.
  24. 24. I am always looking for ideas to start and build my own business.
  25. 25. I would accept a leadership role only in my professional domain.
  26. 26. I want a role that lets me oversee others and integrate their work.
  27. 27. In my career I care most about freedom and autonomy.
  28. 28. It is more important to stay where I live than to move for a better job.
  29. 29. I have always looked for work where I can help others.
  30. 30. Competition and winning are the most exciting parts of my career.
  31. 31. Career makes sense only if it allows me to live the life I like.
  32. 32. Entrepreneurship is a central part of my career.
  33. 33. I would rather leave an organization than do work outside my profession.
  34. 34. I will consider myself successful only when I become a senior leader in a strong organization.
  35. 35. I do not want to be constrained by organizations or the business world.
  36. 36. I would prefer to work in an organization with a long-term contract.
  37. 37. I would like to devote my career to achieving an important and useful goal.
  38. 38. I feel successful only when constantly solving hard problems or competing.
  39. 39. Choosing and maintaining a lifestyle is more important than career success.
  40. 40. I have always wanted to found and build my own business.
  41. 41. I prefer work that does not involve business trips.

How to use

  1. Rate each statement from 1 to 10.
  2. An average score is calculated for each anchor.
  3. An anchor is considered strongly expressed if the average score is above 6.

This is not a diagnosis or a ready-made career recommendation. The result is a starting point for your own reflection, and your answers are not sent to the site owner.

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Results

Answered 0/41

Anchors stay in a stable order while you answer. A final value appears once all questions for an anchor are answered. After the questionnaire is complete, results are sorted by final score.