Picture-Based Interest Inventory

This picture-based interest inventory provides an easy and accessible way to help students reflect on their own interest areas and inform what kind of future opportunities they may enjoy. Where many interest inventories require that children be able to read, interpret confusing symbols or imagine themselves in a future career they have no experience with, this survey is widely accessible and picture based. Whether using this inventory to inform what kinds of enrichment your students may enjoy, or helping kids narrow down a topic for a career-spotlight project, you will find this a simple and straightforward tool.

Seven questions in total, the inventory features color photos of REAL children of varying ethnicities and genders participating in age appropriate activities in 7 different domains of interest.

Also included is a quick scoring guide to help identify top areas of interest and a short list of career connections listing jobs that use each interest area.