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Guilford – Zimmerman Interest Inventory

Purpose
This is a general survey of listing many types of activities that may or may not appeal
to you in varying degrees. Upon completion of the inventory, you will have a
comprehensive picture of your total interest pattern that can be related to the
vocations and avocations likely to be most satisfying for you. Remember that this is a
survey, not a test, and that there are no right or wrong answers. It is important that
you answer as honestly and frankly as you can.

Instructions
Each item describes an activity, For example:

Go into business for yourself.

First, think whether or not you would like to engage in this activity. Assume that you
have the necessary ability or training. Next, rate the extent to which it appeals to you
or is distasteful to you by recording your response on your answer sheet by making
an X in the appropriate box in the following manner:

DD MD SL DL Definite Dislike (You are sure that you

dislike the activity and that it is unappealing
to you.)

DD MD SL DL No Interest or Mild Dislike (The activity

holds no interest for you and your feelings
toward it are slightly negative.)

DD MD SL DL Some Interest or Slight Like (The

activity might appeal to you as something to
do in your spare time or as a minor part of
your vocation.)

DD MD SL DL Definite Like (You are sure that you would

like the activity and that it would appeal to
you as part of your daily work in earning a
living.)

If you make a mistake simply blacken in the box where the error is – do not erase.
Note that the item numbers on the answer sheet go across the page, with the
numbers arranged from left to right by rows. Each row corresponds to ten items in
the test booklet. Although many items are similar, no two items are exactly alike, so
do not be disturbed if at times you seem to be inconsistent in your responses.

There is no time limit, but try to work rapidly since your first thought is likely to be
most accurate in expressing your true feeling about the item. Be sure to mark an
answer to every item. Do not write on the test booklet. When you have
finished, check to see that all identifying information has been filled in on the answer
sheet.

You may turn the page and begin unless you have been asked to wait.

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOOKLET

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1. Live in the village.

2. Find out what is wrong with an electric clock and repair it.

3. Perform scientific research in an industrial laboratory.

4. Work to assimilate innovative ideas and remain at the forefront of new frontiers
of thought.

5. Study diligently to become an authority in American or English literature.

6. Select paintings to match the interior of a home.

7. Visit families who have applied for welfare and provide assistance as needed.

8. Buy manufactured products and sell them at a profit.

9. Preside at a meeting called to settle unresolved issues.

10. Prepare invoices for merchandise, calculating and adding sales tax.

11. Plant farm crops.

12. Overhaul a petrol engine.

13. Read about atomic energy and its applications to space exploration.

14. Find unique ways to express thoughts or feelings.

15. Compile and edit for publication the diary and letters of a famous literary
figure.

16. Help decide which of several sculptures is most beautiful.

17. Volunteer your services to the Red Cross.

18. Set up a string of small business enterprises.

19. Take final responsibility for establishing administrative policies.

20. Maintain office files for a supervisor.

21. Go on a backpacking trip in the mountains.

22. Construct a glider according to a set of blueprints.

23. Through careful study, familiarize yourself with the basic principles of scientific
method.

24. Formulate a new theory to replace an established theory that has long been
accepted.

25. Read literary classics.

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26. Compare the use of color in the work of two artists.

27. Help a couple planning to separate try to resolve their problems.

28. Open up branch stores in new territories.

29. Act as a recognized leader in a political group.

30. Perform routine clerical duties in an office.

31. Help to harvest a grain crop.

32. Build a television set from a do-it-yourself kit.

33. Design a detailed plan for a scientific experiment.

34. Solve problems in innovative ways.

35. Write a biography of a noteworthy person.

36. Arrange for an exhibit of your own paintings.

37. Provide aid to underprivileged children.

38. Expand a business to incorporate a new line of goods.

39. Accept invitations to speak on behalf of a political candidate.

40. Operate office machines such as copiers and word processors.

41. Trim dead branches from trees.

42. Trace the causes of automobile engine difficulties.

43. Do the work of a research scientist in a university laboratory.

44. Take established ideas and find new applications for them.

45. Compare the merits of novelists writing in different periods.

46. Carefully select a landscape to be painted or photographed.

47. Work with a volunteer group to help the unemployed.

48. Buy used cars to resell at a profit.

49. Serve as chairperson of a convention management committee.

50. Pay bills for a company.

51. Herd cattle in the farm.

52. Tear down an antique automobile and then rebuild it part by part.
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53. Read about the historical development of scientific ideas.

54. Adopt an unconventional approach to life.

55. Write book reviews for publication.

56. Attend a ballet.

57. Distribute food to the needy.

58. Purchase merchandise at wholesale to sell to retail establishment.

59. Preside at a meeting called to appoint a new committee.

60. Look up cost and order numbers in catalogs.

61. Cultivate crops such as cotton, corn, or potatoes.

62. Use a new type of supercharger for an airplane engine.

63. Determine the most appropriate method to be use in a scientific investigation.

64. Use imaginative approaches to solve problems.

65. Edit a section of a daily newspaper.

66. Attend a showing of rare art objects.

67. Help locate living quarters for families who have been evicted.

68. Beat competition through smart business practice.

69. Persuade people to hold meetings in rooms owned by an organization which

you represent.

70. Remove papers from files arranged alphabetically and later refile them.

71. Assume responsibility for the care and protection of a forest preserve.

72. Create a wind-resistant design for a high-speed aircraft.

73. Analyze the logical deductions from a new scientific theory.

74. Experiment with materials to produce a unique art object.

75. Major in English in high school or college.

76. Select furnishings and decorations for homes.

77. Help prepare the case history of a welfare applicant.

78. Trade properties for other properties.

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79. Assume leadership responsibilities as an elected official.

80. Compile totals on a calculator.

81. Graft and prune fruit trees.

82. Disassemble a clock and put it back together again.

83. Calculate the effect of forces acting upon a moving object.

84. Invent a new "gadget".

85. Study the precise meaning of words.

86. Study long periods of time working on a creative project.

87. Perform the duties of a social worker.

88. Beat competition through more successful sales.

89. Spearhead a committee appointed to make policy decisions.

90. Prepare employee payroll.

91. Milk cows, gather eggs, feed poultry and perform other farm chores.

92. Restore an automobile body.

93. Test the limits of human ability to withstand high forces of gravity.

94. Use words in new combinations in writing to convey emotion rather than
meaning.

95. Become an expert on English.

96. Spend several days attending an art festival.

97. Make recommendations to a court in the interest of helping juvenile or adult

offenders.

98. Set up a new business, sell it at a profit, and go on to repeat the cycle.

99. Manage a campaign for a political candidate.

100. Prepare and send out monthly statements.

101. Work in the outdoors.

102. Do the mechanical work on a race car.

103. Do research on the effects of vitamins on the growth of laboratory animals.

104. Build a unique structure from unconventional materials.

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105. Write a thesis on comparative literature.

106. Paint a landscape in watercolor.

107. Counsel veterans who have personal problems.

108. Invest in industrial or business properties.

109. Assume responsibility for planning, organizing and directing the operation of a
large corporation.

110. Keypunch records on file cards.

111. Use fertilizers or chemicals to increase plant production.

112. Construct a stereo set.

113. Gather scientific facts and draw conclusions based upon those facts.

114. Approach new problems or assignment with the idea of solving them in a novel
fashion.

115. Participate in a discussion about a great work of literature.

116. Paint a portrait in oils.

117. Help raise funds to combat cancer or infantile paralysis.

118. Invest money in high-risk, high-return enterprises.

119. Serve as a board chairperson for a corporation.

120. Enter data in the appropriate columns and rows on record sheets.

121. Mend fences, tend poultry and repair equipment on a ranch.

122. Assemble parts into a working piece of machinery.

123. Carefully analyze a mineral sample, following steps in an established order.

124. Think of a new idea and thoroughly explore its implications.

125. Seek always to use the right word to express ideas in speech and writing.

126. Prepare illustrations to be used in advertising.

127. Volunteer your services at a home for orphans or abused children.

128. Attend bankruptcy sales and bid for merchandise to sell in your own stores.

129. Convince city council members to pass a new regulation.

130. File personnel records by name.

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131. Trap animals.

132. Tear down a motorcycle, make the necessary repairs, and put it together again.

133. Take courses in advanced physics or chemistry in college.

134. Draw upon creative or unusual analogies when explaining or describing ideas.

135. Predict the viewpoints and attitudes of an author by the way the author
expresses him or herself.

136. Appreciate the way an interpretive dancer moves in relation to musical

accompaniment.

137. Work for better shelter for the homeless.

138. Manage a new money-making venture.

139. Supervise employees in an industrial setting.

140. Re-alphabetize records that have been pulled from a file.

141. Work at a timber camp.

142. Solder wires in place according to an electrical diagram.

143. Perform laboratory experiments in atomic fission and fusion.

144. Devise plots for novels.

145. Edit the biography of a famous person.

146. Take pleasure in a technically perfect performance of a ballet.

147. Work for educational opportunities for learning disabled children.

148. Buy out a competitor.

149. Convince a business partner that your ideas are best.

150. Schedule and record appointments for an employer.

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NEO PI
Form- S

Instructions:

Carefully read all of the instructions before beginning. The questionnaire contains 60
statements. Read each statement carefully. For each statement fill in the circle with
the response that best represents your opinion. Make sure that your answer is in the
correct box.

SD
Fill in if you strongly disagree or the statement is definitely false.

Fill in D if you disagree or the statement is mostly false.

N
Fill in if you are neutral on the statement, you cannot decide, or the
statement is about equally true and false.

Fill in A if you agree or the statement is mostly true.

Fill in SA if you strongly agree or the statement is definitely true.

For example, if you strongly disagree or believe that a statement is definitely false,

you would fill in SD for that statement.

Example

SD D N A SA

Fill in only one response for each statement. Respond to all of the statements, making
sure that you fill in the correct response. DO NOT ERASE! If you need to change an
answer, make a "X" through the incorrect response and then fill in the correct
response.
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1. I am not a worrier.

2. I rarely feel fearful or anxious.

3. I often feel tense and jittery.

4. I often get angry at the way people treat me.

5. I rarely feel lonely or blue.

6. Sometimes I feel completely worthless.

7. I am seldom sad or depressed.

8. Too often, when things go wrong, I get discouraged and feel like giving up.

9. At times I have been so ashamed I just want to hide.

10. I often feel inferior to others.

11. I often feel helpless and want someone else to solve my problems.

12. When I'm under a great deal of stress, sometimes I feel like I'm going to
pieces.

13. I really enjoy talking to poeple.

14. I like to have a lot of people around me.

15. I usually prefer doing things alone.

16. I would rather go my own way than be a leader of others.

17. I often feel as if I'm bursting with energy.

18. My life is fast-paced.

19. I am a very active person.

20. I like to be where the action is.

21. I am not a cheerful optimist.

22. I don't consider myself especially "light-hearted".

23. I am a cheerful, high-spirited person.

24. I laugh easily.

25. I don't like to waste my time day-dreaming.

26. I am intriguied by the patterns I find in art and nature.

27. Poetry has little or no effect on me.

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28. Sometimes when I am reading poetry or looking at a work of art, i feel a chill or
wave of excitement.

29. I seldom notice the moods or feelings that different environments produce.

30. Once I find the right way to do someting, I stick to it.

31. I often try new and foreign foods.

32. I often enjoy playing with theories or abstract ideas.

33. I have little interest in speculating on the nature of the universe or the human
condition.

34. I have a lot of intellectual curiosity.

35. I believe letting students hear controversial speakers can only confuse and
mislead them.

36. I believe we should look to our religious authorities for decisions on moral
issues.

37. I tend to be cynical and skeptical of others' intentions.

38. I believe that most people will take advantage of you if you let them.

39. If necessary, I am willing to manipulate people to get what I want.

40. I pride myself on my shrewdness in handling people.

41. I try to be courteous to everyone I meet.

42. Some people think of me as cold and calculating.

43. I generally try to be thoughtful and considerate.

44. Most people I know like me.

45. I would rather cooperate with others than compete with them.

46. If I don't like people, I let them know it.

47. I often get into argumentswith my family and co-workers.

48. I'm hard-headed and tough-minded in my attitudes.

49. I keep my belongings neat and clean.

50. I am not a very methodical person.

51. I never seem to be able to get organized.

52. I try to perform all the tasks assigned to me conscientiously.

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53. Sometimes I'm not as dependable or reliable as I should be.

54. When I make a commitment. I can always be counted on to follow through.

55. I'd really have to be sick before I'd miss a day of work.

56. I have a clear set of goals and work toward them in an orderly fashion.

57. I work hard to accomplish my goals.

58. I strive for excellence in everything I do.

59. I'm pretty good about pacing myself so as to get things done on time.

60. I waste a lot of time before settling down to work.