The Job Assignment Test

1. Grab your life by the horns! I bet you didn't even know your life had horns! Well, it does! And exclamation points! Exclamation points and horns! So, grab your exclamation-pointy life by the horns and find out what job you are best suited for! Or even better, the job for which you are best suited!
   
   
   
2. Choose the answer that is closest to describing you:
3. 1

   In school, you...

   ...showed up to every class on time, assignments completed.

   ...showed up to every class, having skimmed the required reading.

   ...showed up to class, usually late, if at all.

   ...generally preferred Price is Right to your calculus lecture.

4. 2

   An acquaintance you know through a friend, but not well enough to call your own friend, calls you in the middle of the night. They've been in a car accident. They aren't hurt, but their car is totaled and they need a ride home. You...

   ...tell them you'll be right there, hop out of bed and get out the door.

   ...try to get hold of your mutual friend. How did this guy get your number anyway?

   ...say you'll be right there, and then fall back asleep.

   ...apologize that you have an important early meeting and can't afford to miss out on the sleep.

5. 3

   You're playing a video game with your roommate and he's, quite frankly, pummeling the living crap out of you. You...

   ...stop playing in the middle of the game.

   ...turn the game off.

   ...make snide, self-deprecating comments about how much you suck/the computer hates you.

   ...laugh at your own misfortune and continue to fight, however poorly.

6. 4

   Your friend is having a garage sale and asks everyone who owes her a favor to pitch in and help. You are one of these people. She decides to let people pick what job to do. You choose...

   ...to post an ad for the sale on Craigslist

   ...to help her sort through the garage and price her possessions.

   ...to work a 1 hour shift as the cashier.

   ...to go flyer the neighborhood and surrounding areas.

7. 5

   Your mom asks you come over and help her out with her computer. When a job that you thought would take 15 minutes starts to stretch to the 2 hour mark, you...

   ...ask if you can come back tomorrow to work on it more.

   ...keep at it. It's not fixed 'til it's fixed.

   ...tell her that you don't know how to fix her problem and she should take it somewhere.

   ...have already been gone for an hour.

8. 6

   At a bar, you overhear a group of people discussing politics. One person in particular is getting heated over an issue you care deeply about, and they disagree with you. You...

   ...stay out of it. You don't know these people.

   ...go over and join in the discussion, trying to be diplomatic.

   ...loudly say something insulting, yet relevant to get his attention.

   ...yell disparaging comments about his mother.

9. 7

   You have been put in charge of organizing this year's family reunion. When choosing the date, you...

   ...choose a random date, far enough in the future that everyone should be able to plan around it.

   ...get a rough idea of when the family members you talk to on a regular basis will be free.

   ...throw together a quick online poll and email everybody on the invite list to vote.

   ...call and discuss the date with everyone invited, cross-referencing with hotels in the area to see when they have vacancies.

10. 8

    One of your co-workers is sort of a loser. 40, never married, socially awkward. Everybody at work, while not being outright abusive, teases and pokes fun at him, both behind his back and to his face. You...

    ...tease him too, but in an overtly friendly manner. After all, he seems amused.

    ...tease him too, and even take the lead sometimes in coming up with new jokes.

    ...try to raise the bar. This guy has it coming.

    ...make a deliberate effort to be kind to him, even if it means he follows you around all day.

11. 9

    You're trying to turn left onto a busy street from a side street with no light. The cars are piling up behind you, and you've been sitting, waiting for an opening for the last 5 minutes. You...

    ...decide to turn right. You can turn around in the shopping center down the road.

    ...feel bad, but it's not your fault that the street's so crowded.

    ...use the time you're waiting go ahead and sort through your CD collection. You're going to be here a while anyway.

    ...get fed up and pull out in front of traffic. It's ridiculous to have to wait that long!

12. 10

    Your significant other asks you to put together a grocery list while they're at work. You...

    ...scribble down one or two things that you think of off the top of your head.

    ...go through everything in the fridge and cabinets, making a detailed accounting of what you'll need to make meals for the next couple of weeks.

    ...scan the kitchen for the usual suspects (milk, eggs, meat, etc.)

    ...don't use grocery lists. You go to the store and pick up whatever looks good.

Finished!