Find your 3-letter Holland Code in about 4 minutes. Twenty questions about work you'd enjoy — then your code, your interest chart, and matching careers. Free, no signup.
In the 1950s, psychologist John Holland proposed that both people and work environments fit six interest types. Your Holland Code is the three letters that describe you best, in rank order — for example:
SAE — Social first, then Artistic, then Enterprising: think counselor who runs workshops, teacher turned trainer
RIA — Realistic, Investigative, Artistic: think engineer who builds installations, lab tech who photographs specimens
ECR — Enterprising, Conventional, Realistic: think contractor who runs the business, sales manager who lives in spreadsheets
There are 120 possible three-letter codes (6 × 5 × 4). The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET system tags nearly a thousand occupations with these codes — that's the science linking your answers to real jobs.
The six types, in plain English
R — Realistic: hands-on, practical, tools and the outdoors
20 work activities — rate each from "strongly dislike" to "strongly like". (Example: "Design a logo for a new coffee shop." Enjoy it? Hate it? You decide.)
Instant scoring — your browser totals each area (3–15 points) and ranks your top three letters. Nothing is uploaded.
Your code + matches — see what each letter means and 5 careers matched to your code, with why-they-fit notes.
Questions
How accurate is a 20-question test?
Accurate enough for exploration. Three items per interest area captures your pattern well; the main limitation is resolution, not direction — and when scores come out flat, we tell you ("broad interests") instead of inventing precision.
Can my Holland Code change?
Interests are fairly stable in adulthood but they do evolve — especially in your teens and twenties. Retake anytime; it's free.
What do I do with my code?
Use it as a search filter: "[your code] careers", "[occupation] Holland code". Talk to people in matching roles. Run cheap experiments before big commitments (a weekend project beats a semester of wondering).
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