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Free work values test
Find the conditions that make work worth choosing—then pressure-test the tradeoffs before you trust a career title.
✓ Six equally scored values✓ Complete private result✓ No signup or email
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The six value areas
A vocabulary for the employment bargain.
These values describe what a workplace provides—not your talent, personality, or moral worth. A career can reinforce them differently across employers and settings.
Independence
Make decisions and shape how the work gets done.
Recognition
Grow, lead, and have meaningful contributions noticed.
Relationships
Help people and work in an ethical, cooperative setting.
Support
Work under fair policies and capable, backing managers.
Working Conditions
Make pay, security, pace, schedule, and environment sustainable.
Transparent scoring
Equal questions, visible tradeoffs.
How the score works
Each value has three independently written statements. Ratings run from 0 for “Not a priority” to 4 for “Non-negotiable,” so every value has the same 0–12 range. The result shows all six totals and does not hide close scores.
Why ratings are not enough
Many people rate several conditions highly. Your result therefore includes a direct tradeoff question: what would justify giving up some of one leading value to gain another? That question is often more useful than the rank order.
How to use the result
Turn each leading value into observable questions for practitioners and employers. Compare the same occupation across settings, inspect real job postings, and test assumptions before paying for training or leaving a role.
Where the test stops
This short self-report is not a validated psychological instrument, job-satisfaction prediction, or employment screen. Values can change with finances, health, caregiving, access, and life stage. A high score never proves that an occupation will supply the value.
CareerOneStop currently offers the U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Work Values Matcher. O*NET retired its Work Importance Locator in 2024; its archived research still documents the six value areas. KnowYourPull uses original prompts and its own transparent short-form scoring.
Interpret carefully
Work values test FAQ.
Is this the official O*NET Work Importance Locator?
No. O*NET retired that instrument in 2024. KnowYourPull uses original statements informed by the same six broad value areas and does not reproduce or administer the retired tool. The current CareerOneStop matcher is linked above.
What if every value scores highly?
That is useful information, not a failed result. It means a simple ranking may hide the decision. Use the result's tradeoff question and define which condition becomes non-negotiable when a real role cannot provide everything.
Does a career have one fixed work-value profile?
No. Management, schedule, compensation, autonomy, ethics, and team relationships can differ substantially across employers, specialties, contracts, and locations. Use career data as a starting hypothesis and verify the actual setting.
Can an employer use this result to screen me?
No. This is a private career-exploration reflection, not a selection or performance instrument. It should not be used for hiring, promotion, diagnosis, or eligibility decisions.
Are my answers saved?
Your progress and result are kept in browser session storage so the page can survive a refresh. No account, name, or email is required. Starting over replaces the current answers.
Reviewed August 10, 2026 · KnowYourPull product and editorial team · AI-assisted implementation with human product review; not independently reviewed by a career counselor.