Investigative Personality

Investigative Personality Type

Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading, selling, or persuading people;

Has good skills at understanding and solving science and math problems;

Values science, and

Sees self as precise, scientific, and intellectual.

Investigative Type: Work Environment

Persons having an Investigative personality type "dominate" this environment. There are more of them than there are people of other personality types. For example, in a scientific laboratory there will be more persons having an "Investigative" personality than there will be people who have an Enterprising type.

"Investigative" people create a "Investigative" environment. For example, they particularly value people who are precise, scientific, and intellectual -- who are good at understanding and solving science and math problems.

Examples of occupations that have an Investigative environment are:

The two work environments that are closest to the Investigative type are Realistic and Artistic. The farthest away is the Enterprising type.