Career Test - WomenWorking

Your boss assigns you as a manager of a team project. You:

A. Take charge by creating a plan of action without consulting your team for input. As usual, you end up doing some of the tasks you’ve assigned to others yourself!

B. Know that on one level you are qualified to be in charge, but on another level you doubt your abilities.

C. Think, “I’ll start my game plan next week.”

D. Think, “Okay. Let me call the team together, get their feedback, and get started.”

Correct!

Wrong!

It comes time to delegate responsibility for the project. You end up:

A. Constantly checking up on everyone and then redoing most of the work they’ve done, convinced that you are the only one who can do it right.

B. Being indecisive about whom to assign work to.

C. Giving out work to those on your team that e-mail or call you, and waiting for the others to contact you before considering them.

D. Doing your job and letting your teammates do theirs. You trust the people you have brought together.

Correct!

Wrong!

You would describe your office as:

A. In order. You organized your office into a special system that works for you and probably doesn’t make sense to anyone else.

B. Cluttered. You make two copies of everything you send out or receive, plus the drafts in case you make a mistake and have to justify it.

C. Stale. All around your office are projects that are long overdue. You still need to finish them but haven’t found the time to do so.

D. Neat. It is somewhat organized so that you can work efficiently.

Correct!

Wrong!

It’s 5:30 on Friday. Your workday typically ends at 6:00 but you have piles of papers sitting on your desk. You:

A. Stay all evening until everything is finished.

B. Feel stressed about all you have to do but leave at 6:00, taking your stress with you.

C. Leave without giving the work a second thought—you did all that you could. You’re used to letting things pile up.

D. Maybe stay an extra hour, knowing you’ll tackle the rest on Monday.

Correct!

Wrong!

In general you feel _____ at work.

A. Overbooked

B. Anxious

C. Distracted

D. Confident

Correct!

Wrong!

You have written a proposal that you will present to the CEO in five minutes. You:

A. Are exhausted! You were up all night perfecting the presentation.

B. Have your assistant reread it for the hundredth time because you’re worried you didn’t make it strong enough.

C. Are still finishing the last section.

D. Breathe deeply and give yourself a pep talk: “I’ve been planning and working on this for weeks. I’ll do great!”

Correct!

Wrong!

Your boss is leaving the company. She informs you that the company is looking to fill the spot and encourages you to go for the job. You:

A. Compile your resume, write out a list of all your accomplishments, and debate whether or not you are really qualified to follow in her footsteps.

B. Consider it briefly before determining that you know there is no way they would really consider you, so you don’t take action.

C. Tell her, “Thanks” and that you’ll follow up with her next week. But you know you may never do that.

D. Set up a meeting with the vice president of human resources to explore the possibility of this promotion.

Correct!

Wrong!

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