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Interests
What really interests them: their three strongest interest types in plain words.
Career Compass for teens 14+ and their parentsFor teens 14+ and their parents
A career test for teens
From “I don’t know what I want” to a real plan. A 20-minute test, a report with the careers that fit your child, a week to try one of them, and universities worth aiming for.
What the test measures
Five parts, one child
What they like, what drives them, how they work, where they thrive and what matters to them: all put together like a puzzle. Tested with 2,500+ students.
Motivation
What drives them: six motivations, from creativity to money and stability.
Team role
How they work with others and the role they take when something has to get done together.
Environment
Where they thrive: pace, people around, an office, a lab or outdoors.
About me
Favourite subjects, activities outside school and the countries where they’d like to study.
How it works
One test. A whole path.
It all starts with a 20-minute test. Everything after it opens in your child’s account and stays there.
Take the test20 min
A test teens actually finish
Photo questions, quick choices and short situations instead of endless 1-to-5 scales. They can pause and come back.
- Five parts: interests, motivation, team role, environment and about me
- Parents give consent and pay, the child takes the test
- On a phone or a computer
Get the reportstraight away
A report your child recognises themselves in
Interests, motivation, work style and environment, then 3 career fields +1 with 4 careers in each: skills, study, pay and outlook.
- 3 career fields +1, 4 careers in each
- Pay in the countries your child chose
- A separate page for parents
Try a career in an internship1 week
Try the work before choosing it
A virtual internship in a career from the report: a short real-life task each day and written feedback on every answer.
- 5 tasks and 5 pieces of written feedback
- A finished piece for a portfolio
- A badge when it’s done
Plan admissions with University Navigatorwhen the time comes
From “maybe abroad” to a plan with dates
A shortlist of up to 10 programmes taught in English (dream, realistic target, safe choice) and an admissions plan with reminders.
- 670+ programmes at 148 universities
- Grades, English, deadlines and costs
- A reminder before every date
Talk it through with a coach at Discoveryif you wish
Turn the report into decisions
A session with a Big Fish career coach for your child and family: you go through the report together and leave with clear steps for the year.
- 80 min online
- For your child and you
- €120 within 30 days of the test
Great fitTech, data & AICareer 1 of 4
UX researcher
Finds out how real people use apps and websites, so the team knows what to change.
Why it fits you
InterestsClose to you
MotivationClose to you
Work stylePartly a match
EnvironmentClose to you
Pay per year€54,000Netherlands
OutlookChangingAI takes over notes and analysis
A typical day
- 9:30Short team meeting: designers show a new sign-up screen, and the team agrees what to test this week.
- 10:30Online test with a user who tries the new screen while thinking out loud.
Inside the report
A report teens actually read
- 1Written for teens, not for psychologists
Plain words and real-life examples your child recognises. No jargon and no eye-rolling.
- 2The 4 best-fit careers in each field, and more
What the job is really like, why it fits, skills, study, pay and outlook. Then more careers from the field to discover.
- 3Not just the obvious
Classic paths and careers of the future, plus one field your child would never have thought of.
- 4A plan, not just a profile
Three months to explore, try things and talk to people. And a separate page for you.
- 5A week to try a career
A virtual internship in a career from the report: a daily task and written feedback on every answer.
- 6Universities for every career
University Navigator: 670+ programmes with requirements, deadlines and costs, and an admissions plan with reminders.
For parents
Your own page in the report
Most tests give parents a PDF. Compass gives you your own page: how to support your child without pushing.
- Your child in five minutesEach part of the test in plain words, and what you may notice at home.
- How to talk about the resultsQuestions that open the conversation, and the ones that close it.
- Your tasks for three monthsSmall steps alongside your child’s plan. Only you see them.
- When things don’t go to planWhat to do if you pictured a different career for your child.
Your tasks for the first week
- Read the report together with Max
- Ask: “What surprised you most?”
- Pick one career to find out more about
Choose how to start
Start free or open everything
One payment, no subscription, VAT included. You buy, send your child the link, and you both get the report.
Free test
The first part in 5 minutes
€0No payment, no card
- Interest profile
- A career field that fits, with 2 careers in it
- 2 more careers after saving
- Internship and University Navigator
Full Compass
The test and everything it opens
€29.99One payment, parents see everything
- Report and page for parents
- 3 career fields +1, 4 careers in each
- Internship with written feedback
- University Navigator: 670+ programmes
- Admissions plan with reminders
We refund you within 14 days if the test hasn’t been started.
Compass + Discovery
Turn the report into decisions
€150Test, report and an 80-min session
- Everything in the full Compass
- 80 min one-to-one with a career coach, online
- Clear next steps for the year
- A free 30-minute call first, if you like
Already bought the test? The session is €120 within 30 days.
Are you a school, consultant or agency? Compass for educators
Who’s behind Compass
Helping teens since 2009
Compass grew out of Big Fish camps and university admissions support. Our team built it, and it gives your family a solid basis for the conversation: real options, dates and costs.
2009working with teenagers
2,500+teens have taken the test
10schools and institutions work with us
4.6average rating on Google
Arcadie Cotrutaco-founder
Certified career coach. A Cambridge and Sorbonne graduate who worked on international education programmes with the UN, USAID and WHO.
Irina Zaretcaia Cotrutaco-founder, head of methodology
Certified career coach and ICF coach. Two master’s degrees: in Germany and in Barcelona.
Big Fish summer camps
Try a career before choosing a degree
At camps in Europe teens try careers through real projects with mentors, so they choose the degree they actually want.
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What parents usually ask
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The full test takes 20 minutes on a phone or a computer, and your child can pause and come back. The free part takes 5 minutes.
The free test is the first of five parts, interests: it shows one career field and the first careers in it. The full Compass adds motivation, team role, environment and about me, and gives 3 career fields that fit, +1 to explore, 4 careers in each, a week-long virtual internship, University Navigator and a page for parents. Answers from the free test aren’t lost.
Only your child sees their answers. You see the summary: strengths, career fields and careers, plus your own page with advice and tasks that only you see.
It puts all five parts together and compares them with the profile of each career. It’s a bridge between well-tested career theories and the careers of the future, piloted with 2,500+ teens.
How the test worksThe test is short, with photos instead of forms, and your child sees the result first. You can start with the free 5-minute part. If you bought the full test and your child never starts it, we refund you.
Yes. If the test hasn’t been started, we refund you within 14 days of payment. Just write to us.
Enter the code on the code page and the full test opens with no payment. If the school sent an invite link, the code is already in it.
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The best time to explore is before choosing
20 minutes today. A report, careers to try and an admissions plan that stay with your child.
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