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Aptitude test vs interest test: which one should you trust?

Neither — alone. The right answer is a behavioural baseline first, then aptitude and interest as overlays.

ByDheya Founder's Office·Founder's Desk · Strategy & Methodology

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An aptitude test measures what you can do. An interest test measures what you want to do. Both miss the most predictive variable: how you naturally behave.

RAPD starts with the behavioural layer. Aptitude and interest are then read against it, not instead of it.

When all three converge, you have a high-fit career. When they diverge, you have a conversation to have.

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