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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Interior Designers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.

Importance*More Info
1.Thinking Creatively91
2.Interacting With Computers86
3.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates85
4.Selling or Influencing Others84
Getting Information84
6.Making Decisions and Solving Problems81
7.Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information80
8.Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment75
9.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work72
10.Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others69
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
91
76
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Interacting With Computers
Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
86
65
Enter employee information into a computer databaseWrite software for keeping track of parts in inventorySet up a new computer system for a large multinational company
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
85
71
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Selling or Influencing Others
Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
84
72
Convince a coworker to assist with an assignmentDeliver standard arguments or sales pitches to convince others to buy popular productsDeliver major sales campaign in a new market
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
84
58
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
81
62
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
80
49
Estimate the size of household furnishings to be cratedEstimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disasterEstimate the amount of natural resources that lie beneath the world's oceans
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
75
65
Specify the lighting for a work areaSpecify the furnishings for a new schoolDraw the electronic circuitry for a high-speed scientific computer
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
72
69
Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to planPlan and organize your own activities that often changePrioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
69
69
Exchange information during a shift changeOrganize the cleanup crew after a major sporting eventAct as general contractor for building a large industrial complex