Reviewed October 27, 2026
A career test consultation, also called a debrief, connects assessment results with the decision you are trying to make. You examine what the assessment measures, discuss how the findings relate to your experience, and consider how to use them in choosing work, education or a development goal.
At The Career Profiler, each assessment in your chosen profile package includes consultation. Marjorie Wall Hofer is the consultant for people coming through this website. The Career Profiler owns TestEts, where you purchase your package.
What the consultation adds
A report can describe a pattern. A conversation helps you examine what that pattern means in your life. During the debrief, Marjorie gets to know who you are, what you do best, and the goal you want to reach. Together, you connect the findings to specific activities, responsibilities and choices.
The discussion can include:
- Meaning: What does this assessment measure, and what does this score or term actually mean?
- Fit: Where do you recognize the pattern in your work, education or life? Where does it seem different?
- Connections: How do your interests, personality preferences, abilities and values relate, where your package assesses them?
- Application: Which work activities, environments or development questions deserve closer attention?
Different assessments answer different questions. An interest inventory explores attraction to activities; an ability battery uses performance tasks; a personality assessment explores preferences. A consultation should make those distinctions understandable rather than treating every result as the same kind of evidence.
You can question a result
If a description does not sound like you, bring that into the conversation. Clarifying a term may help, but disagreement is not automatically a misunderstanding. The discussion should consider your examples, how you approached the assessment and the limits of what it measures.
For MBTI results, this collaborative process has a specific purpose: helping you identify your best-fit type. The Myers & Briggs Foundation’s guidance explicitly includes asking questions, agreeing or disagreeing with results, and considering which type fits best. That is different from being handed a label you must accept.
Illustrative example: You might question an Introversion result because you regularly lead meetings. A debrief can distinguish personality preference from a skill you have developed, examine your experience across situations, and consider how you prefer to work. The result is a question to explore, not a reason to rule out leadership. The MBTI publisher distinguishes preferences from skills and abilities.
Choose your debrief format
Video + consultation
In packages offering this format, work through step-by-step video interpretation, then meet with Marjorie for a comprehensive consultation. The conversation connects the material to your circumstances and addresses your questions.
Consultations only
Debrief your results directly with Marjorie through personal consultations. You discuss the findings and their application together, without using the video interpretation route.
Both formats include personal consultation. The number and length of sessions, reports and other resources depend on the package. Check its product page before purchasing. A video option does not mean that every TestEts product includes video.
From profiling to your next step
- Buy the profile package that fits your goal. Compare its assessments, reports and debrief format.
- Complete the assessments online. Follow the instructions for each assessment and note anything you want to discuss.
- Debrief each assessment. Use your package’s consultation or video-plus-consultation process to connect the findings with your experience.
- Bring the profile together. At the final profile consultation, review what you have learned and decide how you want to move forward.
If you want further support, you and Marjorie create a coaching plan around the goal you choose. Targeting and Landing are possible next phases; both involve coaching sessions with Marjorie. Discuss the scope and purchase of that further work instead of assuming ongoing coaching is included in every profiling package.
Prepare for a useful conversation
Bring the decision you are facing, two or three examples of work you have enjoyed or found draining, and any results that surprise you. Include practical requirements such as income, location, study time or family responsibilities. Those details help connect the profile to choices you can realistically investigate.
A thoughtful debrief helps you understand and use results. It does not make an assessment infallible, guarantee a particular job or promise happiness. You remain involved in interpreting the findings and deciding what to do with them.
Included debrief or free consultation?
The package debrief is part of the paid profiling package. It interprets your completed assessments and applies the findings to your situation.
The free 30-minute introductory consultation helps you understand the process, discuss package choices and clarify questions before purchasing. It is separate from the interpretation sessions included with a package.
Ready to compare the options? Find My Profile Package. If you have questions about the process, request a free 30-minute consultation.