Profilia lets you run the RIASEC test with a whole class or a career guidance group for free and without sign-up. You open a session in one click, you share one link or QR code, and you start the test whenever everyone is ready. You watch the spread of the six Holland profiles build up live: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional. First names are optional, the breakdown only appears once 3 participants have taken part, and everything is deleted after 30 days.
How it works
1. You open the session. One click from the test page, no form at all. You land straight on the session screen, with the link and the QR code ready to share. No account to create, neither for you nor for the students.
2. You wait for the class to arrive. One link for everyone, ready to put up as a QR code on the classroom screen, drop into the class group chat, or send by email. The counter goes up as students join, and you start the test when you decide. Latecomers can still join afterwards.
3. You read the breakdown. It refreshes by itself as answers come in. Each student keeps their own full result, with the breakdown of their six scores.
Reading a group's breakdown
The collective breakdown places each student on their dominant profile. What it shows is not the class's level or its chances of success, it is the family of activities each student says they are drawn to today. The useful reading is on the breakdown, not on individuals.
A class spread across several profiles is a good starting point: it shows everyone that there is no single normal path, and that the classmate next to them does not want the same things.
A class where one profile dominates often says as much about what students know as what they like: people more readily say they are drawn to jobs they have already seen up close. It is a chance to present jobs from that profile they do not yet know, and others further away from it.
A profile missing from the breakdown does not mean nobody is interested in that path. The dominant profile hides each person's second and third interests, which appear in their individual result. Asking who has that profile in second place can bring part of the room back into view.
A very uniform class is a signal to read with caution, because it is often an artifact: a track selected on a similar academic profile ends up looking alike. The conclusion is about how the group was recruited, not about its abilities.
For each profile present, the breakdown also shows how to work with it: start from a concrete task for a Realistic student, allow time to think things through for an Investigative one, leave instructions open for an Artistic one, have them work with others for a Social one, hand a responsibility to an Enterprising one, give a clear framework to a Conventional one.
When to use it
In a career guidance class or a homeroom session, as a starting point for a discussion about jobs. A student who discovers that their interests have a name and a logic arrives better prepared for a one-on-one meeting.
With a school counselor or in a career guidance workshop, to open a group session before individual appointments, with a shared vocabulary to start from.
Before an internship, a career fair or a choice of specialization, so everyone arrives with two or three job families to explore rather than a blank page.
Anonymity and data
The breakdown only appears once 3 participants have taken part. Below that, a breakdown would give too much away about each person: in a group of two, a distribution names everybody.
The first name is optional. If entered, only the host sees it, next to the student's profile. Participants only see the group breakdown, with no names. A nickname works just as well. Without one, the result still counts in the breakdown. Nobody has to identify themselves to take part, which matters especially with minors.
No account is created, for you or for the students. Sessions and any first names given are deleted after 30 days, automatically. There is no advertising on Profilia, and your data is not sold to anyone.
What RIASEC measures, and its limits
RIASEC measures stated interests for six broad types of activity, according to John Holland's model. It measures neither aptitudes, nor academic results, nor the chances of succeeding in a job.
There is no reference group: a student's profile is what stands out most in their own answers, not a ranking against others. And interests shift, especially during the teenage years. A profile taken at fifteen is a snapshot, not a destination.
The practical consequence: the breakdown is there to open up paths and start a discussion, never to steer someone into a track or close one off. The detail of the model is in our article on career guidance with RIASEC, and the guide teen career guidance with RIASEC goes further into supporting teenagers.
Frequently asked questions
Is the RIASEC group test really free? Yes, the RIASEC group test on Profilia is entirely free, with no cap on the number of sessions, no paid tier and no advertising. There is no limited trial and no feature held back behind an upgrade.
Do you need an account to run RIASEC with a class? No. Neither the teacher nor the students need an account. You create the session and share a link; each student answers directly, with no sign-up and no email address.
Are students' answers anonymous? Between participants, yes: they only see the group breakdown, never who has which profile, and it only appears once 3 participants have taken part. The host, however, sees each person's profile next to their first name, if one was entered. The first name is optional and a nickname works.
How many participants are needed, at minimum and at maximum? You need 3 participants at minimum for the breakdown to appear, and a session accepts up to 300 people, which covers a small guidance group just as well as a whole year group.
How long is the data kept? A group session and its results are deleted automatically 30 days after it was created, first names included. Nothing is kept beyond that.
Does each student keep their detailed result? Yes. The group breakdown only shows each person's dominant profile, but each student sees their own full result on their screen: the breakdown of their six scores, their portrait, their strengths and the profiles they pair best with.
Is RIASEC enough to choose a career path? No. It describes interests, not aptitudes or job prospects. It is a starting point for exploring paths, ideally with a counselor or a teacher, not a decision.