An image

You're an Octopus!

Looks like you're an Octopus, along with around 2% of people in the UK. Find out more about your natural strengths and areas to improve, plus the types of job that might best suit your personality.

Idealistic

Curious

Flexible

Octopuses are considered clever, imaginative, and playful creatures. They can be content spending time alone. They use colour changes in their body to communicate or to camouflage themselves. Octopuses have evolved many creative and unique adaptations to thrive in their environment. Do these qualities of originality and creativity sound like you?

You are also likely to be a natural and enthusiastic multi-tasker, able to work on many things at once and you probably enjoy learning new things. You are often interested in the thinking behind an idea and at looking at how things affect people, to add connection and meaning to your world.

Mostly easy-going and good-natured, you are likely to see people as more important than rules and tend to have a few good friends rather than a huge social circle. Most people with an octopus personality also possess strong inner values and beliefs that they like to live by - others see them as sensitive, complex, and deep.

Natural roles for Octopuses

Characteristics

Octopuses thrive in a calm, flexible and collaborative environment. They are patient with other students and complicated situations but not routine details. They enjoy contemplating what motivates people, often through creative writing.

When struggling they’ll retreat into imaginary inner worlds. To get back on track apply their strong inner values and imagination to support causes and people they believe in.

Advice for Octopuses

We asked older Octopuses what advice they’d send back to their teenage self to make sure they were happy and successful. This is what they said:

  • Talk to other people about your thoughts and ideas.
  • Do not own other people’s problems as yours to solve.
  • Live in the real world not just the ones inside your head.

Do you think this advice can help you?

Job and course ideas

To achieve career happiness Octopuses enjoy using their imagination to support or understand people. They also like working for organisations that share their inclusive and nurturing values. Looking for the right company and team to work in are as important as the job role. 

Courses and careers including advising, educating, counselling, or treating people, psychology, languages, marketing, human resources, public relations, tourism, journalism, and advocacy are a natural fit for Octopuses. 

Careers likely to increase in the next ten years which suit their interest in creating a better world include:

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Vlogger
  • Ethical Hacker
  • Big Data Analysis
  • Content Creator
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Artificial Intelligence. 

Create a list of your top ten job ideas. You can update it when you have new ideas.

Here are some suggestions to get you started:

  • Acupuncturist
  • Social Media Manager
  • Screenwriter
  • Careers Adviser
  • Speech Therapist
  • Equalities Officer
  • Journalist
  • Psychologist
  • Solicitor
  • Sign Language Interpreter
  • Learning Mentor
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Carpenter
  • Vet

© D. Hodgson, all rights reserved.  Licensed to North East LEP, Official Buzz Quiz Partner.

Browse more animal profiles

In total there are 16 different animal profiles with a range of characteristics.