Autonomy at Work Test

This test helps you assess your work style: how inclined you are to act autonomously, planning independently, monitoring yourself and following tasks through to completion, or to rely more on external advice, guidance and oversight.

It looks at everyday work habits, from whether you analyse the conditions before starting and check the result afterwards to whether doubts or other people’s opinions make you give up on what you planned.

The test is based on G. S. Prygin’s method for assessing autonomous and dependent work styles, a questionnaire that places a person between the two poles.

The statements describe how you handle a task, some pointing toward autonomy and some toward dependence on external support, and the answers are combined into one overall measure. The app slightly adjusts the wording to make the questionnaire clearer for a broad audience without changing the core idea, structure or interpretation of the method.

You answer each question yes or no, choosing the option that best reflects your typical behaviour and feelings.

After completing the test you receive an overall level of autonomy, from low to high, with a description of your work style: dependent, intermediate or autonomous, what kind of environment suits it best and where it may need support or, on the contrary, more delegation.

The result helps you choose tasks and roles that fit the way you work, and can be supplemented with personalized AI analysis in the Who Am I? app.

1. Yatsiuk M. V. — Socio-psychological conditions for the development of autonomy in youth (uses G.S. Prygin’s “Autonomy–Dependence” questionnaire among main methods)
2. Khusainova S., Palekha E. — Educational autonomy in the modern project activities of students (uses G.S. Prygin’s “Autonomy–Dependence” questionnaire)
3. Terenko K. S. — General abilities in the structure of integral individuality of high school students