Should I Become A Latent Print Examiner (One Minute Quiz)

Alyssa Omandac

Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Latent Print Examiners

Latent Print Examiners Latent print examiners are in the business of gathering and identifying fingerprints. They might do it at a crime scene or they can work at a police station. Take a look at some of their duties.

Salary
$67400
Personality



Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius

Table of contents
  1. Career Quiz
  2. Suitable Personality Type
  3. Pros and Cons

Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 8-10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether this career is right for you.

There are 3 answers to each question: Dislike, Maybe, and Like.

Answer “Like / Yes” if you tell yourself “Yes! I would love do this” or “Yeah, I’m that type of person”.
Answer “Okay / Maybe” if you tell yourself “Umm…I think I will be okay with that”.
Answer “Dislike / No” if you tell yourself “Ugh…Sounds boring” or “No way!”.

Ready? Let’s start!

Question Yes Maybe No
Are you interested in solving crimes?
Are you comfortable preparing a report and testifying in court?
Do you enjoy lifting and analyzing fingerprints?
Do you like to work with a team?
Are you able to focus on details?
Do you have analytical skills?
Do you have a visual mind?
Do you like to solve puzzles?

Your Results

Done?

Now count how many points you have.

Dislike = 0 point
Okay = 1 point
Like = 2 points

After you’re done counting your points. Click below to view your results.


Suitable Personality Type

The Thinker

People with this personality likes to work with ideas that require an extensive amount of thinking. They prefer work that requires them to solve problems mentally. You can read more about these career personality types here.

Latent fingerprint examiners need to be curious and enjoy solving puzzles. They also have a visual mind that can see and discern patterns in prints. They need to have attention to detail and be very patient and precise. They should also have good communication skills so that they can testify in court and write up a report. You should be friendly because you are going to work on a team.

Pros and Cons

Pros

You get to be part of a team

If you enjoy solving crimes and being part of a team, you will have an important role on this team. You will work together with detectives to solve crimes.

You get to solve mysteries

Sometimes the fingerprint evidence is the only evidence that solves the mystery surrounding unusual circumstances. You get to solve that mystery by identifying the prints of the person who is unknown.

You get to testify in court as an expert

This is a specialized field that requires experience and training, and you will testify in court as to your findings. The attorneys, judge, and jury are relying on your testimony as a crucial part of the case.

Your job is interesting

You will have a job where you are working on different crimes all the time. You might even have a number of cases going on at the same time.

Cons

You are under a lot of pressure

You need to be accurate all the time because a mistake can have huge consequences. You could help convict an innocent person or you could be responsible for a criminal being set free.

You can work long hours

You might get called in late at night if a crime occurs and they need you.

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