Intercultural Readiness Self Assessment

The first column itemizes personal characteristics that are helpful for cross-cultural interactions. Evaluate your own current readiness on a scale of 1-100. Also set a target for the day when OIP ends.

Characteristic: Open-mindedness
Current score:70
Target score:85
Comment/Learning strategy: Hope I can think out of the box at times and accept new ideas or thinkings.

Characteristic: Respect for other beliefs
Current score:65
Target score:85
Comment/Learning strategy: It's a important characteristic. If I want people to respect me, I will have to respect others first. Hence, no matter how constrasting the beliefs of others are as compared to mine, I should learn to respect their own way of thinking.

Characteristic: Trust in other people
Current score:65
Target score:90
Comment/Learning strategy: Trust is very important in man-to-man relationship. I hope that I can trust people easier in the future as trust is a very important factor of teamwork. Unable to trust other people, how am I to survive in my future career where teamwork is very important.

Characteristic: Tolerance for discomfort
Current score:70
Target score:90
Comment/Learning strategy: Personally, I can tolerate discomfort to a certain extent. However, since I will be in a foreign land, certain local and common practices could make be feel very uncomfortable. Hope that through this, I can grow to be more tolerant.

Characteristic: Tolerance for ambiguity
Current score:75
Target score:85
Comment/Learning strategy: When in ambiguity, I could only rely on myself to find answers to my questions.

Characteristic: Patience
Current score:70
Target score:90
Comment/Learning strategy: Patience is needed when interacting with foreigners. Communication problems could make me impatient. But, all I could do is be patient and slowly communicate with them.

Characteristic: Sense of personal control
Current score: 70
Target score: 80
Comment/Learning strategy: Things may not go my way most of the time. Got to learn how to control myself in different situations so conflicts will not rise.

Characteristic: Interpersonal skills
Current score: 65
Target score: 80
Comment/Learning strategy: Hope that I will have a higher level of interpersonal skills so as to ensure good communication and interaction between others.

Characteristic: Willingness to take initiative
Current score: 50
Target score: 80
Comment/Learning strategy: I lack initiative. Hope to become a person with more initiative instead of following the crowd.

Characteristic: Willingness to take risks
Current score: 60
Target score: 80
Comment/Learning strategy: Must be willing to take risk so as to achieve greater things. Or else, will always be stuck on a certain level of achievement.

Characteristic: Sense of humor
Current score: 70
Target score: 80
Comment/Learning strategy:

Characteristic: Curiosity about other cultures
Current score: 65
Target score: 75
Comment/Learning strategy: Since I will be in another country, I got to try to understand and learn their culture. This can actually give me a greater understanding of the locals. Hence, we may communicate and interact better.

Characteristic: Comfort level with strangers
Current score: 60
Target score: 90
Comment/Learning strategy: To make new friends, I should first be comfortable around strangers. Because all friends started out as total strangers. I hope that I can feel more comfortable around strangers so that I can have the chance to get to know them better.