Interruption Recovery Test: How Do You Find Your Place Again? (10-Question Quiz)
This quiz focuses on returning after an interruption rather than avoiding every interruption. It looks at the cues and decisions that help you recover your place without rushing.
Think about the past four weeks. Choose the response closest to what you usually did; use a comparable everyday situation if needed. For self-reflection, not a clinical assessment.
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Answer each question with your first instinct. Your result is calculated from the quiz data, not from a fixed script — so the same answers always give the same score.
The 10 questions in this quiz
- You dismiss a notification in the middle of a task. You usually:
- Someone needs a brief urgent answer while you are working. You tend to:
- After an unplanned call, you return to your work. Your first step is usually:
- An unrelated idea interrupts your concentration. You usually:
- A small technical problem breaks your flow. Once it is resolved, you usually:
- In a shared space, a short conversation interrupts you. You tend to:
- You must stop a task halfway through a complicated step. Before leaving, you usually:
- After an unexpected interruption, you feel pressure to make up the lost minutes immediately. You usually:
- Several interruptions happen close together. You usually:
- You resume yesterday's unfinished task. You usually:
How scoring works
Each answer is worth 3, 2 or 1 point, so your total lands between 10 and 30. Answer with your first instinct — the same answers always produce the same score, and nothing is stored on a server.