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ii This study examined work-related interests and confidence in one’s work-related skills and abilities, specifically regarding their effect on the degree of fit, or “congruence” between career choice and interests, as well as choice and confidence. A main theory of occupational choice predicts that the degree of fit, or “congruence ” between one’s work-related interests and career choice, as well as the congruence between confidence in one’s ability to perform work-related tasks and career choice are associated with a greater likelihood to pursue a particular career. This study extended previous research in two areas- the relationship of college students ’ career interests to the perceived “traditionality ” of their choices (whether a career was believed to be predominantly held by women or men) and the congruence of choice (with the individual’s occupational interests, as well as occupational self-efficacy) given one’s gender and the traditionality of occupational choice. The current sample appeared to hold similarly stereotypic beliefs about gende