Lets find you an event
Your interests drive everything — including the kind of DECA events you’ll actually enjoy. This quiz was built to measure those interests across multiple axes, not just “business type.” It’s the only simulator online that calibrates your choices to real DECA event categories and motivation patterns at the same time, giving you a more accurate match than any random “What event are you?” quiz. You’ll walk through 15 of the most popular competitive events for 2026, each one a short scenario pulled straight from the actual case briefs. As you react, the system maps how your curiosity and comfort zones line up with Marketing, Finance, Hospitality, Management, and Entrepreneurship — revealing which track really fits the way you think.
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While DECA doesn’t cover every career in business, it’s one of the best starting points to discover where you might fit.
In high school, you don’t need to have it all figured out — but you do need to start experimenting.
DECA Career Cluster Match Simulator!
Hillside Huskies Marketing Event
How interested are you in helping a summer baseball team stay visible during a major city event, even when they’re out of town? You’d create a plan to promote the Hillside Huskies at “Hillside Days” through creative marketing ideas. This event tests your ability to think strategically, engage a community, and drive brand presence from afar.
Vitamin Mania Merchandising Event
How interested are you in researching what customers actually want before a company adds a new product line? You’d design marketing research to decide between selling fitness gear or organic foods. This event tests your ability to ask the right questions, gather data, and interpret consumer trends.
Blue Fin Apparel Marketing Event
How interested are you in helping a clothing retailer reduce leftover seasonal inventory and boost online sales? You’d build a marketing plan that balances store traffic, e-commerce, and distribution efficiency. This event challenges your creativity in aligning promotions, timing, and logistics.
EcoQuest Accounting Event
How interested are you in helping a gaming startup track and manage its financial transactions? You’d explain basic accounting processes for a new eco-themed mobile game and prepare journal entries for its first sales. This event blends entrepreneurship with financial precision and clarity.
Financial Services Career Presentation
How interested are you in presenting the top finance certifications and career paths to a high school class? You’d explain what it takes to earn credentials like CFA, CFP, and CTP and why they matter. This event builds your communication skills and knowledge of professional finance careers.
Personal Savings Financial Advisory Event
How interested are you in helping a new professional understand how and why to start saving money? You’d explain key savings principles, budgeting habits, and challenges people face in staying consistent. This event tests your ability to simplify financial wellness concepts for clients.
Hotel Dahlia Hospitality Event
How interested are you in designing hotel services that attract visitors to a new property near a major speedway? You’d recommend amenities and experiences that draw travelers, festival-goers, and racing fans. This event blends creativity with real-world market positioning and tourism insight.
Sub Shop Food Safety Event
How interested are you in teaching employees how hygiene impacts food safety in a restaurant? You’d design an orientation outline explaining why cleanliness and health rules matter. This event focuses on communication, responsibility, and operations within hospitality.
Bounty Resort Marketing Event
How interested are you in promoting a tropical resort as a top destination for “buddymoons”? You’d create marketing strategies, new amenities, and group-travel promotions for couples bringing friends along. This event tests your marketing innovation in the luxury travel space.
Big City Transit HR Event
How interested are you in explaining why employee information must be kept confidential? You’d discuss privacy, trust, and compliance within a large public transportation organization. This event emphasizes ethical reasoning and HR professionalism.
Answer Technology PR Event
How interested are you in managing public backlash around a controversial tech product? You’d analyze customer complaints and recommend how a company should respond to protect its reputation. This event tests your ethics, analytical thinking, and communication under pressure.
Business Solutions Project
How interested are you in helping a real business identify and fix an operational problem? You’d use project management tools to improve marketing, HR, or productivity challenges. This event develops consulting and implementation skills with real impact.
Dream Clean Entrepreneurship Event
How interested are you in pitching a new marketing plan for a small cleaning business seeking investors? You’d present promotional strategies for launching gift certificates that attract new clients. This event blends entrepreneurship, marketing creativity, and budgeting.
Innovation Plan Event
How interested are you in creating a brand-new business, product, or service from scratch? You’d identify a market gap and present your concept for how to fill it. This event rewards creativity, opportunity recognition, and problem-solving.
Start-Up Business Plan Event
How interested are you in developing a detailed plan to launch your own company? You’d research your market, define operations, and pitch your business idea. This event tests your ability to turn vision into a practical, profitable plan.
When you finish, check your numbers under Career Match Simulator Points.
Each score tells you how naturally you lean toward that event type:
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+3 or higher: you’d probably thrive in that category — pursue it at your next conference.
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0 to +2: you’ve got some interest, but it may not be your core strength yet.
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Negative scores: those events likely drain you; they don’t match your natural drive or style.
If you’re a blend between two categories — say, high in Marketing and Entrepreneurship — look into hybrid events like Business Growth Plan or Integrated Marketing Campaign that combine both creative strategy and analytical thinking. Use your results to plan what to compete in next year — not just based on what’s easy, but what genuinely fits how your brain works.
Career Match Simulator Points
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Hospitality
Management
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