Since 2009 · in Ukraine and Europe

You don't choose the future blindly. You try it on.

Your teenager can try on dozens of professions before university: in a test, at camp, in real projects. And “I don't know” turns into “this is what I want”.

Start with the free test

Free · 5 minutes · instant result 4.6 · 119 Google reviews

Big Fish teenagers with a British flag in a camp meadow

Choose your path

Three ways to try the future

Some start with a test at home, others with a summer at camp. Both lead to the moment a teenager says: “Oh, this is so me.”

A girl takes the Big Fish test on her phone by a window

Online, at your own pace

Online career guidance

Not just a test but a whole route. Interactive photo questions, a strengths report, careers in 4 fields tailored to the teenager, a week-long virtual internship and universities they can realistically get into.

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Camps for ages 7–17

Project camps

Like a tailor's workshop: here a profession is tried on until it fits perfectly. In one session, kids build a real project from idea to presentation, in English and with new friends.

Find your session

A Big Fish mentor works on a project with two teenagers

Schools, NGOs, counsellors

For educators

Career guidance tools made for working with young people: the test and reports for a class or group, a workshop for students and a dashboard where you see everyone. Under your own brand if you like.

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How career guidance works

From “I don't know” to a plan

“I don't know what I want to be” is normal at 15. Start with 5 minutes, then go as far as you need.

Swipe sideways: three steps →

01Free

Free test

InterestsMotivationTeamEnvironment

The teenager's three strongest interests, in plain words
The field that attracts them most, and 2 careers in it (2 more once the result is saved)
Each career described: what people do every day, which skills it takes, how to start right now
A look inside the internship and the University Navigator

€0instant result5 min18 photo questions

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02The full picture

Full test and report

InterestsMotivationTeamEnvironment

The whole puzzle: interests, motivation, team role, environment
3 fields that fit, +1 to explore: 4 best-fit careers in each, and more to choose from
Each career in full: pay in your country, outlook, where to study
A week-long virtual internship in a career
University Navigator: 148 universities in 17 countries
A page for parents and a 3-month plan

€29.99one payment20 minonline test

Unlock the full picture See a sample report

A Big Fish coach goes through a report with a teenager

Full test + session with a coach

A Big Fish coach goes through the report with you: what it means for your child
Subjects, countries, universities: a plan instead of guesswork
Answers to the questions that have been on your mind

€150full test + session1 h 20 minonline

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Look inside the test

Not a ten-page questionnaire, but a test that feels like a game

1 · Free test Teenagers playing with children at camp

Volunteering at a children's camp

18 photo questions like this show what the teenager is really into.

2 · Full testWhere would you rather work?

Outdoors, a new site every week A young man in a bright office

A bright office, your own deskor

Either-or choices reveal motivation, team role and environment.

3 · Instant result

Social People and helping

Artistic Ideas and creativity

Investigative Figuring out how things work

School psychologist · top match

Strengths in plain words, and the careers that grow out of them.

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Reviews

What parents and participants say

Real Google reviews of our camps and career guidance.

4.6119 reviews on GoogleRead all reviews

My 13-year-old daughter went to camp in Portugal with Big Fish. To say she loved it is an understatement. … We really liked that the children are listened to and that the day's plans are discussed with them.

Olha K.parent, camp in PortugalTranslated from Ukrainian

Our child is at camp and we're at ease. … We're especially happy with the simple, quick communication with the office, the psychologist and the doctor alike.

Yuliia S.parent, camp in the CarpathiansTranslated from Ukrainian

As for the career guidance, it's all great. Every child gets to choose their own direction. … Everyone spoke about their project with real excitement.

Alisa K.camp participantTranslated from Ukrainian

Who you'll work with

The founders of Big Fish

Big Fish isn't a faceless service. Since 2009 we've run the camps, projects and consultations ourselves, so you talk to people who know your child by name.

Arcadie explains Holland codes to teenagers at a whiteboard

Arcadie takes a selfie with teenagers on a mountain during a camp hike

Arcadie Cotruta

Co-founder and CEO, university admissions consultant

Went from a British school to Cambridge and the Sorbonne, and knows what it's like to choose where to go next. For more than 13 years he has helped teenagers find their direction and get into universities in Europe and the UK.

Education

Trinity College, University of CambridgeBA in Law
Sorbonne University, ParisMaster's in International Law
Blundell's School, UKHMC scholar

Experience and recognition

WHO, UNDP, USAIDproject manager in Moldova and Ecuador
Speaker at TEDxYouth@Chisinau2012

Irina hugs three camp participants in a mountain meadow

Irina Zaretcaia Cotruta

Co-founder, coach and career consultant

Studied in ten countries. Helps teenagers hear themselves, and parents hear their teenager. For more than 18 years she has created Big Fish's educational programmes and camps and advised families.

Education and certificates