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Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies

Work activity · O*NET

Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People. 59 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies
  • Evaluate characteristics of equipment or systems
  • Evaluate potential of products, technologies, or resources
  • Assess database performance
  • Assess the cost effectiveness of products, projects, or services
  • Evaluate new technologies or methods
  • Assess product or process usefulness
  • Evaluate characteristics of products

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 93.1% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 37.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 72.6% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 90th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 3
Database Administrators 3
Database Architects 3
Health Informatics Specialists 3
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 3
Blockchain Engineers 2
Commercial and Industrial Designers 2
Information Security Engineers 2
Search Marketing Strategists 2
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 2
Transportation Engineers 2
Automotive Engineers 1
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 1
Bioinformatics Technicians 1
Calibration Technologists and Technicians 1
Chemical Engineers 1
Clinical Data Managers 1
Computer Systems Analysts 1
Computer User Support Specialists 1
Cost Estimators 1
Document Management Specialists 1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 1
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1
Energy Auditors 1
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Financial Quantitative Analysts 1
Food Scientists and Technologists 1
Fuel Cell Engineers 1
Geothermal Production Managers 1
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 1
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Information Technology Project Managers 1
Investment Fund Managers 1
Logistics Engineers 1
Manufacturing Engineers 1
Mechanical Engineers 1
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 1
Penetration Testers 1
Power Plant Operators 1

Showing 40 of 59 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Power Plant Operators Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Geothermal Production Managers Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Food Scientists and Technologists Molecular and Cellular Biologists Investment Fund Managers Manufacturing Engineers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/evaluate-the-characteristics-usefulness-or-performance-of-products-or-technologies

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/evaluate-the-characteristics-usefulness-or-performance-of-products-or-technologies

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-evaluate-the-characteristics-usefulness-or-performance-of-products-or-technologies,
  title  = {Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/evaluate-the-characteristics-usefulness-or-performance-of-products-or-technologies}
}

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