This study investigated the relationship between Holland's typology and the Five-Factor Model of personality. Raters coded the adjective descriptors of Holland's six personality types according to their perceived reference to the dimensions of the Five-Factor Model: Extraversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness to Experience. Ratings were tallied to provide an index of each adjective's "loading" on each of the Big Five. The loadings for the descriptive adjectives were aggregated within each of the Holland types to yield a quantitative index of each type's relationship to each of the Big Five. The relationships between the Holland types and the dimensions of the Five-Factor Model that had been predicted from the adjective rating task were then compared with actual correlations obtained between Big Five marker scales and operational measures of Holland's typology. Results supported a pattern of empirical relationships between interest and personality scales that was consistent with Holland's qualitative description of his typology.