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This study was conducted to investigate the motivations of mathematics prospective teachers for choosing teaching as a career and to examine their perceptions about the teaching profession. In this regard, this study is an attempt to investigate motivations of prospective teachers for choosing teaching as a career and to examine their perceptions about teaching profession by applying FIT-Choice (Factors Influencing Teaching Choice) framework scale in an Indonesian university. Statistical analyses were used to explore the relationships among participants motivations and perceptions, and to make comparisons according to different characteristics such as gender, different specialism, number of times participants had entered the university entrance, and rank of their preference of teaching as a profession. The results showed that the social and personal utility value and prior teaching and learning experiences were highly rated motivation factors. The findings also revealed how the general image of teaching as a career held in the social-cultural context of Indonesian society shaped participants motivations and perceptions.