Federal Fit is a 50-question form that supports exploration across occupational groups and illustrative OPM series. Same commercial ladder as employers. Private company — not USAJOBS, OPM, or a government site. No guarantee of eligibility, referral, grade, clearance, or hire. Real World Careers is decision support. It is not the sole method for hiring, promotion, referral, eligibility, grade, or clearance.
Always link official sources for qualification rules. Last-reviewed dates required on series guidance. Exploration and workforce development use — not a qualification determination. Veterans: same price, double extras after ID check.
Direct answer: $14,400 is below the current general FAR micro-purchase threshold of $15,000; exceptions and agency procedures may apply. The general threshold changed on October 1, 2025 (FAR 2.101). Section 508 still applies to covered ICT micro-purchases. We do not publish an accessibility conformance report, and we are not FedRAMP Authorized. Not legal advice.
Direct answer: Public identifiers: UEI Z272LH7MCDT2 · CAGE 1A8H4. A UEI is not proof of a currently active award registration. Confirm active SAM status, representations, and small-business size at award time. Registration must be renewed every 365 days. Not on GSA Schedule. Not FedRAMP Authorized. No public accessibility conformance report is published. Accommodations are available on request. Pay by card, ACH, invoice, or accepted PO. See federal compliance and ACR status.
Employer and federal sales are open. $14,400 is below the current general FAR micro-purchase threshold of $15,000; exceptions and agency procedures may apply. Hiring or promotion use is allowed only as one component. The purchasing employer or agency owns job-relatedness and any required validation.
Federal Edition is a private Advanced Learning Academy product — created with the same Guinness-level craft standards, never as a government site.
Timothy E. Parker — Guinness World Records recognition as the world’s most-published puzzle compiler pedigree. Real World Careers carries that craft standard into work-relevant assessment design.
Real World Careers is a product of Advanced Learning Academy (Carmel, Indiana). Institutional quality, responsible-use language, and workforce tools — not a random quiz site.
30 years of puzzle and cognitive design. 180 million total solvers across 80+ countries. This is lifetime reach of the body of work — not a Careers-only user count.
Test-construction computations executed on IBM Quantum hardware for form integrity and composition analysis. IBM did not validate, endorse, or score your results. Read the quantum record →
Pedigree describes the creator’s body of work and institutional clients. It does not guarantee job placement, federal qualification, or hiring outcomes.
Each problem has a concrete product response. Results support human decisions; they never replace job analysis, interviews, or official qualification rules.
Problem. Thousands of OPM series and vacancy postings overwhelm applicants.
Solution. Federal Fit maps a 50-question profile to occupational families and illustrative series for research — not a qualification determination.
Problem. Federal résumés optimized for keywords still miss role demands.
Solution. Pair vacancy specialized experience with domain strengths and honest gap notes.
Problem. Competitive, excepted, Pathways, and internal paths look identical to outsiders.
Solution. Federal Edition links to official USAJOBS/OPM resources with last-reviewed dates and plain-language path prompts.
Problem. Leaders lack comparable participant evidence across cohorts.
Solution. Same price ladder as employers — Pilot through Enterprise — for structured pilots with cohort reporting options.
Problem. Agencies reassign people without a shared capability map.
Solution. Use Federal Fit for exploration and development first; selection requires job analysis and agency process.
Problem. Military and private skills do not auto-map to series language.
Solution. Action plans prompt series research and document checklists without promising eligibility.
Problem. Long processes lose strong candidates.
Solution. Standardized invitations, accommodations path, and clear purpose statements reduce avoidable friction.
Problem. Unmonitored tools create risk for agencies and applicants.
Solution. Intended-use labels, human review, privacy thresholds, and continuing monitoring for consequential use.
Problem. Vendors imply endorsement or guaranteed placement.
Solution. Real World Careers is private — not USAJOBS, OPM, or a federal agency. No guarantee of hire, grade, clearance, or referral.
Problem. Agency packages hide per-participant economics.
Solution. Locked ladder with free seats: $750 (5 at $150) · $3,000 (20+5 extra) · $7,500 (50+25 extra) · $14,400 (96+64 extra) · $22,500 · 300 delivered · $75/seat; tests & placement by quote.
Peer-reviewed meta-analyses on cognitive ability, person–job fit, and structured hiring (Schmidt & Hunter, 1998; Sackett et al., 2022; Kristof-Brown et al., 2005; McDaniel et al., 1994). Literature context — not invented RWC outcome percentages.
Same dollars as employers. Only instrument and series copy differ. Card, ACH, invoice, or accepted PO.
5 seats at $150 · no extras
20 purchased + 5 extra · 25 delivered · $120/seat
50 purchased + 25 extra · 75 delivered · $100/seat
96 purchased + 64 extra · 160 delivered · $90/seat · under $15k micro-purchase
Enterprise is 150 purchased seats at $150 plus 150 extra — 300 delivered for $22,500 ($75/seat). 900 to 100,000+ use the same $70 floor. Custom counts use the calculator.
Pay Enterprise — $22,500 Invoice or POSame 50-question, six-domain science. Private commercial product — not USAJOBS/OPM; not a qualification determination.
The dollars match the employer ladder. Pay by card or ACH, request an invoice, or submit a PO number. A submitted PO is an order request until ALA accepts it in writing. Stripe collects the matching amount. It is not the complete federal contract.
Same calculator. Named manager on every order of $7,500 or more. One-hour initial response during published Eastern business hours.