Scoring lock · research frame
Methodology — Career Fit · Hiring Fit · Federal Fit
Scoring
- 50 items · +2.0 accuracy when correct · +0.2 speed bonus if correct and response time ≤ 40 s
- 60 s item window (accommodations available)
- Max composite 110 (100 accuracy + 10 speed)
- Three banks (Career / Hiring / Federal) — Career Fit freeze 2026.08-C; Hiring/Federal remain on their published freeze until rebuilt
Six work-relevant domains
Timed behavioral task performance — not anatomical brain regions:
- Executive reasoning (9 items)
- Quantitative (8)
- Verbal (8)
- Visual pattern (8)
- Workplace judgment (9)
- Procedural sequencing (8)
Not measured: medical status, neurological structure, personality disorders, protected-class membership.
Research basis
The basis of the questions, the O*NET map, and the citations are in the white paper. Notes on the same sources: citation notes.
- Closed items are keyed by the arithmetic, the series rule, or the sentence’s own conditions.
- Judgment items are situational judgment items with knowledge instructions (McDaniel, Morgeson, Finnegan, Campion, & Braverman, 2001; McDaniel, Hartman, Whetzel, & Grubb, 2007).
- The white paper keeps Hunter & Hunter (1984) at .53 for entry-level ability, and Schmidt & Hunter (2004, Table 2) at .51 on the job for the band covering 62.7 percent of the workforce. Sackett, Zhang, Berry, & Lievens (2022) revise the older corrections downward. None of those coefficients is a Real World Careers result.
- The +2.0 / +0.2 / 40-second / 60-second rule is our scoring lock. It is not a formula from those papers.
Citations describe published research on this class of question. They are not customer outcome statistics. Outcome rates appear only in an approved case study. None is claimed on this page.
Product outputs
| Instrument | Map / use |
|---|---|
| T1 Career Fit | Civilian career exploration + action plan + credential path |
| T2 Hiring Fit | Employer seat delivery + role-fit / verify |
| T3 Federal Fit | Occupational family exploration + federal action plan + cohort options — not a qualification determination |
Quantum (construction only)
Form 2026.08-C was measured on ibm_marrakesh (Heron r2, 156 qubits), run 6 October 2026, 2,048 shots. The score verification does not name that job. The circuit encodes the SHA-256 of the public bank and the six item counts. Shannon entropy of that measurement was 7.6258 bits. The record is in the white paper.
Does not score people, prove bias-free status, or imply IBM endorsement. Read the quantum record →