Enterprise Quality Framework

Science, Validation & Quality

Real World Careers is a behavioral cognitive assessment and talent-intelligence platform. We measure work-relevant cognitive performance, match profiles to occupational demands, and issue a portable verified credential employers can confirm—always as one structured input among interviews, skills evidence, and human judgment.

What this assessment is

A 100-question behavioral cognitive assessment across six work-relevant domains
Career and role matching guidance based on cognitive demand patterns
A Verified Cognitive Profile Summary with employer verification
Job discovery access for credential holders

What this assessment is not

Not a medical examination, neurological scan, or clinical diagnosis
Not a direct measurement of anatomical brain structures
Not a sole basis for hire, reject, promote, terminate, or disability decisions
Not a guarantee of earnings, performance, retention, or job placement

Six cognitive domains

Executive Reasoning

Planning, prioritization, complex decisions, impulse control.

Quantitative & Spatial

Numerical, spatial, and analytic problem-solving.

Verbal & Working Memory

Language comprehension, verbal memory, communication load.

Visual Pattern Recognition

Visual detail, patterns, spatial orientation.

Social-Emotional Judgment

Interpersonal awareness, social judgment, empathy-related performance.

Procedural Sequencing

Sequencing, timing, procedural learning, precision execution.

Evidence foundation (field research)

Our matching framework is informed by published selection and vocational research, including:

Schmidt & Hunter (1998) — cognitive ability and job performance meta-analysis
Sackett et al. (2022) — modern updates to selection validity evidence
Kristof-Brown et al. (2005) — person–job fit and satisfaction/turnover
Holland (1997) — vocational congruence and stability
Diamond (2013) — executive function research synthesis

Field literature supports cognitive ability as a strong general predictor of job performance. It does not, by itself, replace job analysis, criterion studies for a specific role family, or local validation.

Form construction & quality controls

✓ Structured item development over decades of cognitive assessment practice
✓ Six-domain coverage across 100 questions
✓ Test-construction computations executed on IBM Quantum hardware for randomization and composition analysis (job records retained; IBM does not endorse this product)
✓ Versioned scoring outputs and employer verification codes
✓ Continuous product QA on scoring ranges, schema integrity, and report completeness

Employer defensibility model

Control	Status
Use as one factor only (UI + policy notice)	Live
No protected-class questions	Live
Role Blueprint / job-analysis framework	Specified; pilot rollout
Human review requirement	Required by policy
Accommodations pathway	Available on request
Instrument technical manual (full psychometrics)	In active development with external review track
Criterion studies by job family	Pilot program pathway
Adverse-impact monitoring dashboard	Pilot program pathway

Role Blueprint (enterprise core)

Serious hiring requires documented job requirements—not a score alone. Role Blueprint captures critical tasks, competencies, cognitive domain weights, interview criteria, work-sample recommendations, accommodations notes, and an audit-ready rationale.

See employer Role Blueprint

Candidate rights & privacy

Credential sharing is controlled by the candidate
Verification shows scores and status—not full contact or item answers
Deletion and access requests honored under applicable privacy law
Payments via Stripe; assessment data encrypted in transit and at rest on Cloudflare infrastructure

Federal posture

Federal production procurement requires packages beyond a marketing site: ACR/VPAT, security documentation, and engagement-specific validation. We support market research, capability briefings, and fixed-price pilots with honest status on FedRAMP (roadmap, not authorized) and accessibility (ACR in preparation).

Federal solutions

For evaluators

Job seekers

View the sample report, then purchase the Professional Career Credential.

Sample report

Employers

Start with compliance notice, Role Blueprint, and verification portal—not a single-score hire rule.

Employer solutions

Agencies

Request a fixed-price pilot proposal with documented deliverables—not outcome guarantees.

Federal pilots