A character, a clearer read on your habits, and the words for how you do your best work.
Meet Maya — a fictional candidate
WORK ARCHETYPES · CONTRIBUTION
Inventor
Maya’s result · One of 8 archetypes
Find a fresh approach. Imagine new possibilities.
What to look for in a role
Look for work where you can conceive solutions, imagine alternatives and rethink how things could work.
Ask: “Where would I contribute new approaches, and who would develop and implement them?”
See all 8 archetypes
Explore the contributions you enjoy owning and where you might prefer to hand over. You can recognize more than one. A leading archetype is a preference, not a limit on what you can do.
Explorer
You like getting beneath the surface. You ask questions, follow clues, and investigate until you understand what is happening and what might be missing.
InventorMaya’s result
You enjoy imagining what could work. A bottleneck, unmet need, or blank page gives you something to think with, and you find satisfaction in conceiving a promising approach.
Solver
You like working through the difficult part. You test, adjust, and untangle obstacles until something that was not working starts to work.
Evaluator
You enjoy weighing possibilities. You examine assumptions, notice strengths and weaknesses, and help establish which approach deserves confidence.
Catalyst
You enjoy turning interest into commitment. You help people see why something matters, work through hesitation, and get movement behind a direction.
Navigator
You like making work manageable. You clarify priorities, organize responsibilities and dependencies, and adjust the plan as circumstances change.
Partner
You notice where people need support and enjoy helping them move forward. You respond, share knowledge, and remove obstacles so others can contribute.
Finisher
You enjoy bringing work to completion. You follow through on commitments, check what remains, and make sure the intended result is ready to use or hand over.
WORK MOTIVATION · DRIVERS
Freedom + Stretch
Maya’s result · One possible motivation pattern
Choose your approach. Take on a new challenge.
What to look for in a role
Look for challenging problems and real discretion over how you solve them. Check which decisions would be yours to make.
Ask: “What could I decide independently, and what would make this role challenging?”
Explore the 8 motivation drivers
People prioritize different combinations of these drivers. These are preferences, not fixed motivation types.
FreedomMaya’s mix
Discretion over how work gets done.
Clarity
Clear expectations, process and definitions of success.
Growth
Opportunities to develop capability.
StretchMaya’s mix
Novel, difficult problems that test your ability.
Coaching
Useful feedback and guidance.
Results
Seeing tangible outcomes from your work.
Meaning
A connection with the purpose of the work.
Rewards
Compensation, recognition and advancement.
WORK TRAITS · STYLE
Big Five profile
Maya’s result · Five dimensions of working style
Based on the Big Five (OCEAN)
Openness82 / 100
Familiar approaches↔Exploratory
Conscientiousness18 / 100
Less structured↔Structured
Extraversion55 / 100
Reserved↔Outward-facing
Agreeableness60 / 100
Less accommodating↔Accommodating
Stress sensitivity50 / 100
Private reflection
Less stress-sensitive↔More stress-sensitive
Illustrative scale positions · fictional example.
Style summaryExploratory + Less structured
What to look for in a role
Look for variety and flexibility in how you organize your work, with agreed checkpoints that help you finish what you start.
Ask: “How much can I adapt my approach, and how does the team keep track of deadlines?”
Explore the trait dimensions
Based on the Big Five (OCEAN), using adapted public-domain IPIP questions. Each dimension describes a range of tendencies. Neither end is a grade.
Openness82 / 100
Ideas & novelty
Familiar approaches↔Exploratory
Conscientiousness18 / 100
Structure & follow-through
Less structured↔Structured
Extraversion55 / 100
Social energy
Reserved↔Outward-facing
Agreeableness60 / 100
Cooperation & boundaries
Less accommodating↔Accommodating
Stress sensitivity50 / 100
Neuroticism · private reflection
Less stress-sensitive↔More stress-sensitive
Stress sensitivity is for private reflection. It is not included in shared profile summaries.
Archetypes describe preferred contributions. Traits describe how you tend to work. They are measured separately.
Start with Work Archetypes: 16 scenarios, at your own pace.
NOW CONSIDER A ROLE
Maya + product experimentation
The work: develop and test new ideas, document what happens, and get approval before running experiments.
CONNECTION TO EXPLORE
Inventor ↔ conceiving new approaches
Developing alternatives is a regular part of the work.
EXPECTATION TO CLARIFY
Freedom ↔ approval steps
How much room would I have to choose what to test and how?
STILL TO VERIFY
Skills + follow-through
Can I design a useful test and keep clear records of the results?
How to use this in a conversation
Ask: “Which experiments could I run independently, and what evidence would I need before taking an idea further?”
Maya adds context: “I enjoy conceiving different approaches. I would ask who develops an idea in practice and who owns delivery, rather than assume I want to own every stage.”
The role describes the work; the candidate describes their preferences. The comparison suggests topics to discuss. Skills and work quality need their own evidence.
Live comparisons currently use your own profile. Other real candidates are not accessible in the preview.
No real candidate data is shown. These profiles and roles are invented to illustrate the experience; they are not completed assessments or a calculated match.
Priorities in trade-offs. Scores reflect which working conditions you prioritized in the comparisons. A lower score does not mean a condition is unimportant to you.
A position of 70/100 is a point on this assessment’s scoring range. It does not mean 70% ability, a 70% job match, or a score above 70% of other people. Higher is not automatically better.
Tied preferences stay tied. Small differences should not become sharply different labels. Missing answers remain missing evidence.
Explorer
Solver
Evaluator
Catalyst
Navigator
Partner
Finisher