Maintenance Engineer · Acme Engineering Ltd
Marek Kowalski
marek.kowalski@example.ie · 9 yrs experience · expects €63,000 · submitted recently
Overall Fit Score
0
Work-style alignment
85
Motivation fit
96
Why this score?
Plain-English summary of the five contributing signals.
Work-Style Alignment
Strong alignment with the role's preferred pace, autonomy and innovation profile.
85%StrongMotivation Alignment
Candidate's intrinsic motivators — competence and autonomy — closely match what this role offers.
96%ExcellentCognitive Assessment
Solid reasoning ability, in the expected range for the role.
72%GoodSkills Match
Covers 3 of 5 core requirements — some gaps that may need onboarding support.
60%GoodExperience Match
Comfortably exceeds the 4-year minimum (9 years total).
100%Excellent
Key strengths
Where Marek naturally aligns
Work Pace Fit
Close matchWithin 9 points of what the role calls for.
Autonomy Fit
Close matchWithin 9 points of what the role calls for.
Innovation Fit
Close matchWithin 11 points of what the role calls for.
Areas worth exploring
Where the role differs
Customer Interaction Fit
Below role profile29 points from the role's profile — worth a conversation, not a rejection.
Ambiguity Tolerance Fit
Below role profile22 points from the role's profile — worth a conversation, not a rejection.
Influence Fit
Below role profile16 points from the role's profile — worth a conversation, not a rejection.
Recommended interview topics
What to probe at interview
Generated from the largest differences between Marek and the role's DNA — ask every candidate the same structured questions.
- 1
Customer Interaction Fit
Explore their comfort with sustained, direct customer ownership.
- 2
Ambiguity Tolerance Fit
Explore how they act when the problem isn't yet clearly defined.
- 3
Influence Fit
Explore how they push back on a customer or an internal stakeholder.
Alignment Indicators
A supportive snapshot of mutual fit — not a score or ranking.
Work-Style Alignment
Your assessment shows clear alignment with this role's working style, with only a small number of areas the role would ask something different of you.
Where you naturally align
- You align with fast-moving environments with changing priorities.
- You align with autonomy.
- You align with established, refined ways of working.
Where the role differs
- Less customer-facing work than your assessment leans toward.
Pace Alignment
You may perform well in fast-moving environments with changing priorities.
Motivation Alignment (SDT)
Your strongest driver is competence — this role's motivation DNA emphasises competence.
Potential Growth Areas
This role has some differences from your profile that are worth exploring in conversation.
Work-Style Alignment
How this candidate's preferences map to the role's behavioural DNA.
Skills Match
Big Five trait profile
The hiring decision
Two finalists, one structured process
Both finalists were interviewed on the same recommended topics, so the conversations compared like with like. Marek was offered the role — not on a gut call, but on an evidence trail the whole panel could see: work-style alignment with the role's behavioural DNA, motivation needs the team can genuinely meet, and cognitive, skills and experience signals scored consistently for every applicant.