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Field Sales Executive · Acme Engineering Ltd

Tomás Ochoa

tomas.ochoa@example.ie · 5 yrs experience · expects €55,000 · submitted recently

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Overall Fit Score

0

Strong fit for this role

Work-style alignment

84

Motivation fit

97

Work-Style Alignment (40%)84
Motivation Alignment (20%)97
Cognitive Assessment (20%)76
Skills Match (15%)80
Experience Match (5%)100

Why this score?

Plain-English summary of the five contributing signals.

  • Work-Style Alignment

    Solid alignment, particularly around autonomy and pace.

    84%
    Strong
  • Motivation Alignment

    Candidate's intrinsic motivators — competence and autonomy — closely match what this role offers.

    97%
    Excellent
  • Cognitive Assessment

    Solid reasoning ability, in the expected range for the role.

    76%
    Strong
  • Skills Match

    Meets 4 of 5 core requirements; the rest are reasonable to develop on the job.

    80%
    Strong
  • Experience Match

    Comfortably exceeds the 2-year minimum (5 years total).

    100%
    Excellent

Key strengths

Where Tomás naturally aligns

  • Autonomy Fit

    Close match

    Within 8 points of what the role calls for.

  • Work Pace Fit

    Close match

    Within 11 points of what the role calls for.

  • Collaboration Fit

    Close match

    Within 12 points of what the role calls for.

Areas worth exploring

Where the role differs

  • Structure Fit

    Below role profile

    27 points from the role's profile — worth a conversation, not a rejection.

  • Customer Interaction Fit

    Above role profile

    22 points from the role's profile — worth a conversation, not a rejection.

  • Communication Style Fit

    Above role profile

    18 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 Tomás and the role's DNA — ask every candidate the same structured questions.

  1. 1

    Structure Fit

    Explore how they work inside defined processes and reporting rhythms.

  2. 2

    Customer Interaction Fit

    Ask how they manage the volume of customer contact this role carries.

  3. 3

    Communication Style Fit

    Ask how they adapt their communication for quieter stakeholders.

Alignment Indicators

A supportive snapshot of mutual fit — not a score or ranking.

Autonomy Fit
Strong
Work Pace Fit
High
Collaboration Fit
High
Structure Fit
Moderate
Customer Interaction Fit
Moderate
Motivation Alignment
Strong

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 autonomy.
  • You align with fast-moving environments with changing priorities.
  • You align with collaborative environments.

Where the role differs

  • Less structure and more open-ended work than you tend toward.

Pace Alignment

You may perform well in fast-moving environments with changing priorities.

Motivation Alignment (SDT)

Your strongest driver is autonomy — this role's motivation DNA emphasises autonomy.

Autonomy88
Competence72
Relatedness70

Potential Growth Areas

This role may involve customer-facing settings.

customer-facing settings

Work-Style Alignment

How this candidate's preferences map to the role's behavioural DNA.

Skills Match

New business development
Consultative selling
Pipeline management
CRM (Salesforce)
Negotiation

Big Five trait profile

Openness66
Conscientiousness62
Extraversion92
Agreeableness58
Emotional stability78

The hiring decision

Two finalists, one structured process

Both finalists were interviewed on the same recommended topics, so the conversations compared like with like. Tomás 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.

Same questions for every finalist
Decision evidence retained
Offer accepted