How the Match-V test works
Match-V is built on Schwartz’s theory of values. It reports nine values in four domains: Self-Enhancement (Status, Achievement), Self-Direction (Pleasure, Change, Curiosity), Self-Transcendence (Idealism, Connection) and Self-Restraint (Conformity, Security).
The domains form two opposing pairs: Self-Enhancement against Self-Transcendence, and Self-Restraint against Self-Direction. Values on opposite sides tend to pull against each other.
Employers use the result to judge culture fit, for one person or a whole team. The questions are available in 11 languages, and Assessio does not publish the response format.
How to answer Match-V
There are no right answers. For a profile that is useful to you as well as the employer:
- Answer for what you want from work, not what you think the employer values.
- Be honest about trade-offs. Status and Idealism, or Change and Security, often pull in different directions, and your answers should show which matters more to you.
- Keep moving. At about 10 minutes for 85 questions, there is no need to deliberate over each one.
Tips for the real Match-V
- Treat a poor fit on paper as information for you too. A culture that pulls against your strongest values is worth knowing about before you accept.
- Take it in one sitting somewhere you will not be interrupted.
Practise Match-V on CogniPrep
Our Match-V game has 85 statements drawn from a bank of 108, rated on a five-point scale. It is untimed, you can go back, and it ends with your profile across the nine values rather than a score. The five-point scale is our assumption, since Assessio does not publish the response format.