💡 Important to note : There is no fixed or pre-determined “passing score” for Maki assessments. Each company defines its own thresholds and selection criteria based on the role, its specific needs, and the overall results of candidates. Assessment results are used as a reference point, but the final decision always rests with the recruiters.
An overview:
Classical Scoring (99% of our tests)
Single Choice questions + Numerical questions + True or False
Multiple Choice questions
Custom Weighted Scoring
Single Choice questions
Multiple Choice questions
1. Classical scoring (99% of our tests)
Single Choice questions + Numerical questions + True or False
There is only 1 correct answer per question → if the candidate selects it, then the candidate has 1 point.
If the candidate selects an incorrect answer then they will have zero points.
Then we calculate = total number of points per question / the number of questions.
Multiple Choice questions
There are both correct and incorrect answers for each question.
Calculation of the score = Number of correct answers / total number of correct answers - number of wrong answers * 0.5 (with at least 0 point)
Example : Answer 1: Correct, Answer 2: Correct, Answer 3: Incorrect
=> I answer 1 + 3 = 1/2 - 1 * 0.5 = 0
=> I answer 1 = 1/2 - 0 * 0.5 = 0.5
=> I answer 1 + 2 = 2/2 - 0 * 0.5 = 1
=> I answer 3 = 0/2 - 1 * 0.5 = 0
Then we calculate = the total number of points per question / the number of questions.
2. Custom Weighted scoring
The following tests are concerned by this scoring type:
Team Management
Negotiation
Some custom activities for our clients
Using this method, we consider that there are some answers 'better than others'; so each answer will have its own score.
Single Choice questions
Calculation of the score = Number of points of the chosen answer / Score of the answer that has the maximum points.
Example:
Answer 1 = 3 points
Answer 2 = 2 points
Answer 3 = 0 points
Answer 4 = 2 points
Answer 5 = 1 point
My answer is 2, so my score is : 2/3
Calculation of the global score of the test : add up the total number of score per question divided by the number of questions.
Multiple Choice questions
Calculation of the score per question = Sum of the points of the selected answers / Sum of the total points of all (positive) answers
With a possibility to put negative points. (There is a penalty for wrong answers but the candidate's score cannot go below 0%).
Example :
Answer 1 = 3 points
Answer 2 = 3 points
Answer 3 = 2 points
Answer 4 = -1 point
Answer 5 = 0 point
My answer is 2 and 3, so I have 5 points / 8 points = 62% for this question.
Calculation of the global score of the test : We add up the total number of score per question divided by the number of questions
In order to better understand this scoring method and to help our clients to put their “weightings”, you can use the following simulator:
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