How every candidate works, in six and a half minutes
A short behavioral questionnaire, powered by Wave, that measures 36 areas of behavior at work in six and a half minutes. Use it to turn a longlist into a shortlist, with results any hiring manager can read.
Watch a candidate complete Match 6.5, then see the report your hiring manager reads at a glance
Speed without guesswork
Candidates finish in six and a half minutes. You still get a read on the behaviors your role actually needs.
Built for shortlisting
Quick enough for every candidate you shortlist.
36 areas measured
Scored against what your role needs.
Read in seconds
Reports a hiring manager understands straight away.
Candidate experience
Short to complete, with a report back.
Powered by Wave
The same science as our longer questionnaires.
From job description to shortlist
Use Match 6.5 the way that suits your process: in the Wave Connect platform, as standalone reports, or integrated into your applicant tracking system.
Agree what good looks like
Choose the behaviors that predict performance in the role, or build the profile from the job description with the AI Success Profiler in Wave Connect. Every candidate is then measured against the same standard.
Candidates complete it online
Once a first sift such as the Saville Screener has narrowed the field, candidates complete Match 6.5 online in about six and a half minutes.
Shortlist against one standard
In Wave Connect, each candidate gets a Success Indicator from 1 to 10 and a recommended next step. As standalone reports, the results arrive as an interview guide and a candidate report. With an integration, they land in your applicant tracking system.
Add depth where it pays
Where a role calls for more, pair Match 6.5 with a situational judgment test or an aptitude test in the same process, so you see how people behave and how they reason before you decide who to interview.
Where teams use Match 6.5
It works best once you have a longlist and need a consistent read before you decide who to interview.
From longlist to shortlist
When a first sift has cut thousands of applications to a longlist, Match 6.5 holds everyone left to the same standard and gives recruiters a ranked starting point for interviews.
Graduates and apprentices
Graduates and apprentices rarely have the work history to judge them on. A read on how they approach work gives you something real to shortlist on, and every candidate can take a report away for their own development.
Sales roles
Choose the behaviors that drive results in your sales roles and shortlist against them. Match 6.5 sits behind the field sales results in the insurer story further down this page.
Short, standard or comprehensive
About 6.5 minutes
The short read for shortlisting, when you need a consistent view of many candidates quickly.
About 13 minutes
For mid-level to senior professionals, in selection, onboarding and development, when you need more detail than a screening read.
About 35 minutes
The most detailed read, for professionals, leaders and executives, where the stakes of the decision are highest.
Results from real hiring decisions
A global insurer combined Match 6.5 with a multimedia situational judgment test to hire field sales representatives at high volume.
more in sales per year from each person who scored well
to complete the full blended assessment
Excellence in Assessment, ABP Workforce Experience Awards
Calculate your ROI
Put in your hiring volumes and see what a consistent first read is worth before the cost of a wrong hire lands.
Match 6.5 questions
Short answers to what buyers ask before they choose it.
Match 6.5 is a short behavioral questionnaire, powered by Wave, that measures 36 areas of behavior at work. It shows how someone is likely to approach the job, scored against the behaviors your role needs.
About six and a half minutes. That is short enough to use with every shortlisted candidate, and you can combine it with a situational judgment test or an aptitude test in the same process.
Match 6.5 is the short screening read. Wave Focus Styles takes about 13 minutes and Wave Professional Styles about 35, and both give more detail for professional and leadership decisions. All three are built on Wave.
Yes. Early careers candidates often have little work history, so a read on how they approach work gives you something consistent to shortlist on, and every candidate can take a report away.
They do different jobs. The Saville Screener is a two-minute first sift that turns high applicant volumes into a longlist. Match 6.5 takes about six and a half minutes and helps you finalize the shortlist, with reports for interviews and feedback.
Per candidate, like our other assessments, with the reports at your level included. See how pricing works, or talk to us for a figure at your volumes.
See Match 6.5 with your roles
Tell us which roles you hire for most and we will show you how Match 6.5 fits your shortlisting.
More on screening at volume
Global Insurance Company - Volume Hiring Using Assessments
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